Amarok delivery delays??????

[jjr]

i am really frustrated at the moment as I was promised Mid april. i believe my car arrived in Sydney on the 17th of May and i still dont have it. I called VW Australia today and all they could say was " we acknowledge that there are delivery delays on the Amaroks but we encourage you to call your dealer so he can speak to his stock controller and ultimately get them to speak to the dealers VW rep if there are any problems." I can honestly tell you my dealer is sick of hearing from me.

[Seano]

All of this probably explains why my local dealer is putting their efforts into selling Mitsu Tritons and Great Walls - and succeeding - despite also being a VW dealer. Zero local marketing of the Amarok. No local demonstrator nor is one in their service fleet (but they do run heavily stickered Triton and X240 dual cabs).....and this from a rural based dealer.

...and the local fleets are very aware of the forthcoming Ranger.

[shaunchester]

I have had an Ultimate on order for the last 2 months, when I signed the contract I was told it was 2 weeks away, that two weeks quickly turned into 6 weeks and that 6 weeks has been and gone with not car!

I have been doing my fair share of moaning and groaning, which led to a phone call from the Sales Manager at the dealership! He told me why they are having delays with delivery of Amaroks australia wide.

Apparently 6,000 amaroks arrived in Australia all with poor quality paint work, dust and dirt in the under the paint surface, rust coming through and general crappy quality. He mentioned that they are re-spraying all the cars and also replacing panels which is causing the biggest delays as they need shipping from Argentina.

Sounds like they have cocked up in Argentina with this one!

Has anyone else had a similar story? Sales Manager offered me $600 off the 'overpriced' hard tray cover as compensation, how generous!