Posted on 09/04/2019 10:58
What experience do people have of the time for motorhomes to be built? We ordered an Auto-Trail Imala at the NEC show in October and although the original build date was April, it has now gone back to mid May (due to parts shortage) Is this typical for all motorhomes, is it just Auto-Trail or is it something peculiar to this year?
Posted on 09/04/2019 11:50
I think it might depend on the model. We ordered a new Bailey in mid November 2018 and picked it up on 8th March 2019. That suited us as we wanted to swap in our old motorhome before it needed to be serviced and MOT'd which we managed with three weeks to spare. The only delay we have experienced is that we ordered a spare wheel and carrier and as yet this has not been delivered. We do have the gunge thing just in case!
David
Posted on 10/04/2019 21:11
Most ,if not all manufacturers of L/Vs have dates that each model is expected to be going onto the production line,if orders for one or two models exceed their estimates then other models could enter the line at a later date, hence making deliveries of some later
Posted on 09/04/2019 10:58 by HyakutakeWhat experience do people have of the time for motorhomes to be built? We ordered an Auto-Trail Imala at the NEC show in October and although the original build date was April, it has now gone back to mid May (due to parts shortage) Is this typical for all motorhomes, is it just Auto-Trail or is it something peculiar to this year?
Posted on 08/05/2019 12:16
There's a chap on the FUN Forum who had the same problem last week. He had ordered an Autotrail Apache 634 at the NEC but after his order was knocked back a few times he decided to cancel said order with Autotrail.
Autotrail seem to be really suffering with the quality of its vans so if I was you I would bin the Imala and go elsewhere.
Good luck.
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Posted on 08/05/2019 12:16 by AyfThere's a chap on the FUN Forum who had the same problem last week. He had ordered an Autotrail Apache 634 at the NEC but after his order was knocked back a few times he decided to cancel said order with Autotrail.
Autotrail seem to be really suffering with the quality of its vans so if I was you I would bin the Imala and go elsewhere.
Good luck.
Posted on 08/05/2019 12:33
If it's a parts shortage this will be affecting other van makers, there are common parts to many vans, this is what happens in manufacturing, parts can delay things. We had several delays for a previous caravan, I didn't like waiting so long but we got there in the end. 
Posted on 08/05/2019 12:16 by AyfThere's a chap on the FUN Forum who had the same problem last week. He had ordered an Autotrail Apache 634 at the NEC but after his order was knocked back a few times he decided to cancel said order with Autotrail.
Autotrail seem to be really suffering with the quality of its vans so if I was you I would bin the Imala and go elsewhere.
Good luck.
Hyakutake