I ordered mine on 4/17/21 and was told it would be here on 8/8/21. You ordered yours after me and yours will be here a month before mine. How is that possible? It's been 17 days since I place the order and haven't had an update since.

 

Huh? You must have misread. His “build” started on 4/27. He didn’t say when he ordered, but it was likely in early-mid March. I ordered on 3/25, my build is scheduled for this Friday (5/7) and delivery is scheduled for 7/2.

 

clubguy, NoGaBiker -- yes, I ordered much earlier. I placed my original order around the end of January. This was around the time that JLR was deciding to flip MY21 to MY22. My order sat, and then was finalized (as a MY2022) 3/4/21. My last order change date was 3/28.

 

The ordering system does not seem to be as easy as first in first out. There are dealer allocation allotments that can place you relatively ahead or behind. Some people get switched into existing orders that were ordered by the dealer to be retail sale (vehicle to be sold off the lot). Delivery times can vary by several weeks depending on your delivery location.

If it makes you feel better I placed my order on 2/5/21 along with a 5k deposit and my eta right now is not till 9/5/21.

 

Well said, Moretti. That explanation should almost be a "sticky" at the first of this forum. It's misleading for new buyers to understand the complexities of the "allotments" that dealers have. When I showed up at my local dealer and put down a $2500 deposit on March 19th, the salesman just put my name on a generic dealer order that they had started in the pipeline in early March, change it to my specifications and then allow it to continue through the process (with build next week and supposed delivery 7/16).

Its unlike any other auto buying experience I've ever had. The fact that there is NO negotiation on price and long wait times is amazing. I guess one up-side is the difficult process will hopefully keep these Defenders a little more special and not filling every mall parking lot in the world like other brands.

 

Ditto what happened to me ... the dealer already had an order in the pipeline where they could change specs till 19th of March, paid the deposit and made required changes. The car went off of the production on 26th of April as per JLRs email. Delivery was scheduled for 17th of July, looks like it’s been pushed by a week now to 23rd.

I hear any orders put in now are looking at Oct / Nov delivery schedule or later.

 

Update on my order:

• Build completed 4/7
• Due in to Baltimore port on 5/10
• Scheduled delivery still holding at 5/28

Based on a couple of the posts I read above, I am concerned about the front undershield option which we ordered and whether that will be installed at the port and delivered with the vehicle or if the car will be delivered without it. My dealer doesn't seem to have an answer and said he would keep me posted as he gets information.

 

The order guide says that the under shield was available as of 2/25 for port install. I would imagine you are probably not going to have an issue being one of the last my21s coming in once the availability was known.

 

Just got an update from my dealer (after I added a couple of things to the build).

Original order date was 4/23 and I had a build date of 7/23, last change 6/23 and delivery estimate of 10/1.

Now the updated order is showing build date of 7/16, last change 6/16 and delivery 9/10

I caught that the dealer had "mistakenly" added $1500 of extra interior packages - so I shut that down. But made up for it by adding the Off road pack and the front undershield.

Hoping that maybe the build gets moved up a few more days to coincide with my birthday which would be cool.

 

It shows as a port install on my build sheet.