Well this just got in to help me be patient till the CE gets here.

Btw, it was due to be derived early Feb and it showed up this morning, so many cool things are in the same delay pattern no matter the brand or country of origin.

 

Sweet!! I've wanted a Hellcat ever since I watched the Goonzquad rebuild one. But that was a Challenger. Never even knew they did that to a Durango! I watched their Trackhawk rebuild and think this is even a sweeter looking ride. (I don't know the specs, I just suspect both are beasts).

 

damnnn I didn’t even know they made those!

 

love the car but leave it to the dodge dealer to still organize what i'm guessing are customer files like it's 1990..

 

Does anyone have any real world pics or video of the Carpathian Edition yet? Struggling to find anything online except the JLR press images.

 

Nothing yet, this is the only video I’ve found of a delivered V8:

 

Thanks - I’d seen that and watched it about 10 times lol. I saw in the other Carpathian thread some people had July build dates so hopefully we might get some pics in August or September

 

I ordered a ‘22 D90 V8 Carpathian Edition in March ($2k deposit). My lock date had been confirmed by JLR in June with a build date of 7/12. I got an email this AM from my dealership confirming the dreaded build delay. Here are portions of the email:…..we also just got a bulletin regarding all X- and V8 trim-level Defenders in the pipeline. Unfortunately, it’s not the best of news.

With the ongoing computer chip supply affecting all sorts of systems, along with a few other parts supply constraints, they have unseated a few hundred Defender builds (and that’s just for the US market) that were scheduled for assembly over the next few months. With yours being a V8, it was one of them.

Apparently the Heads-Up Display and the smoked tail lenses (both standard on your Defender build) are two features that are completely unavailable right now, even for already delivered vehicles that might need repair or replacement due to an accident or something of the like. So with the priority distribution for those parts to go to retailers for repair-supply they won’t be building any with those items for at least the next number of months.

We could hold onto your build and re-submit it once they are able to fulfill this configuration again. Unfortunately they have no ETA for this possibility and it doesn’t sound like they will have any expectation for an ETA for at least the next 3-4 months. Reading between the lines of what they are saying, I wouldn’t expect to see a vehicle configured like yours until at least early next year… maybe longer.

So unfortunately that’s the latest. I somehow hoped the extreme delay rumors were exaggerated but apparently not. To wait or not to wait? That becomes the question.

 

I spoke to JLR North America this week and the latest retailer bulletin confirms the forecast for V8 and CE production slots opening up again will be in October, with no commitment.

 

Carpathian!!