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7 minutes ago, Deb said:

Blimey, that Tesla deal sounds amazing! And its a brand new car? Did you order the Tesla online? 

Yes, it is a brand new car through work Salary sacrifice scheme. It also gives £600 free electric charging which means no fuel cost for a year or 6000 miles.

4 hours ago, Deb said:

Oh wow, that's a long wait! We've order 350h in UK September 22 so probably won't be seeing ours this year!!

Same here, ordered in September 22 and no sign of build date yet. I have given up and getting my Tesla Y next week ready for delivery as they have inventory and I will be driving the new car next week. Given the monthly cost savings under salary sacrifice scheme, it is a no brainer to ditch ICE cars and more importantly, compared to electric cars which were all available within 3 month window I must admit Nexus waiting times are looking inexcusable and ridiculous. Who wants to wait for 12-13 months for a car and pay £50k upwards when you can have electric cars for £400 per month no deposit and includes insurance maintenance and tyre replacement! 

I know I might be roasted here for asking this question but has anyone compared new Kia Sportage self charging hybrid and compared to Nexus 350H? The price difference is £15k if you compare top spec Kia to F sport and having taken a test ride this weekend I think KIA have made a very strong contender to the premium brands and the technology in this car has been taken to next level. And the wait time is 6 months compared to more than a year. Comments and opinions please (but no abuse for posting about another brand here :))

On 4/13/2023 at 11:02 AM, Deb said:

We got build date and eta for delivery from our dealer. I ask them for an update periodically and they just say its still showing as July build and September delivery. Assuming they can look it up on their system? We would leave ours at dealers until September 1st also.

Ok, visited my Lexus dealer yesterday and the date on the system is showing October 23 now. Ordered 28th Sep 22 so 13 months from order. The caveat is that this is a default date Lexus are giving for a lot of orders that he is handling and he believes all these dates will come forward with improvements in supply chain/ production but Lexus are not promising anything to dealers at the moment. Dealers are equally frustrated with this situation but my hope for September'23 number plate seems more realistic after this visit.

11 hours ago, Deb said:

We ordered our NX350H on  September 30th 2022. We have a build date of July 23 with estimated delivery in September 2023.

I wonder if these dates will move forward now that issues are easing?

Did anyone else order in September 22? If so, have you been given a earlier delivery date or still estimated 12 month wait?

Dealer isn't very helpful!

Ordered on 28th September 2022. NX350H F sport. No news on build date or delivery! Although I will be tempted to take delivery (registration) on 1st September even if it arrives a few weeks early to new number plate. Where did you get confirmation for build date?

17 hours ago, Deb said:

Hi. If we have a build date of July 23, does anyone know if will we be getting the updated MY24 NX? Thanks 

https://www.lexus.eu/discover-lexus/lexus-news/

Hey Deb, Here's the link for that news item. It says spring but will vary by markets so safe to assume builds after April/May should have it. My order was in September 22 so hoping to receive all the bells and whistles 🙂

22 hours ago, Gary H said:

Thanks! In an odd way it's probably good to know the app has been mostly useless in this respect - otherwise I'd have been a bit annoyed to have missed potential updates on my own order! It seems your own dealer is like mine, where information, at absolute best, has been scant. I'm sure the dealers feel the same, but Lexus UK HQ ought to be more active at providing updates to the dealers, so at least it gives them the opportunity to subsequently update customers and saves people like ourselves having to spend time on forums!

Again, I fully accept I'm still within that twelve month waiting period with mine having been ordered at the end of May '22. It's just that after nine months and initially being told my the dealer to expect to hear of progress by last Christmas,  I admit I'm getting a little concerned at no news now. Obviously I don't know how long it takes for the car to be built, but I'd imagine getting it built, shipped across and waiting at the dealer for me in May would be pretty tough going now. 😕

Thanks for that e-mail address. Much appreciated. I was going to ask if anyone here had any contacts 'above' dealer level which may be able to update me. 

My UX is going into the dealers this coming Friday for it's first MOT. If I can't get hold of my salesman either when I drop it off or pick it back up again, I'll use that e-mail address. I'll give the dealer one more try for any progress report before I take it further. I'll post an update as and when. 

I wrote to customer relations email address hoping to go above the dealer but I got a call from my dealer next morning asking me why did I write to Lexus HQ! It seems they forward it to the dealer where car was ordered in the first place. In the end it was the same old message that don't expect it before 12 months.

2 hours ago, Deb said:

I must admit, I am getting a little impatient waiting for our new NX350H! I know we only placed the order in September 2022 but the thought of having to wait until September this year is killing me! I'm starting to look at other brands now too.....

Hi Deb, I am in the same camp, ordered Sep22 just before price increases and then they stopped taking new orders. I have ordered NX350h FSport with panoramic sunroof. I got a good deal from my dealer, priced at 50k after discounts. I am also looking for other brands but finding it hard to match price, performance and spec on other brands compared to NX. Any suggestions on brand/make?

On 9/30/2022 at 5:16 AM, ColinBarber said:

It’s no where near that but end of quarter targets can make it worthwhile selling cars near cost or even below cost, especially if they are making money on finance. Larger discounts/offers are normally manufacturer supported.

Why not give carwow a go and let all the dealers compete for your business, as you say it is the right time although you may have left it a day or two too late. 

Thanks, got a good deal in the end I think, £51k  for F sport with Panaronomic roof and comfort pack plus 3 year free servicing. Now the long wait for delivery begins. Managed to get this deal before price increase in October. I have gone for Sonic Titanium with Black interiors but not sure if this colour has any impact on resale value or should still change to Blueor Grey to be on the safer side?

Hi,

I am a first time Lexus buyer. I have ordered F Sport NX 350h. What kind of dealer discount should I ask for as it is their quarter end in September and all the dealers are quite keen. The price of this model was circa £48k when I started my research earlier in the year and now it is £52k so feeling gutted about not ordering before. I was told by one of my neighbor who owns a Lexus that they dealers have 25% profit margin on new cars and it is quite normal to get 7-8% discount if they really want your business so keen to see if anyone managed to get this level of discount on NX.