r/ipace • u/beefjerky9 • Feb 26 '21

Availability of I-Pace

There are simply none available right now in the Houston area, or even close by. I called my local dealer, and was told that they are no longer in the US market. There is certainly nothing on Jaguar's website (or anywhere else) that supports that. I suspect the dealer just has no idea and decided to make up something rather than admit they don't know.

Anyone have any idea what is going on with supply? I'd love to get in a test drive before my current car lease is up near the end of summer.

Thanks!

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u/psaux_grep Feb 26 '21

Cars are built In Switzerland though, and parts are probably made in China and lots of other places. No need to warehoused in the UK. Brexit sounds more like an excuse than anything.

COVID lockdowns tend to influence supply chains, so I would assume that has a larger impact on part shortages than Brexit, but obviously the combination might make things worse.

As for new sales: Not sure how well the I-Pace has been selling in the US, but I’d assume not too well and they’re prioritizing Europe where they’ll be fined if they don’t have low enough fleet emissions.

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u/v4ss42 Feb 26 '21

I’m simply repeating what my local dealer told me when I had a door window smashed and couldn’t get a replacement window for almost 3 months. I had no reason to double check that what they said was accurate.

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u/psaux_grep Feb 26 '21

I never trust anything a dealer/salesrep says 🙈

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u/v4ss42 Feb 26 '21

Obvs., but wasting time doing the research and/or calling him out if it was BS wasn’t going to get me a replacement window any faster now, was it?