C Class Production
04-11-2020, 12:43 AM
#26
Junior Member
Mr C63... just so you know even if a dealership is "closed" or "cut back" dealership Sales Personnel and Management have access to NetStar - and even though MBUSA HQ has been working remote as well - to their credit HQ personnel have been making a decent effort to update most parts of the system.
That said the VII record - your C63 was loaded up on rail Mar 15 (Vance) - and March 29 arrived at the Destination Rail Ramp (yard) to be turned over for truck transport.
Mercedes Distribution has the what/where - your Dealer has to be the one to call Mercedes Distribution M-F for those details - which seemingly your Dealer has not done yet (either l*zy or st*pid) - Distr can give your dealer a company/contact# who has "possession" now - who your Dealer can politely call to see how/when it can be moved along.
As most of the West Coast is on shelter-in-place - it's still worth the Dealer effort - if for no other reason that a bit of work might be able to get it juggled to the front-of-the-line when things start moving again - heck it's just a couple of calls to be made ..
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Rachit... you have ordered quite a respectable C300.. and at this moment - yes - South Africa is closed. "Most" other MB factories are making working remotely to post to NetStar "updated" target production dates - although the "updates" are best guess estimates and not firm - however SA is being "quiet" and has not posted "updated-best-guess-today - technically your C300 has a production date of April 20 which is not going to happen.
Regardless of any previous posts - all 2020's (every model, not just C-Class) will ultimately be produced as 2020's starting when the factories come back online - SA was in production up to about March 22 or so - so there is "about" 30-days production backlog at that plant - however the status of the parts that need to come into SA to restart production - and the status of the 30 days of part flows needed to get to your C300 - that info is all uncertain/unknown since a large amount of those parts have to come down from Euro which is much more serious - SA has been very/very earnest and effective in their "fight" and has good prospects so far.
All 2020's in the pipeline now will have to be built before 2021's can go into production ,,, and whether for a 2020 or future 2021 there is no clear answer when production can restart - or how long from restart it will take to get back to smooth running - this goes for all auto manufacturer's not just Mercedes ..
That said - there are two suggestions for you to consider :
1. I have respect for your Dealer - and they "should" have made you aware they have a quite comparably equipped C300 now - Selenite (not Iridium) - all the Top Packages you selected for build from what I can see - exceptions are Not Panorama - standard exterior trim Not Night Package - and 18" Black Accent Wheels and Not 19's.. It is even quite possible that your order was based on you looking/driving the Selenite one - since that C300 and your C300 build are both very respectably spec'd.
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For both you guy's - I am just laying out here what I can to help - good luck to each of you !
2. With the Top Packages you selected there is not another Comparable C300 on the ground for you or your dealer to pursue - if you were flexible on model - Wilmington NC has a E300 in Iridium with E-Class OBlack Leather - with Options similar to - not quite identical - to your C300 build. So you know are quite strong Mercedes incentives to Dealer's on the E300 - a bit stronger than today's incentives on C's - that would help motivate your Dealer to secure this E300 - or for Wilmington to work with your directly to ship it to you...
That said the VII record - your C63 was loaded up on rail Mar 15 (Vance) - and March 29 arrived at the Destination Rail Ramp (yard) to be turned over for truck transport.
Mercedes Distribution has the what/where - your Dealer has to be the one to call Mercedes Distribution M-F for those details - which seemingly your Dealer has not done yet (either l*zy or st*pid) - Distr can give your dealer a company/contact# who has "possession" now - who your Dealer can politely call to see how/when it can be moved along.
As most of the West Coast is on shelter-in-place - it's still worth the Dealer effort - if for no other reason that a bit of work might be able to get it juggled to the front-of-the-line when things start moving again - heck it's just a couple of calls to be made ..
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Rachit... you have ordered quite a respectable C300.. and at this moment - yes - South Africa is closed. "Most" other MB factories are making working remotely to post to NetStar "updated" target production dates - although the "updates" are best guess estimates and not firm - however SA is being "quiet" and has not posted "updated-best-guess-today - technically your C300 has a production date of April 20 which is not going to happen.
Regardless of any previous posts - all 2020's (every model, not just C-Class) will ultimately be produced as 2020's starting when the factories come back online - SA was in production up to about March 22 or so - so there is "about" 30-days production backlog at that plant - however the status of the parts that need to come into SA to restart production - and the status of the 30 days of part flows needed to get to your C300 - that info is all uncertain/unknown since a large amount of those parts have to come down from Euro which is much more serious - SA has been very/very earnest and effective in their "fight" and has good prospects so far.
All 2020's in the pipeline now will have to be built before 2021's can go into production ,,, and whether for a 2020 or future 2021 there is no clear answer when production can restart - or how long from restart it will take to get back to smooth running - this goes for all auto manufacturer's not just Mercedes ..
That said - there are two suggestions for you to consider :
1. I have respect for your Dealer - and they "should" have made you aware they have a quite comparably equipped C300 now - Selenite (not Iridium) - all the Top Packages you selected for build from what I can see - exceptions are Not Panorama - standard exterior trim Not Night Package - and 18" Black Accent Wheels and Not 19's.. It is even quite possible that your order was based on you looking/driving the Selenite one - since that C300 and your C300 build are both very respectably spec'd.
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For both you guy's - I am just laying out here what I can to help - good luck to each of you !
2. With the Top Packages you selected there is not another Comparable C300 on the ground for you or your dealer to pursue - if you were flexible on model - Wilmington NC has a E300 in Iridium with E-Class OBlack Leather - with Options similar to - not quite identical - to your C300 build. So you know are quite strong Mercedes incentives to Dealer's on the E300 - a bit stronger than today's incentives on C's - that would help motivate your Dealer to secure this E300 - or for Wilmington to work with your directly to ship it to you...
