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I am getting eventually my first Q5. Could someone please tell me what the approximate lead time is from the Sao Paulo plant to the UK dealer.
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Order placed last week for a 40TDi Edition 1, just waiting on an idea of current delivery expectations from the dealer. Whatever it is I’m sure the wait will feel twice as long as it actually is :)
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Order placed last week for a 40TDi Edition 1, just waiting on an idea of current delivery expectations from the dealer. Whatever it is I’m sure the wait will feel twice as long as it actually is :)
My wife took a call from the dealer today - they anticipate the car will be available for us late Feb/early Mar.
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That really is quick.
yes, it is quicker than we expected - although I guess we could easily get a call in the future with a later date. We‘ll be keeping our fingers crossed :)
Good choice of trim chosen you won’t be disappointed . Unfortunately there is a lot of negativity about diesels but it suites the Q5 perfectly.
Thank you - we actually went in with a petrol in mind, but as you say the TDI Does complement the car and went for that in the end.
Thanks once again for this post, mattbrx.

My Q5 journey has been pretty much exactly the same (10 weeks and 1 day from the 'In Build' email to collection date) so a good indication for other people.
we received the in-build email from Audi today, so if things run in a similar fashion we should be looking at late Feb or early Mar ‘23 (40 TDI)
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we received the in-build email from Audi today, so if things run in a similar fashion we should be looking at late Feb or early Mar ‘23 (40 TDI)
we had the ‘build and checks completed‘ email from Audi today, so I’m assuming it has - or is about to - be heading off from Mexico to Germany before heading to the UK.

The dealer rang about an hour later and suggested it should be with them in 6-8 weeks, if it arrives at the very end of Feb we‘ll probably take delivery at the beginning of March just for the new-plate.

it’s getting closer :)
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We had a call from the dealer today to say that our Q5 has just left Germany Heading to the UK - they expect it will be with them in 10-14 days, so mid-March is the outlook for handover.
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They go to Germany from Mexico? I didn't know that!
Yes, I’m not certain whether there are any further checks/work that goes on in Germany before heading to the UK - I understand they leave Germany from the port of Emden.
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We had a call from the dealer today to say that our Q5 has just left Germany Heading to the UK - they expect it will be with them in 10-14 days, so mid-March is the outlook for handover.
Hopefully the penultimate update, we received an email from Audi saying that the boat has landed in the UK and the car is starting its journey to the dealer on Road-transporter.
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Hopefully the penultimate update, we received an email from Audi saying that the boat has landed in the UK and the car is starting its journey to the dealer on Road-transporter.
Yippee! arrived at the dealer :) just sorting out a date next week to collect - big smiles all-round!
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I just did a quick check on the dates - the car has taken 20 weeks and 1 day from the order being placed to it being at the dealer, hopefully that will be of use to others (40 TDI). Everything done via our local dealer, no brokers etc. involved.
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I was quoted 17-21 weeks which will be about right if the following holds up :

"Current Schedule Week 14 Build Unconfirmed - week beginning 3rd April 2023"
we didn’t receive info on the particular build-week (we didn’t ask either) - it sounds as though they have given you the right kind of overall expectations. It hasn’t seemed like a huge wait, particularly in comparison with some other brands.

We are looking forward to picking it up next week, should be fun :)
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Popped in to sort out paperwork and the retention doc for the reg.no. - we will be picking it up on Friday afternoon :)

couldn’t resist a quick peek :)

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Hi, I'm new to this forum. Have Edition 1 TFSIe 50 on order (ordered Oct'22 - build week looking like June'23). I've seen a few references to people receiving email updates from Audi UK - do you have to sign up for these, or do they arrive automatically. My dealer has been pretty good at keeping me updated, but would be good to know I'm getting all the info! Feel free to point me to another thread if that's a better place to ask this question...
Hi, welcome to the forum.
we didn’t need to sign-up to anything special to receive the email updates from Audi UK, the first email we received was when the car entered the build-stage - so I’d guess your first one would be around June.

someone else may be able to add additional info.
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Ordered 28th Jan '23. Besides 'Unconfirmed Week 14", this is my first update :
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:) yep, that is the first email message we received from Audi themselves (rather than the dealer) - it was 2 weeks and 3 days later before we received the next update which confirmed the vehicle had been built and checked (which means it will soon begin its journey to Emden)
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