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Vendee
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JCannon wrote: Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:25 am Hi all! New member here, although technically I don’t yet own a Puma. I ordered mine on the 12th June with the first expected delivery date being 2nd September. Then this became 22nd October. Then 30th November. The current date is 31st December. So, in reality, it will be next year. A very patient wait, but what will be, will be.
Welcome and commiserations. I ordered mine 4 days after you and the last I heard on Monday was early November build for mid December delivery. My dealer gets updates every Monday so tomorrow I'll find out what the latest information is but the recent trend is that delivery slips by a month every two weeks, meaning I don't think I'll ever see my new Puma :(
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Worrying thing is the factory is going to be under massive pressure to get them out ASAP in order to clear the backlogs. Hopefully, they will be put together properly with everything working :D :D
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I understand the feeling life you won't ever see it,I was beginning to feel that I will never get one,but im not giving up,I know the right car is out there somewhere,well 5 of them in fact,just waiting for the trade ins
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I've just made my usual 2 weekly visit to my dealer (He must love me). He checked online and said that the car had been scheduled for build today. It's status was showing as "production offline". He phoned a colleague at the distributing dealer and they think that means that the car is now off the production line but not ready for delivery yet. He says that completed vehicles will show something like "gate complete" on its status when its ready for delivery. He is going to get back to me within 48 hours to confirm the status so.... fingers crossed. I know it will take 5 weeks to get here but if it is actually built, I'll be happy.

It was interesting that the dealer thought the Puma was built in Croatia. I had to tell him that it was built at the "Craiova" plant in Romania.
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And just a quick update, the dealer has now emailed me and confirmed that my Puma has now been built :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Great news Vendee! I’ve ordered the automatic (after 20+ years of driving, I’ve had enough of changing gears) and my dad (who lives in Spain) has ordered an auto too, a week or two after me. We both think that they’ll be built at the same time: our theory being that they’ll make a run of autos rather than flit between different gearbox types - does that sound logical? His estimated delivery date is the same as mine, despite being a different country.
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JCannon wrote: Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:30 pm Great news Vendee! I’ve ordered the automatic (after 20+ years of driving, I’ve had enough of changing gears) and my dad (who lives in Spain) has ordered an auto too, a week or two after me. We both think that they’ll be built at the same time: our theory being that they’ll make a run of autos rather than flit between different gearbox types - does that sound logical? His estimated delivery date is the same as mine, despite being a different country.
The auto is great, you won't be disappointed.
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Hi All. As an OAP forum newbie, I've been reading this forum for several months after ordering my Ford Puma ST Line X Fantastic Red + driver assistance pack on the 1st Sep 2021 when I was advised by the dealer to expect a mid-December 2021 delivery date. Whilst last week (3rd Nov), my dealer advised me that as yet there was no news at all, and a build date had not yet been recorded, he was not able to provide an updated delivery date yet. After owning Ford cars all my life with several of my family working as Ford employees, I am nevertheless getting a bit excited about having a Puma, although I am unable to work out a clear pattern of how long current waiting times are. I therefore hope nobody will mind if I make a cheeky suggestion in this forum which might help people with delivery expectations. I know a few people do this already, but do you think it might be helpful to all member who provide either build or delivery updates, that at the same time as posting, they also remind us of their original order date, so we can quickly calculate possible delivery time scales. I hope nobody will be offended by me suggesting this.
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Hi and Welcome
I don't think anyone will be offended...We aren't that way inclined. :D
Not in the waiting game personally, but, I'm sure others awaiting orders will be grateful...
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sfootboy wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 11:09 am Hi All. As an OAP forum newbie, I've been reading this forum for several months after ordering my Ford Puma ST Line X Fantastic Red + driver assistance pack on the 1st Sep 2021 when I was advised by the dealer to expect a mid-December 2021 delivery date. Whilst last week (3rd Nov), my dealer advised me that as yet there was no news at all, and a build date had not yet been recorded, he was not able to provide an updated delivery date yet. After owning Ford cars all my life with several of my family working as Ford employees, I am nevertheless getting a bit excited about having a Puma, although I am unable to work out a clear pattern of how long current waiting times are. I therefore hope nobody will mind if I make a cheeky suggestion in this forum which might help people with delivery expectations. I know a few people do this already, but do you think it might be helpful to all member who provide either build or delivery updates, that at the same time as posting, they also remind us of their original order date, so we can quickly calculate possible delivery time scales. I hope nobody will be offended by me suggesting this.
Hi and welcome. I'm in my 60's although I don't think of myself as an OAP :lol:

I've also had Ford's for most of my life. Started off with a lovely Mk1 Escort which I rolled after 2 weeks and spent the next 3 years paying off the bank loan on it.... Painful. Then came a cheap Mk1 Cortina which I lent to a mate who then blew up the engine. There was a Mk2 Escort bought from auction in the dark and I didn't realise that it had a flash respray covering all the rust. There was a break when I had a Vauxhall Cavalier (nice car) then a brand new tax free Rover Montego TD. That starting rotting after 4 years so it was back to Ford with a Mk1 Mondeo TD then a Mk1 Focus 1,6, then Mk 2 Mondeo Ghia 2.0, then my Mk2 Focus 2.0 TDCi which I kept for 9 years/170k miles and I loved that. Sold that on with the original clutch and exhaust..... a very reliable and enjoyable car. Currently my wife and I each have a Mk7.5 Fiesta 125ps Ecoboost, both of which are being traded in against the Puma.

So my Puma was ordered on 16th June and built on 9th November. Delivery probably mid December.
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