I get an email from my dealer saying good news, the car I ordered is already in production and I should get it next month for sure. I'm excited for sure, but then I start to think. Doesn't it take about 8-10 weeks from time of order to the time it gets delivered to your dealer. If that's the case, 07 production starts on March 1st so I shouldn't even get it until May. Could I be getting an 06 model?

The email says status: 150 - production started, Model: 0753 550i, port location: PHMPOA. Maybe my sales rep is misinformed. Maybe he meant the end of next month. The email also says I can track my car through bmwusa website, but I couldn't find any links there to track my vehicle. I'd appreciate any help, thanks.

 

Humm earliest I can see a 2007 would be first or second week of May for Los Angeles... maybe... just maybe... end of april...

website is this...

http://oc.bmwusa.com/

go ahead and register and see what it says... or call 800-831-1117

 

Just tried to register and it said my VIN is not in their database. I just got the email today so I guess I'll try again tomorrow.

 

It isn't too early. I got my 2006 on April 18th 2005 - and it was at the dealer on the 16th.

 

Try using your production number, not the VIN (I'm not sure how you already have one, anyway) on the BMW OC website. That's what I did (07 550i), and it worked fine. Also, my dealer told me the first date the car would be available for Euro Delivery would be April 20, so I would imagine the first date for domestic delivery would be end of April/beginning of May...

Congrats on the new ride!!!!!

 

Not too early, just depends when they start 2007 production.
Looks like late this month.

My car is scheduled for third week of April.

 

Well, they are not genuine '07's.

Once more: the BMW factory comes out with the BMW genuine '07 models
starting in September this year!

So it is a US '07 - not a factory E60 '07.

But congrats anyway!


PS. What's new in the US '07 model compared to the '06?

 

Jeez - why so argumentative? No one asked about how geniune they might be or what the rest of the world is doing. Thanks for pounding the horse -into- the ground.

I don't quite know what you mean by a "factory" E60. They're all made in the factory. Should we draw the arbitrary line we call the "model year" along with the calendar? If it was built in 07 then it's an 07? That would exclude your precious "geniune" September-to-whenever 07 models that get built late in 06.

I much prefer the US convention of avoiding large changes within the same model year. I can't imagine having 2006 cars with 2 different engines (530i). If that means we get cars a few months early, and then smaller tweaks in the fall when your model year changes, then so be it.


Ultimately, by designating model years we're drawing arbitrary lines along a continuum of constantly changing parts, processes, and now firmwares. Who is to say which arbitrary line is any more meaningful and valid than the other? Tradition? Convention? You?

 

I ordered a 07 530xit and it actually started production the last week of feb. and has been at the dock waiting for a ship since 3/2. You timetable seems reasonable.

 

Yes I am getting a fake 07. The US 07 is really not genuine. Its comparable to the 05 Finland model.

The actual genuine BMW's are directly shipped to Finland.