To many variables to answer that question outright. Is it a US built BMW, a German built BMW or a South African built BMW? It also depends on when your ordered vehicle will be going into production.
Rough average timeline once the vehicle completes production:
US Built (X5 / X6): 2-3 weeks
German Built: 6-7 weeks
South African Built: Undetermined as it varies significantly. Will be scheduled when it arrives at the port which will be about 2 - 3 weeks from that date.
Well... the other factor I left out is our availability. I believe we are already booked into December. They schedule on a first come first serve basis. The earlier the reservation is submitted, the better. We are typically running at capacity through the summer months and from Oct. - Dec.
You still may be able to get a date in late November if someone cancels, however it may end up being in the early part on December.
Attached is a basic itenary. Driving will always take place from 8-10 am as that is the only time our department has pavement available to us on course. The other two rotations can come in any order depending on the day.
I ordered a BMW Z4 35is on October 12, 2012. Online tracking provided on the BMW website (My BMW login) indicated that assembly began on Nov 1 (3 week delay after ordering) and ended on Nov 11 (10 day assembly, but probably shorter due to a lag in updating the website). So now I am waiting for it to begin its journey to the US. The salesman promised that delivery from the date of ordering would be 6 weeks or less, and that is unlikely, but perhaps not too far off.
Nonetheless it is exciting to think that what was just a pile of parts and sheet metal a little over a week ago is now a living, breathing car. I have attached an image of the car (a general rendition, not a photo of the actual car) provided by BMW.
And here is a fun one showing the whole process sped up.
Hopefully the car will be here by the first week of December, and that here in Austin Texas we will still have sunny days for top-down driving. I have never ordered a car before, but it is hard to get anything other than the most basic Z4 off the dealer's lot. In some sense at least, ordering and waiting has prolonged the joy of anticipation of my new car!
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