JBCutlerson
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Has anyone heard anything about the Civic launch to be delayed by a microchip shortage?
Since my 2017 Civic lease is almost up, I paid my local Honda dealer here in the Montreal south shore suburbs a refundable deposit to reserve a 2022 Touring from the first batch. He told me they'd have a 2022 Civic demo to show people by the end of May and a dozen or more to sell by mid-to-late June. I reconfirmed this with him at the beginning of last week and it was supposedly the same plan.
I've heard nothing from him since so I called today and spoke with the sales manager. According to him, everything has been delayed because Honda is dealing with a microchip shortage.
Although that's certainly possible, I find it weird that we've seen several cases of new Civics around the Honda Canada area seemingly driven by Honda employees and we've also seen pics of shipments of new Civics loaded on trucks to be shipped to dealers. I've had bad experiences with car dealers in the past, so I tend to have trouble trusting them. Plus since my lease is almost up, if the new Civic isn't going to be available, I may start looking at other options from competitors.
Since my 2017 Civic lease is almost up, I paid my local Honda dealer here in the Montreal south shore suburbs a refundable deposit to reserve a 2022 Touring from the first batch. He told me they'd have a 2022 Civic demo to show people by the end of May and a dozen or more to sell by mid-to-late June. I reconfirmed this with him at the beginning of last week and it was supposedly the same plan.
I've heard nothing from him since so I called today and spoke with the sales manager. According to him, everything has been delayed because Honda is dealing with a microchip shortage.
Although that's certainly possible, I find it weird that we've seen several cases of new Civics around the Honda Canada area seemingly driven by Honda employees and we've also seen pics of shipments of new Civics loaded on trucks to be shipped to dealers. I've had bad experiences with car dealers in the past, so I tend to have trouble trusting them. Plus since my lease is almost up, if the new Civic isn't going to be available, I may start looking at other options from competitors.
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