How long did you wait for your Versa?

[SVersaS]

Haha, im such a newbie, i accidently posted this topic in general chat when i meant to do it here, anyway, i was wondering how long everybody had to wait for their versa to be delivered to their dealer. (those who did have to wait) Our dealer told us 2 weeks MAX, but i've heard from other people that it took longer for them to get their cars. Can somebody tell me if my dealer just made that up or if i am being extremely paranoid? Thanks for all ur help guys.

[Ever Victorious]

Only partially paranoid.

Your dealer has the ability to see what cars they will be receiving soon and they may have the car you're looking for coming in on one of those batches. However, there are also a number of dealers that will tell you a car is coming when it isn't, hoping you'll buy a more expensive model when it comes in.

A trick that several of us here have used is to plug in different zip codes in the Nissan site when building your car online. As you plug in zip codes for places a little farther away, you will find more dealership inventories online, and may be able to find "your car" IN STOCK at a dealership that's a little farther away.

I think someone here said they drove 3 hours to go get their Versa when it was in stock. I wasn't that extreme, I drove to one 45 minutes away (3rd closest dealer).

[SVersaS]

Ooooh, thats pretty clever, thanks for the tip.

[sngwrtr]

I waited 2 months because I wanted ABS and did not want the convenience package. The dealer told me 6-8 weeks. If I had wanted the convenience package and not cared about ABS, I could have bought one the same day I first looked for one.

[jacksan1]

Exactly the same in Minneapolis-St. Paul. When we asked for an SL with ABS but no convenience package, we were told a wait of approx. two months. There were two SLs sitting right there when we visited this dealership the last week, but neither of them had the ABS, which is a no-go for us.

[markvalpreda]

I got mine in 3 weeks after contacting every dealer in a 50 mile radius. After many phone calls and emails, I put a deposit down and ordered one at a dealer about 2 weeks ago. I get a phone call on Friday afternoon saying that a dealer had what I wanted. I called her back, and she said it was a good thing I did. She had 5 people that wanted it and I was the first to call back! I told her to hold it and I drove out with the car at 11:00pm on Friday night.

So all in all....3 weeks.....but the place that I put a deposit on it said 6-7 weeks! So if there's anyone who wants a SL, White, CVT and convenience package....let me know.....I was not able to get my deposit back yet.....

Oh, this was in Orange County, California.

[SVersaS]

Hey Ever Victorious, took ur advice and found out that my car is sitting in the lot as we speak, he might be giving me a call tomorrow.

[will1911a1]

I waited about a day for mine. The dealership didn't have the color I wanted on the lot and got one for me the next day.

[versace2007]

6 hours

[MIdnkight-lude]

umm a 12 hours. >_<

i test drove one, i like it, but didnt buy it that day. I was still searching for other car and the versa was teh first one i saw. then i went searchinga round for someone to have one in stock. found one in stock but it was an auto, the dealer trade it for a 6 speed, and i bought it.

[Jemdawg]

I originally wanted my V in magnetic grey, but my dealer told me that I would have to wait at least a month for it to come in. So, instead, I got mine in super black and waited only about 4 days.

[orb]

It's been 3 weeks since I put down my deposit, and I'm told that it will be several more weeks at the earliest. I can't find an SL in stock anywhere nearby. (I've been checking Austin, Houston and San Antonio inventory online every couple of days) It's really maddening.

[cnmartin19]

I ordered mine on August 24 and i'm still waiting. I was told 4-8 weeks, have been waiting 9 and its still going to be another 7-10 days!

[kc5f]

It took about four days from our telling them what we wanted until they brought one in from a dealer in Georgia. Yeah, it had 300 miles on it by that time, but I didn't have to wait the weeks it would have been, otherwise, to get the CVT.

[clone]

Ordered a saphire blue SL, CVT with Convenience package today and was told it would be 60-90 days. Unable to get the ABS with it, the salesman saying that's just Nissan--there isn't a good reason necessarily. Ordered via Woodhouse in Omaha.

Had the aforementioned experience of a salesman from a different dealer trying to sell me a different car since they didn't have the car I wanted. They did have 2 Ss in stock, an automatic and a manual, at that time and he thought we should take one of them. Called a couple days later promoting an '07 Sentra as a much better car, etc.

We'll see........

[SVersaS]

hey cnmartin, you should really start calling them and really bugging them about how long its taking b/c thats a really long time to wait for your car.

[kricketkc]

Well I ordered, put down a deposit Aug. 9 and I'm still waiting. I'm starting to get tired of the lines from the dealer. I really want this car, but how long should I have to wait? They are telling me that they don't have enough manual transmissions ? What happened to the JIT inventory system? Any thoughts?

[Ever Victorious]

Well I ordered, put down a deposit Aug. 9 and I'm still waiting. I'm starting to get tired of the lines from the dealer. I really want this car, but how long should I have to wait? They are telling me that they don't have enough manual transmissions ? What happened to the JIT inventory system? Any thoughts?

Should be plenty of manuals. It's the CVT's they have a shortage of.

Have you tried searching other nearby dealers' inventories? Dealers are still not doing trades for Versas... if "your" car is nearby, you have to go get it yourself.

[SVersaS]

Well I ordered, put down a deposit Aug. 9 and I'm still waiting. I'm starting to get tired of the lines from the dealer. I really want this car, but how long should I have to wait? They are telling me that they don't have enough manual transmissions ? What happened to the JIT inventory system? Any thoughts?

i didnt have to wait as long as u but, since i sold my car pretty fast, i needed the versa right away, so i basically called the dealer and told him off or rather just made it veeeery clear that i wanted it asap. after that they called me like a few days later saying that it came in. basically u cant take crap from them or they just keep feeding u their "lines" since they've already got ur money too.

[proxim2020]

I ordered one back at the beginning of this month and was told it would be 30 - 60 days. I was told I should have it by the beginning of Dec. Thanks for the topic. It reminded me that I needed to check the status of my order.

[Link3]

After deciding to give up on waiting for ABS (and wanting some of the other features in the Convenience Package anyway), less than 3 hours. I called a dealer that just had 2 delivered off of the trailer and one of them suited me - solor and all.

[orb]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if it is possible to get insight into Versa production? My dealer told me I can probably expect to get my Versa mid-november, but since they are being produced in batches it could potentially be longer to get one in a suitable configuration. I'd love to be able to get some idea what is being produced to know when I might be able to expect my Versa.

[proxim2020]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if it is possible to get insight into Versa production? My dealer told me I can probably expect to get my Versa mid-november, but since they are being produced in batches it could potentially be longer to get one in a suitable configuration. I'd love to be able to get some idea what is being produced to know when I might be able to expect my Versa.

That's going to have to be an inside job...lol. No one here is inside that little Nissan box where all the Nissan numbers, secrets, and ideas are. At least I don't know of anyone inside the box. It's not a matter or amount available and how many are being produced, but more of allocations. Nissan controls how many V's dealerships are getting. There hasn't been any word of production shortages.

Restrict supply = Increase demand.

[jacksan1]

Even an insider would have a hard time telling what is really happening on the production line because things change every day. What the famous JIT system has done for manufacturing, esp. in automotive production in Japan, is that they can change the production plan very quickly, sometimes in a matter of hours, with the output changing just as fast. I know because I worked for a certain Japanese automobile company, and I worked in the production area. It's truly a moving target, and you don't really know what is going to happen today in production until it is already happening. And what is happening today on the line may well change by tomorrow, and it frequently does.

Certain information is easier to answer than others. "Is a new model coming through the line, and what does it look like?" is easy to answer. I used to be one of those guys who'd leak that sort of info to a magazine (that's why I can never tell you which company I used to work at). But a question like "What kind of configurations are coming through right now and how many?" is very tough to answer because on any day that can change.

One time, on my job, we were told that we'd have to go into overtime to make this one type of car with certain configurations. Suddenly, just on that day we were making a lot of them. What we learned later is that an order came in from the U.S. for that kind of batch, and that a car transport ship would leave in a couple of days to carry them to America. We had to skip over all other planned vehicles to make the cut. We had one production plan at 8 am, and by noon, we were using another plan. And suppliers' trucks were lining up outside to bring the necessary components within a matter of hours as well. Things are fluid with Japanese auto production, and it is hard to nail down any definite informatoin. I would be very surprised if Aguascalientes were operating differently to produce the 'V.'

[jpversa]

I placed an order back in late August, and was told that it would be ready by early November. Now it's late October, and the dealer "finds out" that my order wasn't part of their November invoice, and now it won't be ready until January at the earliest. So I ended up taking my deposit back, and will be shopping elsewhere (not Nissan) for a car. I'm extremely disappointed with the way Nissan is handling production of the Versa, and even more annoyed that they seem not to care one bit as long as other models keep rolling out. So long all.

[jacksan1]

I placed an order back in late August, and was told that it would be ready by early November. Now it's late October, and the dealer "finds out" that my order wasn't part of their November invoice, and now it won't be ready until January at the earliest.

That is ridiculous, and I am so sorry that you were treated that way. Not to defend Nissan, but that sounds more like the dealership not handling your situation properly. At minimum, they should have kept you up to date with what they knew through these months, which had to be more than "Whoops, your car is not coming until January." I'm sure Nissan's customer service would like to hear about this dealership and your experience with them.

[proxim2020]

That is ridiculous, and I am so sorry that you were treated that way. Not to defend Nissan, but that sounds more like the dealership not handling your situation properly. At minimum, they should have kept you up to date with what they knew through these months, which had to be more than "Whoops, your car is not coming until January." I'm sure Nissan's customer service would like to hear about this dealership and your experience with them.

Jacksan1 is correct. You have to remember that the dealership and Nissan are 2 totally different entities which are wholly separate from each other. Don't use the dealer's backdoor tricks and sly ways as a reflection on Nissan's customer service and even production. I applaud you for taking your business elsewhere. A lot of others would have waited for the car to get in.

[B-Bop86]

Been waitin almost 2 months...They said 1st week of November....hope so...

[getfdaz1]

Been waitin almost 2 months...They said 1st week of November....hope so...

Got mine 6 hours just so hsppen theyunloaded that morning.

[kricketkc]

update... my dealer called to inform me that my expected delivery date for Nov. is now pushed back until mid Januanry.... UGH This car had better be all I hope it will be or I am really gonna be pissed. With the delivery date I have now, I will have waited 5 months for my car. I have been checking checking on the internet all over the place and no one has what I want. So I wait and wait some more.