Honda HR-V Delivery Time Pushed to July 2023
Honda HR-V was launched last Friday (October 21, 2022), and we shared the booking price and delivery details with you. The company official told us at the event if you book the car tomorrow, you will get it in November 2022. If you book the vehicle at the end of this week or month, the car will be delivered in December 2022. And if you visit the Honda dealership next month or later for the booking, you will get the car in January 2023. However, it seems that there is a change or a U-Turn in company’s policy about Honda HR-V delivery time.
Today on Twitter, famous journalist Omar R. Quraishi shared a relative’s experience booking this new crossover SUV. As per Quraishi, his relative visited a Honda dealership in Karachi, asked about the delivery time, and was told by the staff that he would get the car in January 2023.
“My relative got these details from the sales staff at the dealership – went to the bank to make the pay order & deposited it at the dealership on Tuesday (October 25) – by afternoon, a call was received from the dealership informing the customer that delivery had been pushed to June,” the journalist wrote. He claimed that it was coming from Honda Atlas, and the menace of “ON Money” is behind it.
You can read his tweets in this thread:
A relative went to Honda Defence in Karachi after hearing of the HR-V model's release – the vehicle costs Rs 6.2 million & you have to submit an advance of Rs 1.3 million to book your vehicle
The model was unveiled last Fri (Oct 21) & by Monday customers were told of Jan delivery— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) October 25, 2022
New Honda HR-V Delivery Time
After this tweet, PakWheels decided to find the truth; hence, we called three different Honda dealerships in Lahore. And the dealerships confirmed this update. The staff member from the first dealership told us that the delivery time is now July 2023. “This time period is for today’s bookings, and if you book the car tomorrow, it could extend further,” the representative told us.
After enquiring about the previous delivery time announced by Honda, another dealership official told us that “all the slots till July have been filled.” Meanwhile, the third dealership said that the delivery time is June-July 2023.
The company’s U-Turn is surprising because this practice will further encourage the “ON Money” practice in the local market.