Fred

As John has expained it does take a while. Your car would have been on Grande Portogallo if it is an A500 which was in on Saturday but as Grande Scandanavia came in not long after it would have taken probablly all that time just to get a status 40 (depot Unprepared) it then has status 45 (Depot Prepared) prior to a status 50 (Delivery Instructions) being issued to the Logistics company and don't forget there are another 6 to 8 cars to go on one transporter heading for your dealer or a couple of dealers. New Car logistics is a very complex operation and very very expensive.

I know this won't ease your desire to have your car but it is better that the vehicle is processed correctly to ensure that you have a complete and undamaged car at the end of the day.

If your dealer tells you your status code then you will know where it is in the process but as John says i would reckon on the middle end of next week.

Latest status on ships in to Portbury
Grande Spagna    Friday 6             from Valencia
Grande Bretagna  Saturday 7         from Setubal
Grand Benelux     Sunday 8           from Antwerp

So those waiting for A500's will potentially a bit of a longer wait with 3 ships in in so many days and the one from Antwerp being the last of those.

poland, along with pandas and something called a ka

Off the same line too, we have seen various pics which have a 500, a panda a Ka and an A500 all on the same production run.

Just to add to what lloyd and John have said here is a quick run down on what currently is made where within FGA
A= Abarth
Ar= Alfa Romeo
F= Fiat
Fo= Ford
L= Lancia

Country       Plant             Products
Poland      Tychy              F500,Panda & Seicento FoKa A500
Italy         Melfi (Sata Spa) FGrande Punto AGP
Italy         Cassino             F194 Croma & 198 Bravo L 844 Delta
Italy        Mirafiori(Torino)  A Mito L Musa & Thesis F Multipla, Idea & Punto

There are a couple of other car production plants Giambattista Vico (Alfa) although Bravo's have been produced there and Termini Imerese which is just about to close where the Lancia Ypsilon. Also France and Turkey have plants where some car production takes place.

So essentially if you want an A500 it comes by train from Tychy Poland up to Antwerp So these tend to be on Grimaldi ships out of Antwerp
If it is an AGP then as the Melfi plant is at Potenza if the Grimaldi ship has been in at Salerno (the nearest port to Melfi) and usually stopped at Setubal or Valencia on its way up to Portbury then that will be your boat.

Logistics don't always quite work like that but generally that is how they go. Trust this is of some help to those waiting for their ship to come in.

olopboy so sorry for not detailing that but i did mention that Giambttista Vico is where Alfa's are made the 159 platform Alfa 159 & Alfa GT and the Alfa 147.

The Alfa Brera And the Alfa Spider are Assembeled by Pininfarina at S.Giorgio C.se Torino. Interesting development to see that Gianmario Rossignolo (he was biding against the group for Carrozzeria Bertone)has apparently signed an agreement with Pininfarina to lease and run one of the Pininfarina plants for his IAI outfit!!!

The Alfa 8C is made by Maserati in Modena.

If you want to know any more about plants etc let me know.

olopboy i can see plenty of AR's from where i am sitting but they are all the modern ones not the ones made in Milano.  I think we might to go to off topic on this one.!!!

Well folks sorry for no update recently so here is the latest update. An awful lot of ships in thie next week or so and then nothing from Antwerp (A500’s) for a good while!!.

and dont forget you can track your boat on  http://www.marinetraffic.com

Date                         Vessel                      Comments

Friday 20 Nov         Grande Detroit         In berth 4 next hour the extra one from Antwerp
Sunday 22 Nov       Grande Napoli          was down for Wed 11 Nov then Sun 15 then Tue 17
                                                              in from Antwerp
Tuesday 24 Nov      Grande Europa        was down for Fri 20 and addl Grande Detroit
                                                               now in on that date in from Antwerp
Friday 27 Nov         Grande Mediterraniano In from Salerno via so AGP potential
Saturday 28 Nov     Grande Colonia         was down for Wed 18 in from Antwerp
Sunday 29 Nov       Grande Portogallo     was down for Wed 25 in from Antwerp
Monday 30 Nov      Grande Spagna         in from Valencia AGP’s
Friday 4 Dec          Grande Scandanvia    in from Setubal AGP’s
Friday 11 Dec       Grande Bretagna         in from Setubal AGP’s

Here is commitment Grande Europa which you will see is due in Tues 24 Nov is due back in at Portbury on Friday 25th December and this is the next scheduled delivery in from Antwerp after Sunday 29 Nov Grande Portogallo. This is though what the current schedules show.