I am just curious if anyone is canceling their reservation due to the extended lead times? I am in the "1st half of 2023" Club for an R1T Adventure Max Pack reserved Jan. 2020 but am keeping it on order until then in case I don't find anything better from another manufacturer in the interim. If I don't, hopefully the extra time will give Rivian time to work out any kinks from initial production and possible add some features ( like satellite radio) to the vehicles.
Anybody else have a different view?
Time, no, raising the price of my vehicle by over $22 thousand overnight, yes, gone, and stock sold at the opening bell tomorrow AM. $1700 more for white paint, the roof is all glass, the paint did not go up that much, neither did steal and nor a non-union shop. They just took 50K early adopters of the vehicles over the last three years, and price jabbed them, with no promise they may not do it again. Poor company accounting and forecasting, even poorer communication on a near $100K SUV. Sales tax, add another 8% to that additional price, increase your personal property cost, and a raise your insurance by 20% per year.
In addition, the CEO doesn't have the balls to come out and tell his early adopters WTF happened. $1750 extra now for white paint, my ass. You just pissed off 50K people and pissed all over your brand nameplate. I am out. Ask MIT for their money back and get some decent bean counters!