new car delivery time australia 2022

In 2022 Australia, getting a new car often felt like ordering a bespoke submarine: money down now, delivery sometime before the next Olympics.

Most mainstream models were landing in roughly 3–6 months, while popular hybrids, utes and SUVs regularly blew out to 6–12+ months, with a few headline-grabbers stretching beyond a year thanks to chip shortages and shipping chaos.

European supply was patchy, and any build with fancy driver assists or premium audio tended to sit in purgatory waiting for missing semiconductors.

Want it faster? Chase dealer stock allocations, cancelled orders or demo cars, be flexible on colour/options, and widen your search radius (interstate if you’re keen).

Or go nearly-new: the used market on places like Tradingpost was bustling precisely because everyone else was tired of waiting.