Ah, I didn't know that the ID.3 would soon be available to order in "Kings Red"! I placed an order for Stonewashed Blue on 8 August 2021, but I would rather have chosen Kings Red, and would have waited if I knew. I have contacted the dealership about amending my order to choose Kings Red instead, but their answer was "computer says no". Quote:
It's particularly annoying that I can picture my ID.3 being painted Stonewashed Blue in the same factory and at the same time as other people's ID.3 cars will be painted Kings Red, only because some ordering database cannot be amended to select Kings Red for me.Kings Red is available on other VW models in the UK, but it is not showing as available to order on our system for an ID.3.
VW UK send out model changes for model year changes around July onwards, and another change usually during November, these are the times they would normally add/delete colours from ordering.
Now facing the difficult decision of whether to cancel the current order to place a new one in a couple of months' time. My current order has estimated build week 44, i.e. first week of November, thus 13 weeks from ordering but not counting the time between factory build in Germany and being available for me to collect at the UK dealership.
)
