Yes, I knew it was a problem across the MG range re supply/delivery which is why I wasn't surprised to get the call. And yes, we can wait, the Auris goes about it's business competently without fuss or drama.

And yes again, it's an affinity deal so incredibly good value for the vehicle we're (eventually) getting. We have been quoted about £1200 more from WBAC for the Auris which obviously we wouldn't actually get (usually knock off about 10% of quoted price in my experience, although the local WBAC guy here is actually pretty decent and straightforward)

The price of our HS is fixed before the recent increase so we're okay there (just under £21K for an exclusive manual petrol with the red leather interior)

My first task when we get the car will be to learn how to permanently turn off the pilot system, it's a 2022 model so most of the annoying beeps and warning alarms have already been discretely disabled or removed!

My daughter in law has just traded a one year old MG SUV. It was constantly throwing up computer error messages and stopping. It was in and out of the dealers under warranty but the same problems kept coming up. In the end she had to get rid of it. Hope yours is better. Perhaps she just got a Friday car.

The Chinese manufacturers are renowned for very short development times, which non-Chinese car makers just can't match - perhaps they skip, or shorten, the reliability testing stage.