271 BRZ's sold in month of May 2012 in US - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

DeepHunta · 06-04-2012, 12:31 AM

Hopefully this is not a repost.

http://www.jconline.com/article/2012...xt%7CFRONTPAGE

Interesting short read. The most important bit for us BRZ owners and future owners is towards the end of article:
"Also in May, Subaru reported initial sales results — 271 units — for the BRZ, a made-in-Japan sports car that is turning some heads."

You bet it's turning heads. Your average Joe thinks the BRZ is a new Porsche

I'm pretty sure I can be easily be in the first 300 to own a BRZ: "Leonidaaaaaas!"

DookDookDGM · 06-04-2012, 12:41 AM

Mine was #158 off the line, apparently. I like being part of history!

BRZer86 · 06-04-2012, 02:30 AM

Where are they? We may have 10 of them on this forum.

Sportsguy83 · 06-04-2012, 02:45 AM

Astonishing numbers considering I think we don't have 50 in this, I think the most popular BRZ forum.

earthsscum · 06-04-2012, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BRZer86

Where are they? We may have 10 of them on this forum.

i think there's significantly more than 10 here.. look on the brz preorder alone and theres way more than 10 and all members here...

interesting though 270 units my guess would have been closer to 400 but <300

ritchelB · 06-04-2012, 04:11 AM

Wow! That was pretty great news. If there are a lot of 271 BRZ sold in may, it would only mean that most of them love the model.

86design · 06-04-2012, 05:13 AM

wow thats pretty crazy!

sure74 · 06-04-2012, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeepHunta

You bet it's turning heads. Your average Joe thinks the BRZ is a new Porsche

My neighbor, "Is that a new Porsche".

Haha, loved it!

eikond · 06-04-2012, 10:40 AM

271 is a really low number if you think about it.

50 states * 5 cars each = 250 cars.

Don't fall into the trap of thinking that all BRZ owners are on this site or the internet forums at all.

One more thing to note.. Dealers will frequently fudge their sales reporting back to the manufacturer. If it's a customer order, they can mark it sold as soon as it hits the lot.. regardless of when it gets picked up. They will obviously try to report the sold units in May if possible.. that helps overall sales figures and earns them larger allocations through the rest of the summer.

DantKR · 06-04-2012, 10:52 AM

Except BRZs aren't getting much more allocations until 2013

Kimsey47 · 06-04-2012, 11:30 AM

I'm one of them... Got mine on the 31st!

eblamble3 · 06-04-2012, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DantKR

Except BRZs aren't getting much more allocations until 2013

Not sure about this but my dealer had 4 allocations and each one has been pre-ordered. Salesman told me they would actually be getting an additional allocation to make the total 5.

King Tut · 06-04-2012, 03:02 PM

So if we factor in 6000 cars this year and spread that out over 12 months then they should be 500 a month. Does that mean that there are still 230 automatics (I mean cars) that are still unsold on dealer lots?

Lonewolf · 06-04-2012, 03:23 PM

Most dealers didn't even get their BRZ's until the last ten days or so of May. So 270 ish over 10 days (give or take) is not bad.

06-04-2012, 12:41 AM	#2
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06-04-2012, 12:31 AM	#1
DeepHunta Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: '05 Outback Wgn, '05 Lotus Elise Location: WA Posts: 543 Thanks: 21 Thanked 99 Times in 67 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	271 BRZ's sold in month of May 2012 in US Hopefully this is not a repost. http://www.jconline.com/article/2012...xt%7CFRONTPAGE Interesting short read. The most important bit for us BRZ owners and future owners is towards the end of article: "Also in May, Subaru reported initial sales results — 271 units — for the BRZ, a made-in-Japan sports car that is turning some heads." You bet it's turning heads. Your average Joe thinks the BRZ is a new Porsche I'm pretty sure I can be easily be in the first 300 to own a BRZ: "Leonidaaaaaas!" __________________ Proud ex-owner of GBS 6MT BRZ Limited. Pre-ordered on Feb-29-2012, got VIN on 5/19 with ETA 6/6, arrived early on 6/2, but still didn't pick it up until Jun-6-2012. Recently sold the Buuurz as of 4/21/2014

06-04-2012, 02:30 AM	#3
BRZer86 Wattya Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2018 Subaru WRX - Limited - 6MT Location: Dallas Posts: 164 Thanks: 25 Thanked 41 Times in 32 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Where are they? We may have 10 of them on this forum.

06-04-2012, 04:11 AM	#6
ritchelB Banned Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: none Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Wow! That was pretty great news. If there are a lot of 271 BRZ sold in may, it would only mean that most of them love the model.

06-04-2012, 10:40 AM	#9
eikond Wish Nissan made one Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: '13 WRB BRZ Premium Location: Lake Orion, MI Posts: 886 Thanks: 129 Thanked 360 Times in 189 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	271 is a really low number if you think about it. 50 states * 5 cars each = 250 cars. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that all BRZ owners are on this site or the internet forums at all. One more thing to note.. Dealers will frequently fudge their sales reporting back to the manufacturer. If it's a customer order, they can mark it sold as soon as it hits the lot.. regardless of when it gets picked up. They will obviously try to report the sold units in May if possible.. that helps overall sales figures and earns them larger allocations through the rest of the summer.

06-04-2012, 10:52 AM	#10
DantKR Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Drives: Subaru BRZ LT Location: NC Posts: 759 Thanks: 7 Thanked 124 Times in 71 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Except BRZs aren't getting much more allocations until 2013

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Lonewolf Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: Moped Location: CA Posts: 4,298 Thanks: 4,897 Thanked 2,128 Times in 1,193 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Most dealers didn't even get their BRZ's until the last ten days or so of May. So 270 ish over 10 days (give or take) is not bad.

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