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Originally Posted by p1l0t
Two questions.
1.) Do we have any 2015 data yet for an update?
2.) I read this article from 2012 about how they aren't manufacturing that many but the ones that are have been flying away from the dealers in a couple days. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012...ype=blogs&_r=1 I don't know if that is still the case, although I had to drive to Massachusetts to test drive one and it was a 2013 with 60k.. There was another one in a part of Connecticut that was newer but further away than the Mass. dealer but that was it! It was also cheaper to buy a 2016 new from the factory in Series.HyperBlue than this 2015 in CT with some miles on it. Some dealers were telling me they are selling too fast and some were telling me they are selling to too slow so they aren't producing as much.
Either way I don't care I kind of like that it is a rare bird, makes it more interesting. It feels exclusive. I just wonder if Subaru is doing that on purpose or if the demand just really isn't all that high. It does seem like a niche car built for enthusiasts regardless and I'm perfectly happy with that.
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They don't produce based on sales numbers they produce based on a manufacturing plan. These plans are set for at least 3 and as much as 5 years in advance.
If the plan called for making 1,000 a year and they only sold 1 they would still make 1,000 a year. If they made 1,000 a year and had orders for 2,000 they would still make 1,000.
This is mostly due to the contracts with the parts suppliers since it is very, very, very expensive to increase or decrease the contracted number of parts. Believe it or not it can cost more to change the parts order quantities mid plan than it would to build them all following plan then take them out back and crush them. Seems messed up but that is the automotive industry for you.
The only accurate method to determine if sales are slipping or climbing against that plan would be to compare the number made against the number sold. The number sold data is published on a fairly regular basis but the number made info is impossible to get (or at least I have never found it). There could be empty storage lots or Japan could be almost covered in unsold (to dealers) ones that they just do not want the public to know about.