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Originally Posted by Elleteeh
I was searching the new car inventory yesterday for several Subaru dealerships in my area and I noticed each dealership had two '17 in transit to arrive. I'm assuming those were just random allocations and not actual customer orders. If it already says in transit, is it safe to assume actual orders like mine would be on the same boat but haven't been added to the dealers website?
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Ordered cars count as allocated units. However, If a dealer has already accepted their allocation for a given month, they can still order cars--but these ordered cars will be placed in the next month's allocation.
For example, ABC Subaru is allocated 5 BRZ units for October. However, two orders were taken in July. ABC Subaru will still receive 5 BRZ's in October, but 3 of them will be random colors/trim. ABC Subaru won't know what trim/color the 3 other BRZ's will be until Mid-September when the dealer accepts the allocation.
But say it is still July. The current BRZ pipeline has been filled with 5 ordered BRZ's. Then, somebody walks in and wants to order a BRZ. ABC Subaru Salesperson can still take the order, but this time the ETA shows November 2016 rather than October.
So a few weeks pass and it is now mid-September. The regional manager realizes Subaru has given their region extra BRZ units, which are already on a boat, and decides to give ABC Subaru 2 more BRZ's for October. So now, ABC Subaru will be receiving 7 total BRZ's in October, but don't forget they still have that 1 ordered unit with an ETA of November since that one isn't built yet.
A random unit may arrive earlier than an ordered one if there happens to be extra units on a boat.
...Also, officially ordered cars don't appear on website inventory.