Subaru BRZ Production Increase?

[ngabdala]

I would feel the same way if I were you.

Originally Posted by sieeegel

ya. now that i have my BRZ, i want them to stop making them. kind of selfish, but whatever.

[Sportsguy83]

Originally Posted by dsgerbc

Hm, Subaru can't make up their mind. Only a week or so ago, after being denied the opportunity to build a factory in China, Subaru was saying that they are gonna expand in the U.S., by investing $75mil. I wonder if they reconsidered that or this is in addition to.

This article does not mean they are not doing that. What they are saying is that they won't be building new plants in USA. An expansion of the Indiana plant of 75 mil is something different.

[groucho]

Originally Posted by GMU-BRZ

There's a serious Impreza shortage right now too. Everything dealers have are Outbacks and Legacys, which are made in Indiana. They need to expand production over here to include Impreza if they hope to keep up with demand.

Are you talking the base 2013 Impreza or the WRX/STI? From what I understand, they're done building 2012 WRX and STIs and still haven't announced what's happening with them for 2013.

FWIW, this is what my dealer's inventory looks like. There's less Imprezas than most others but they certainly have 'em.

• Forester (75)
• Impreza (27)
• Impreza WRX (6)
• Legacy (33)
• Outback (76)
• Tribeca (5)

[GMU-BRZ]

Originally Posted by groucho

Are you talking the base 2013 Impreza or the WRX/STI? From what I understand, they're done building 2012 WRX and STIs and still haven't announced what's happening with them for 2013.

FWIW, this is what my dealer's inventory looks like. There's less Imprezas than most others but they certainly have 'em.

• Forester (75)
• Impreza (27)
• Impreza WRX (6)
• Legacy (33)
• Outback (76)
• Tribeca (5)

Referring to 2012 base Imprezas. That’s a solid number for your dealership, so maybe the shortage is just regionally or locally. But nearly all the 5 door Imprezas that are coming in at local dealers are already sold before they hit the lot. My friend was trying to test drive one over the weekend. The 3 closest dealerships had 0, 1, and 2 Imprezas on the lot that weren’t already sold, only one of which was a 5 door.



She decided to buy one over a 5 door Mazda 3, called the dealer to reserve one that was still 3 weeks out and available, and in the roughly 5 business hours since she talked to the dealer that one had already been snatched up too.

[groucho]

Originally Posted by GMU-BRZ

Referring to 2012 base Imprezas. That’s a solid number for your dealership, so maybe the shortage is just regionally or locally. But nearly all the 5 door Imprezas that are coming in at local dealers are already sold before they hit the lot. My friend was trying to test drive one over the weekend. The 3 closest dealerships had 0, 1, and 2 Imprezas on the lot that weren’t already sold, only one of which was a 5 door.

We are sort of spoiled as this is the #2 dealership (formerly #1!) in the country. I didn't check to see how many of those are in stock vs in transit, but I would assume that most are in stock. I'm starting to see a few of them driving around. The new gray wheels look great on them!