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·A Subaru of America Sales Manager told me that Subaru will not be doing "presales" with the STi.
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Subaru has decided to allocate the STi based upon the following, dealer performance criteria:
50% based on overall Subaru vehicle sales
50% based on WRX sales
This is established on a 12 month basis, April to March, probably.
The higher your dealers Sales Index is, the more STi's they will get per allocation. Allocations are typically every three weeks, or so. The first allocation is supposed to be larger.
Example: Let's say dealer A sells 100 Subarus and 0 WRX's, and dealer B sells 100 Subarus and they are all WRX's. Let's look at the indices for each.
Dealer A: 100*.5 + 0*.5 = 50 + 0 = 50
Dealer B: 100*.5 + 100*.5 = 50 + 50 = 100
Guess who gets more STi's? The dealer that sells a lot of WRX's and has reasonable sales in the rest of his fleet.
Now for some numbers :lol: John Eyer, Subaru District Sales Manager said, 'that Subaru will ship 300 to 400 STi's per allocation with the first allocation being somewhat larger.'
If you are upset about this, please don't take it out on me, or JJ, or this site, or your dealer, or, or, or. Please, if this bothers you as much as it bothers me. Write to Subaru and tell them why you think you should be able to order an STi, e.g. "Presale" from them through the dealer of your choice.
Subaru has decided to allocate the STi based upon the following, dealer performance criteria:
50% based on overall Subaru vehicle sales
50% based on WRX sales
This is established on a 12 month basis, April to March, probably.
The higher your dealers Sales Index is, the more STi's they will get per allocation. Allocations are typically every three weeks, or so. The first allocation is supposed to be larger.
Example: Let's say dealer A sells 100 Subarus and 0 WRX's, and dealer B sells 100 Subarus and they are all WRX's. Let's look at the indices for each.
Dealer A: 100*.5 + 0*.5 = 50 + 0 = 50
Dealer B: 100*.5 + 100*.5 = 50 + 50 = 100
Guess who gets more STi's? The dealer that sells a lot of WRX's and has reasonable sales in the rest of his fleet.
Now for some numbers :lol: John Eyer, Subaru District Sales Manager said, 'that Subaru will ship 300 to 400 STi's per allocation with the first allocation being somewhat larger.'
If you are upset about this, please don't take it out on me, or JJ, or this site, or your dealer, or, or, or. Please, if this bothers you as much as it bothers me. Write to Subaru and tell them why you think you should be able to order an STi, e.g. "Presale" from them through the dealer of your choice.