Interesting that I'm not the only one to get that type of message! It would seem the dealership stands to benefit from every reservation they get channeled toward their dealership, but maybe Acura is watching out for dealerships seeking extra allocations?
My guess is for a couple of reasons.
There will be a ton more than 200 available next month. The 200 is just something slightly special because you get it a week early. If you don’t get in on the 200 it’s not a super big deal IMO. You’ll still easily get one next month.
Yeah that’s wrong. Dealers already got their allocations and placed orders. If someone gets one of the 200 and sends the order to that dealer, it’s technically an additional allocation. It doesn’t eat one of the ones they’ve already ordered.
That's what the dealership said who wanted me to make a reservation regardless, and I tried to explain that to the one that said I'd go to the bottom of the list, but they insisted...
You seem SO confident in this…..I’m told by my dealer they have gotten 9 for the rest of the year, but the 200 will go out over next couple months, new allocations won’t ship until August. That’s a ways away
I've had one dealership say they have 9 coming for the rest of the year, another that says they have 6--similar dealerships, both high-volume. But I'll also say time flies, August and year-end will both be here before you know it.
Sounds like a good suggestion. If you get one of the 200, you essentially come off their list. So if they only had 6 allocated, that previous 7th person gets one now.
There is no reason to not be confident. It’s common sense. Acura said it officially arrives next month, not August. That’s not including the 200 that come out prelaunch. Why would they say the official launch is June if the 200, Pre Launch units won’t be fully out until August? That would mean the official launch, since they said all 200 would be early, is in Aug/Sept. but they said June. So normal non preordered models will be coming in June. If you’re 6th on the list of their 6 allocations, sure maybe it won’t be June for you. But it isn’t going to take them 7 months to make a few hundred units. The ITS is a mass produced car. Additional allocations will also be added down the road. This always happens. Initial allocations are the safe estimate. Dealers will get more later.
So keep in mind that the "list" is the dealership's list--it's their call how they handle it, but I'd think they'd want all the extra allocations they can get, providing the reservation allocations are in addition to the reservations they have for the rest of the year. It's essentially an extra sale.
