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      03-19-2025, 12:29 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by TN_3 View Post
The problem with this strategy is they released one allocation per dealer...so while you have markets where there is a list 14 deep and only one vehicle, other, smaller markets are still sitting on theirs...so unless they are tapping into the dealer lists, I don't know how they are gauging the true demand for the vehicle.
an order bank just shows potential interest and a dealer can stack those that may not be real. I think they want to see how quickly they actually sell and the initial allocation covered production through April.

A handful of dealers got more than 1 (believe it was 10 dealers).

Don't think BMW NA wanted to overbuild with the initial batch and risk having them sit and that would truly kill the Touring for the US market.
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