Dealer allocation: do smaller dealers wait longer?

MojorisinM3 · 06-29-2007, 05:56 PM

I've bought BMW and MB in the past from a smaller, more rural dealer. The large local "city" dealers dont like to deal like the smaller guys.

Anyway, I can get #1 spot on the list for the E92 M3 but I'm concerned the bigger dealers will get their cars sooner. If I'm truly #1 will the smaller dealers get their cars the same time as the larger ones?

This dealer isnt THAT small - they do have an M6 vert and M5 in the showroom, along with that crazy $500,000 SLR MB thing...

TIA

M3Chang · 06-29-2007, 07:59 PM

it all depends on how many units your dealers sell per month.
go ask your salesman how the E46 M3 sales have been in the past.. that should give you a good enough idea for allocation rates.

swamp2 · 06-30-2007, 02:54 AM

The rates dealers will get new Ms will be about the same they got E46 M3s (educated guess). However, if you can get spot #1 it really won't matter unless your dealer is so small that they can not even get a car in the first month of allocations. What really matters is if you have a terrible spot like 20. That could take anywhere from 3 months to 10 months after the #1 guys get their car. See my post here as well.

REP1KRR · 06-30-2007, 08:47 PM

I've heard, and from what I asked my dealer, is the #1 spots are a sure-thing. Every dealer across the country will get at least one allocation immediately upon release. Its the #2, 3 and spots so-on, that will be more sensative to the small dealer-small volume/allocation rule.

This is my situation also. #1 at a small/medium volume dealer.

06-29-2007, 05:56 PM	#1
MojorisinM3 Captain Drives: 08 M6 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 985 iTrader: (0)	Dealer allocation: do smaller dealers wait longer? I've bought BMW and MB in the past from a smaller, more rural dealer. The large local "city" dealers dont like to deal like the smaller guys. Anyway, I can get #1 spot on the list for the E92 M3 but I'm concerned the bigger dealers will get their cars sooner. If I'm truly #1 will the smaller dealers get their cars the same time as the larger ones? This dealer isnt THAT small - they do have an M6 vert and M5 in the showroom, along with that crazy $500,000 SLR MB thing... TIA __________________ 08 M6
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06-30-2007, 02:54 AM	#3
swamp2 Major General Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Diego, CA USA Posts: 8,315 iTrader: (1)	Doesn't matter for #1 The rates dealers will get new Ms will be about the same they got E46 M3s (educated guess). However, if you can get spot #1 it really won't matter unless your dealer is so small that they can not even get a car in the first month of allocations. What really matters is if you have a terrible spot like 20. That could take anywhere from 3 months to 10 months after the #1 guys get their car. See my post here as well.

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06-29-2007, 07:59 PM	#2
M3Chang New Member Drives: S2000 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 14 iTrader: (0)	it all depends on how many units your dealers sell per month. go ask your salesman how the E46 M3 sales have been in the past.. that should give you a good enough idea for allocation rates.

06-30-2007, 08:47 PM	#4
REP1KRR My other car is a Scooter'ia Drives: M3 Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 1,162 iTrader: (5)	I've heard, and from what I asked my dealer, is the #1 spots are a sure-thing. Every dealer across the country will get at least one allocation immediately upon release. Its the #2, 3 and spots so-on, that will be more sensative to the small dealer-small volume/allocation rule. This is my situation also. #1 at a small/medium volume dealer.