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      01-14-2022, 04:41 PM   #1
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Do dealers receive M3 allocations every month?

I just had my dealer who I have been working with for months and promised to get me an allocation for Jan or Feb tell me that they haven't had an allocation for months and there are 5 people ahead of me and can no longer guarantee I will get one in the near future. When I told her that I had heard that M3 allocations for January were released and did they give those out already, she said they did not get any M3 allocations this month, only 1 for an M5. They are only getting 4 allocations for Feb but they are not sure if any of them will be for M cars.

Just trying to understand how allocations work. I was under the impression that the dealers get M3 allocations monthly. Thanks for any help educating me here
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High volume dealers will likely get allocations monthly, but no guarantees. With that being said, still wondering if anyone's dealers have gotten allocations for feb builds yet.
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Exactly why they shouldn't promise what they can't predict
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M car allocations are sent out every month in the recent past. Again that isnt a guarentee that every dealer might few when its sent out. High volume dealers might get a few every month and others might wait months. No one can forsee how many a dealer will get next time.
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I think I remember Golfrr?? (The SA for a bimmer dealership) stating that the allocations for M cars have been 0-2 per month for the past year. So I think your SA is telling you the truth
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I have a order and my SA told me that next Thursday is when he'll know if his dealership gets one. Idk but I'll let you know if I get one.
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High volume dealers will likely get allocations monthly, but no guarantees. With that being said, still wondering if anyone's dealers have gotten allocations for feb builds yet.
Feb builds were sent out in December.

Allocations for March builds should be sent out later this month.
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Feb builds were sent out in December.

Allocations for March builds should be sent out later this month.
Oh really -- that's interesting, I thought allocations for the next month were sent in the current month, I guess not. My sales guy told me he is estimating a march allocation, not sure if that's a build or when an allocation is secured for me though.

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Oh really -- that's interesting, I thought allocations for the next month were sent in the current month, I guess not. My sales guy told me he is estimating a march allocation, not sure if that's a build or when an allocation is secured for me though.
March allocation might be April build. I got a January allocation and a February production date
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March allocation might be April build. I got a January allocation and a February production date
Yours would have been a december allocation. January allocations will be released after 20th of this month with march build weeks.
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Yours would have been a december allocation. January allocations will be released after 20th of this month with march build weeks.
Oh ok. This sh*t gets confusing lol
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March allocation might be April build. I got a January allocation and a February production date
Yours would have been a december allocation. January allocations will be released after 20th of this month with march build weeks.
Oh damn that means no updates for me till March
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https://www.reddit.com/r/BMW/comment...tm_name=iossmf

According to this post, a dude got a january allocation for an april build, builds getting delayed even more now?
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According to this post, a dude got a january allocation for an april build, builds getting delayed even more now?
December allocations had build weeks in march or april if it was ordered with frozen or individual shades.
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      01-17-2022, 06:06 PM   #15
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My local dealer hasn’t had one in 3 months and they have 5 others on their list.

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Oh really -- that's interesting, I thought allocations for the next month were sent in the current month, I guess not. My sales guy told me he is estimating a march allocation, not sure if that's a build or when an allocation is secured for me though.
Nope, Draper is correct. Except for last September, when November build allocations weren't delivered to dealers till the second week of October, BMW USA typically issues them late the next-to-last week of the month (so late this week, for March builds).

Allocations for M cars have been so limited, I'd be highly skeptical of what your sales guy is telling you. (He's mainly trying to keep you from shopping other dealers for allocations.) Here in the Central Region, dealers may collectively get <5 M3/M4 allocations any given month. Someone posted M3 allocations for February builds, and I counted only (3) for dealers in states that didn't border an ocean.
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      01-17-2022, 08:24 PM   #17
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December allocations had build weeks in march or april if it was ordered with frozen or individual shades.
December allocations were for February builds. Individual will push the builds out, but they were still originally for February builds.
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December allocations were for February builds. Individual will push the builds out, but they were still originally for February builds.
I had my production number November 4th, with a predicted build in February and delivery (Belgium) early March. Full spec G83, PMB, excluding CF buckets and the wireless phone charger (oh, and the carbon ceramic brakes). Not getting any information other than a confirmation of delivery early March. I do not know whether to be happy about not having access to your status schedules and being left in the gray, or to be sad about that. Anyways, I feel as unsecure as many of you, that is all I know for sure.
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