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      02-19-2014, 12:56 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by starbai View Post
can someone breifly (if not too much work) explain what you guys mean when you're referring to 'dealer allocations'?
A dealership gets x number of each model, known as their allocation. A higher volume dealership is rewarded (typically) with a higher number of allocations of the hot model. The allocations a store gets are either dealer stock, or orders. So if a store has hit their allocation total, you would be unable to order a car until the next cycle.


For example, a north east chevy store that doesn't do much corvette volume wouldn't have many corvettes allocated to them, but at a time like this where the car is hot, they would want more corvettes than a typical year towards the end of a model cycle, but are not able to get any. The dealer that sells corvettes all the time, not just when it's hot, is rewarded with a higher number of allocations.

Hope that helps, I know that was wordy.
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