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Originally Posted by Alan
BMW cancelled our order due to a parts supply issue according to the dealers manager.
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I'm not surprised. Anyone that wants to drive a new car in the next 4-6 months should expect to buy off the lot or through a dealer trade...and possibly be willing to travel/ship or be flexible on options/configuration, because the existing supply is probably going to be eaten pretty quickly by pent up demand.
There are a ton of re-start issues globally and more are on the way. Even when things are up and running, most will be operating at only a portion of normal production speed. Few major manufacturers (automotive and others) are publicly forecasting normal operations before the end of the year.
If demand for products drops over the rest of the year, "normal operations" could wind up meaning something less than pre-coronavirus normal operations.
In terms of auto manufacturers, until supply issues are worked out, I'd expect them to build a lot more of what they can, rather than what they may want.