this ties in well with your
this ties in well with your lead time article for special builds on rav 4's. i placed an order with my dealership and put down 500 to get certain rav4 xle hybrid with a cold weather package. as i initially talked to the sales person, i thought that I would have a 3 to 6 month wait and at some point he would tell me that they were going to start to build my car in June/July/Ausust etc and he could track it. i later talked to him and it sounds like your article to the T. they are building Rav 4's and allocating them out to dealers'. in reality i guess the dealer thinks that they will get a car in close to what i wanted as part of their allocation, but in reality Toyota is not shipping a car to my dealer that i custom ordered in early April. i think the dealership needs to be more honest on how the process works upfront.