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[Tickle]

If the cars pictured in Port Richmond are for customer consumption, they will be at dealerships within 2-4 weeks. Those parking lots aren't storage areas and the only reason to deliberately stop them from moving through the port system would be a quality hold. Maybe if Honda considers their failure to share information a quality issue, they can keep the cars in limbo? hah.

I do wonder if they're still pre-prod/press cars but that is wayyyy too many cars for that purpose alone.

I like your optimism.

I wouldn't discount Honda having these vehicles remain at holding yards until they have enough for a "launch..."

Total guess though.

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[thecaper]

I showed my salesman the California port photos at the dealership with my deposit and he guessed that these vehicles are for higher ups at Honda to drive around before actual release. The manager checked all the major ports in the US and absolutely nothing is showing in the system. (Talked to them about an hour ago.) Sooooo who knows at this point haha!

 

[Boostlag]

I showed my salesman the California port photos at the dealership with my deposit and he guessed that these vehicles are for higher ups at Honda to drive around before actual release. The manager checked all the major ports in the US and absolutely nothing is showing in the system. (Talked to them about an hour ago.) Sooooo who knows at this point haha!

pretty sure they don't have to ablity to see cars at ports, only other dealers. Honestly most of what the stealership says is hot air. Trust me when I say, we know about the car way more than some salesman does.

 

[Tickle]

Dealers see what is allocated to them.

 

[AspecR]

I showed my salesman the California port photos at the dealership with my deposit and he guessed that these vehicles are for higher ups at Honda to drive around before actual release. The manager checked all the major ports in the US and absolutely nothing is showing in the system. (Talked to them about an hour ago.) Sooooo who knows at this point haha!

They are unable to see cars at the port. Right now even though the cars are in Richmond they do not appear on any dealerships internal network. They won’t appear until an official launch or very close to it. Honda is also stockpiling cars so that they can be distributed in relatively the same time across the country. They don’t want to end up with a situation where western dealerships have them on the floor, and other parts of the country don’t have them as well.

 

[thecaper]

They are unable to see cars at the port. Right now even though the cars are in Richmond they do not appear on any dealerships internal network. They won’t appear until an official launch or very close to it. Honda is also stockpiling cars so that they can be distributed in relatively the same time across the country. They don’t want to end up with a situation where western dealerships have them on the floor, and other parts of the country don’t have them as well.

Awesome, thank you for the feedback. So we need a little over a thousand on hand for each dealership in America to get at least one car. (That’s assuming that each dealership will get at least one car). Waiting on other spy shots from other ports across the country!

 

[Whitboy82]

Awesome, thank you for the feedback. So we need a little over a thousand on hand for each dealership in America to get at least one car. (That’s assuming that each dealership will get at least one car). Waiting on other spy shots from other ports across the country!

I feel like someone needs to check back in with that port, and see if the numbers are growing, and if so, how quickly.

 

[ssheff55]

Awesome, thank you for the feedback. So we need a little over a thousand on hand for each dealership in America to get at least one car. (That’s assuming that each dealership will get at least one car). Waiting on other spy shots from other ports across the country!

Don’t think each will get one. One of my local dealers is pretty small. I’ve called them 2-3 times over the last 6 months, and every time they say “we don’t get Type R’s”.

 

[Whitboy82]

Don’t think each will get one. One of my local dealers is pretty small. I’ve called them 2-3 times over the last 6 months, and every time they say “we don’t get Type R’s”.

Yeah, when I started looking into this back in January, I talked with a handful of dealers, in small towns/areas, outside Dallas, who literally laughed when I asked them about getting a Type R.

 

[ssheff55]

Yeah, when I started looking into this back in January, I talked with a handful of dealers, in small towns/areas, outside Dallas, who literally laughed when I asked them about getting a Type R.

Same lol. Hoping they’ll send some of these higher volume dealers 2-3 initially.

 

[Whitboy82]

Same lol. Hoping they’ll send some of these higher volume dealers 2-3 initially.

That was my next question. Don’t think every dealer will get one. There are 1071 US Honda dealers and 350 cities over 100,000 people. Some of those obviously have more than one Honda dealership, so the question is… how many cars will they need before they begin distribution?

 

[ssheff55]

That was my next question. Don’t think every dealer will get one. There are 1071 US Honda dealers and 350 cities over 100,000 people. Some of those obviously have more than one Honda dealership, so the question is… how many cars will they need before they begin distribution?

Some dude on here kept saying 40-60% (I think was the number) of dealers would get them. So if that’s the case, I guess 400-600 cars.

 

[Boostlag]

Some dude on here kept saying 40-60% (I think was the number) of dealers would get them. So if that’s the case, I guess 400-600 cars.

each dealer would get least one

 

[Whitboy82]

each dealer would get least one

Like I said, I talked to a lot of small dealers who laughed at the idea they would get one.

 

[UFO CTR]

Don’t think each will get one. One of my local dealers is pretty small. I’ve called them 2-3 times over the last 6 months, and every time they say “we don’t get Type R’s”.

yup,
I've contacted the dealer I got my FK8 from in New Mexico, which is now under different ownership.
Sales said they probably won't get a Type R.
They even had to trade with different dealer to get an SI.
Those calling Desert Sun Honda may get the above answer.

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