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Re:EV startups from Lucid to Rivian see demand fade, supply ... by rootusrootus on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @06:16PM (#34989717)
> you had to factory-order it.

Nitpick. You don't factory order a Subaru (or Toyota, or any other Japanese automaker for that matter). You can put your desired specs on a waitlist, however, for when one that matches comes out of the pipe. This is distinct from a domestic manufacturer like GM, where you absolutely can place an order for a car exactly matching your desires, and it will get allocated and produced with your name already on it, configured exactly as you want.

Re:EV startups from Lucid to Rivian see demand fade, supply ... by gamblor956 on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @06:22PM (#34989782)
If you want to nitpick about it, some Subarus are made in the U.S., in Indiana, and you can factory orders those models. https://www.subaru-sia.com/about

This is distinct from placing a reservation on an already-specced vehicle in the pipeline, which you can still modify with packages (but for which the engine, paint, and internal trim colors are locked). I placed a reservation on a dealer-ordered vehicle which just happened to already be specced the way I would have factory-ordered it.

Re:EV startups from Lucid to Rivian see demand fade, supply ... by rootusrootus on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:18PM (#34990267)
AFAIK that is a fairly recent change (though in the past there were some policy differences between SOA and SDC; I have never been an SDC customer).
Re:EV startups from Lucid to Rivian see demand fade, supply ... by gamblor956 on Thursday March 02, 2023 @02:50AM (#34993177)
Subaru of America has allowed factory orders for vehicles made at the Indiana plant for over a decade...