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I am not sure I understand your first question, but if I do the answer is yes. 99% (may not be accurate but you get the idea) of all orders are dealer stock. Having several hundred retail sold orders is not normal unless the vehicle is something like a Corvette or a heavy duty truck. You may have noticed the one thing both segments have in common is the extraordinary number of options and choices compared to most vehicle lines.
Every two weeks dealers are told the allocated numbers for each vehicle line and at this time they indicate which of each they will take. During this consensus period the use it or lose and redistribution of allocation takes place.
Every Thursday the dealers are told how many of the two week consensus they can actually order. They have until the following Tuesday to actually match allocation against order. Here is where it gets complicated: there is an overlap: the second half of consensus will be a Tuesday order while the next consensus is beginning. I have not yet figured out a way to explain it better.
Laborsmith
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