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> 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 desire
by rootusrootus 4y ago
> 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.
- gamblor956 4y agoIf 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 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.
- rootusrootus 4y agoAFAIK 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).
- gamblor956 4y agoSubaru of America has allowed factory orders for vehicles made at the Indiana plant for over a decade...