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I got a call from my dealership today to tell me that my stripped, grey, 6MT M2 is now going into production. This was ordered slightly less than 3 weeks ago, on an allocation that the dealership had told me at the time that they had just received a few days before. The original estimate was that I'd get the car delivered in the western US around late March, but based upon this call I'm guessing it will be before then.

This is probably reflective of the current delay on getting an M2 built to order, which further supports the notion that we are at or approaching equilibrium on these cars. In most markets probably most anyone can order an M2 as if it were just about any of the other cars in the lineup that can be built to order. If your dealership can't do this for you, then the odds are that a couple of phone calls will find you one that can.