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[Pyrrho]

I go to the BMW dealer in Fort Collins CO, the salesman tells me they can't get RS's (haven't had one in about a year) and they can't get as many GS's as they want although they always have some. And that they are selling all the R18's they are getting.

The "reason" for any vehicle supply question today is: chip shortage.

BMW has boasted of having secured relatively good chip supply so far in 2021, and has released a financial forecast of nearly doubling profitability of its Motorrad unit (4.5% in 2020, predicting 8-10% in 2021). How much of that is actual shortage vs prioritization of part availability to its highest-margin products vs using the specter of "chip shortage" to keep discounting at a minimum is anyone's guess.