When we got to the top of our dealership's waiting list our dealer started requesting our vehicle as their "preference" in the allocation. Our dealership is the highest volume dealer in CT, so I guess it might be possible that they get their "preferences" slightly more often than other dealerships, but they did tell me that they don't always get their preference. But, fortunately for us, they were given their preference (our car) in the allocation.

When we first placed our order we asked our dealership if they did "swaps" for vehicles with other dealerships and they said they did, but only within the tri-state area, and that it was very difficult to get another dealership to swap a hybrid, because they are almost always all sold before they arrive on the lot around here.