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Official production numbers - PE RT's
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arntufun
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Probably 1000 more than they say they are going to, like the 08 PE.:roflblack:
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
I believe that I heard it was 1500 PE's on both the 2008' Spyders and the 2010 RTS models. I have RTS #474. Someone will come on with the exact #. The PE's had embroidered seats with the PE # on them. Thats whats on my RTS. Did not have a 2008 PE.
dltang
Very Handy Member
I don't know about the RT's but I have printed this letter before regarding the 2008 PE Spyders. This is the announcement from BRP:
Here is the actual letter of explanation from BRP's site regarding the Premier Edition Spyders
This is the link to the page on their site http://spyder.brp.com/en-US/Share/Co...0-bdb6061c860a
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April 9, 2008, Spyder Announcements
PREMIERE EDITION SPYDER CLARIFICATION - APRIL 9, 2008
With the recent flurry of comments online and particularly on Can-AmTalk.com, we wanted to address the issues raised in the last few days. With the launch of Spyder, we're very proud of what we have created, including the Premiere Edition program but we've also made some mistakes and we want to clear the air.
We're just as excited about the open exchange of information as you are. We're very happy to see this level of exchange between Spyder owners and enthusiasts. Keep it coming! Even amid a few "conspiracy theories" out there, we actually enjoy reading the comments as the Spyder community grows!
Regarding the Premiere Edition Spyder roadsters, we want to acknowledge that we made a mistake on the numbering sequence and we want to apologize. The information we provided two weeks ago was wrong and we are sorry.
Now, let's set the record straight.
When we first began taking Premiere Edition pre-orders in February of 2007, our goal was to create an exclusive club for the first 2,500 North American Spyder roadster owners. This remains true today.
There are exactly 2,589 Premiere Edition Spyder owners in North America.
From this, we created the 2.5K owners program and provided the 2.5K owners map. Yes, we rounded down to 2,500!
We were pleasantly surprised to learn that some people actually took the time to count the names on the map and came up with 2,532! The difference with 2,589 is strictly a timing issue between the printing of the map and the actual final number in our system. Our intent was to promote the symbolic 2.5K number.
Furthermore, the confusion resides in the numbering sequence and we apologize for this, but want to further explain exactly what has happened.
As previously discussed on SpyderRyder.com, the two main reasons for the Premiere Edition Spyder sequence numbers exceeding #2,589 are the dealer demo units and the Try Spyder Tour units. In fact, I mentioned the final sequence number of Premiere Edition units should be at #3,306 in a recent Can-AmTalk forum. These 800 dealer/tour units were taken from the same sequence as the Premiere Edition vehicles to ensure that dealers and tour staff had display and demo units quickly for training and marketing purposes.
I also want to bring it to your attention that we recently discovered a mistake with the Premiere Edition numbering sequence. Contrary to the information that we had received, it turns out that we did include approximately 550 international/overseas units in the production line sequence for Premiere Edition vehicles. The original intent was to start a new numbering sequence for international/overseas units. Unfortunately, this did not occur and we are sorry.
With the addition of the 550 international/overseas units and the 800 or so dealer demo and tour units, it puts the final sequence number of Premiere Edition Spyder roadsters at 3,856. We apologize for the confusion, but want to assure you, as our most valued Spyder customers, there are only 2,589 Premiere Edition Spyder first owners in North America.
Again, we apologize for the confusion regarding the quantities of Premiere Edition Spyder roadsters.
Please e-mail [email protected] with any questions – our goal is to keep you informed and be a resource for all of your Spyder questions.
Sincerely,
Marc R. Lacroix
Can-Am Spyder Marketing Director
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stillriding
happy old fart
Don't know how many 2010 RTs Premier Editions were produced, but mine is #699.
MouthPiece
Banged Up Member
Given there are approximately 4 bazillion premier editions out there, the non-premiere editions are actually more exclusive than the premiere editions. LOL.
Saying there are 2500 when there are 3856 is a misrepresentation of actuality by 54%.
If I fudged numbers like that where I worked, I'd be court martialed. A 54% error seems deliberate and would probably be considered false advertising by the Federal Trade Commission. Can't really call that a rounding error or any other minor mistake.
Boo on you BRP. Coming clean does not absolve the offense, but does help restore a modicum of integrity to the company.
Saying there are 2500 when there are 3856 is a misrepresentation of actuality by 54%.
If I fudged numbers like that where I worked, I'd be court martialed. A 54% error seems deliberate and would probably be considered false advertising by the Federal Trade Commission. Can't really call that a rounding error or any other minor mistake.
Boo on you BRP. Coming clean does not absolve the offense, but does help restore a modicum of integrity to the company.
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