I also suspect that the MY variants are now outselling M3 variants despite their higher price tag due to the global obsession with SUV/ crossover models ( admittedly I fell into this trap too, cancelling my M3 RWD order for a MYLR!)There are bigger margins on the high-spec cars though, and they used to prioritise these as a result. That's why Performance versions generally had shorter delivery estimates. At least that's my understanding of how it generally works.