They have changed their customer base to a more demanding level and my belief is that paying these prices they will want their own specification car, not some dealers choice .
I think you have a point there Rich. Once I realised I could actual fit in a CX car and decided to follow the dream, I was always going to spec my own car. I suspect you are right and that at this price point many others will reach the same conclusion.
Ironically if I had decided to buy a stock car in the summer I would have been clobbered by the recall!