I was called last night from my Saturn dealer and was told I could come in and place my preferences for ordering. I went in this morning and was told by my sales manager that they only had the one image - for the dealer demo. He did tell me however, that I could "officially" place my preferences with him. We sat down and went through the order process: picking color, oprtions, etc. Priced out at $26675 - no markup. I was the first to place my order (and I use that term loosely) with him. His allocation is 3-4 per month.
When the first customer image is ready, it'll be mine but, I ordered the auto tranny and there might be a delay for that option so I guess I should say I'll bethe first auto trans image to go. I can live with that. My sales manager said once the image goes in, he will keep me informed every step of the way, and I beleive him!
My experience with my dealer - Saturn of Concord, CA - was the same as my last three Saturn I purchased.

Easy, honest, pleasant.

I showed him this forum and he bookmarked it on the spot!
ordered:
Silver Graphite
black/red
single CD with Monsoon
chrome wheels
spoiler (? need to see one first)