Emerson you do know the main factory only builds what is ordered by distributors around the world on a monthly basis. Any shortage will be your distribution Center holding off to clear their stock. CFMOTO truly has no model yr, as they preform Rolling updates. You will see these as you get new stock from your distribution centre.
Price increase is coming straight from factory, as they seem to think their product is of high QC and thus demands a higher price.
You do realize what it takes to get a container of vehicles through customs right? Customs inspections. EPA Inspections. Union barriers.
Now, take into account the ports on the west coast have been dealing with union strikes, add typical customs and EPA delays, and BAM, you have an unexpected delay in the arrival of your 2016 stock.
As far as price increases... again, i've been in this business quite a while. I'm well aware of how this works. Their week long sales meetings included the chinese and higher ups (FYI, CFMoto USA is owned by CFMoto China). The sales reps and US side management spent most of the week trying to negotiate pricing as well as getting information as to WHY they decided to increase the price.
Considering CFMoto is a lesser known Chinese brand, and have done little to market themselves in the US (They do a GREAT job in Canada, Russia, and Australia though) I would say the price increase is a tad bit ill-conceived. At this point, they need to market themselves better. Something as little as a Facebook page goes a LONG ways, but the US side does NOT have one.
The one thing I've learned about dealing with chinese brands over the last 15 years, is they only care what THEY think about their product, and not what the market does. THEY think they have a great product, but the US market does not know who they are, except its another chinese brand. Part of marketing is getting your brand out there and into the hands of consumers. As popularity grows, you then build a reputation. Then you get your brand reviewed by major publications (again, once in the last few years has a major industry publication done any sort of review), send some units off to aftermarket brands to build things like exhaust, bumpers, ect... CFMoto NEEDS to step up their marketing game FIRST, otherwise they price themselves out of the market before they even get a chance to make some real headroom.
I've watched dozens of Chinese brands fall because of their lack of QC, marketing, parts supply, and premature price "greed" as I like to put it. I LOVE the CFMoto brand. They, in my opinion, are the first Chinese brand to really step up, get the QC almost to where it needs to be, have a decent parts supply and dealer support unit, and get the overall fit and finish right. But all of that is no good if they don't take the time, and invest the money, into getting the brand name out there.