So if this model were to come to Australia, I wonder whether we'd actually be able to buy a bike at this time of the year, during the shift to the new year models? Because if you couldn't, it's just going to highlight the ridiculous situation we face every year.
I was in the market for a Fuel EX 9.8. Tried to get one during the sales a couple of weeks ago - nothing available in my size. The 2016 model isn't available here in any numbers until at least the 23rd of November. So there's a good four month period where I literally can't buy the bike I wanted. So now I'm in the market for a competitors bike, because Trek can't give me what I was after for any money.
If Trek go down this path in Australia, I'd think that they need to be able to have stock available year round. It's bad enough to visit a store and be told that they can't get in what you're after, but if you're visiting the website of the manufacturer to be met with a page full of bikes that are 'not available', then that's really not a good look for the company. I suspect our market is small enough that they just don't care though.