I ordered my Kuga about 2.5 weeks ago (Titanium AWD, Sea Grey, Conv Pack, Zenon, Panoramic Roof, Bluetooth, Roof Rails, and a few other odds and ends), and knew it was due to be built this week. Had a call today with my registration number asking me to call Ford Insure and get it insured so it could be registered this month!!Some dealer scamming going on there methinks as it's not due to be delivered to them, and collected by me, until mid July! Still quite impressed with the timescales, as I was expecting I might have to wait until around mid-August.
Anyway, the point of my post here was that I presume the VIN must be available in the system once cars are built, allowing dealers to do things like this!!