Pre-registrations can cause problems where dealers don't change the registration docs which you mentioned. This is because the manufacturers usually require the dealer to hold on to the car for a number of months before selling it on as they were supposed to be demonstrators etc.
We had deals at work where we could buy certain manufacturers cars with a staff discount but were not allowed to re-sell them for 6 months - I guess to stop profiteering?
When we purchased SWMBO's PRE-REG Nissan Note there were half a dozen un-registered cars on the forecourt.
We chose the one we wanted. Were given a choice of registration numbers. They registered it to themselves that day and then to us the day after!
The dealer explained (I already knew anyway) that they got a significant rebate from Nissan for selling X cars in the period and those half dozen took them to X with the discounts being less than the rebate.
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