You should have been given a VON, Vehicle Order Number, 5 minutes after you placed the order, or 5 minutes the dealer placed your order in the computer system. He could place the order without having a allocation. It would show as a BA pending order. This really means nothing other than the dealer placed an order. If you ask your dealer for a VON and he states he doesn't have one it means that he never placed the order or he is not telling you the truth. Again, he can place the order with no allocation for the car. A VON in BA status is the first step in the long procedure.