American car dealerships place orders for New cars every Tuesday. I suspect that because the dealships have to buy the vehicles, that they are just not placing orders with the factory because they don't want to sit on the inventory.
However, there is nothing wrong with telling the dealer that you want a New '09 H3. simply spec it out at the dealership and have them order it. Why buy a car that has been sitting around for a year outside at a dealer?
I did that once, and yes I got a better deal, but it was more of a headache in the long run, because all the crap trim they put on it, just wasn't staying on it anymore, and it was part of the price.

I buy what I want now, without any input from what the dealer thinks their customers want as trim packages.