You raise a good point Will, I'm assuming that only a certain % of the people who reserved before the general reservations were open fully intend on purchasing, and will pull out at some point. Also you'll have the natural wastage of people whose priorities change etc.
Also they indicated that deposits may be transferable I think, in that case we can put up a reservation transfer section on the forum if there's demand for it to put A and B together, depending on how INEOS make the conditions for transfer.
I'm sure, and would hope that the people who did reserve would want the vehicle to go to an enthusiast rather than just some random. But you never know with people, they're strange things...
If you want one, and want it as soon as possible then I'd say put down a deposit. You never know.