My VE was out of alignment when it was delivered to me in June 2009.
The reason I say this is a week after picking it up we went south of here about 3 hours away, and the car felt nervous on the highway. It tended to wander around and would not hold a straight line.
When I got where we were going to the next morning I filled the tank and checked the tyre's.......I remember they were all around 36PSI..........No problem there. The car still felt very nervous on the way home a week later.
Two weeks later I booked it into the dealer for it's first service and told the guy who served me. There were no other issues I told him.
Picked the car up in the afternoon and was told the front end was out and it had been rectified. The car felt fine after that.
When the car got close to 10,000kms I noticed the near side rear tyre was more worn than any others on the car, so I took it to my close by Bridgestone tyre shop as it had 18in Potenza's on it, and ask for a full alignment front and rear.......I was given the readout after it was done and the front was okay but the rear was way out, hence the scrubbing on the rear.
I would suggest the rear was out as was the front from the factory and the dealer did not align the rear but only the front at the first service.
The car is now just on 4 years old with 22,000 kms on it, and last month I purchased two new Falken ZE912 tyres from Uncle Bob, had them go onto the front and the Potenza's from the front go to the rear........Had a full front and rear alignment, with the readouts supplied, so would expect tyres now to last a little longer.
My suggestion is for a few dollars, take your new vehicle for a proper alignment to someone you trust, if you want maximum life out of the expensive tyres on it.