Match planned production is 3500 plus 700 Raptors
Need product to sell. No product or limited product with ADM fees will push me to Chevy to be honest. I'm so over this Ford drama, delays, uncertain plans, ADM fees, limited inventory, etc. Pretty much over it at this point that it'l be a lot easier to walk into a competitors showroom and buy something for a lot less and no freaking Ford dealer drama.
Huh? That has nothing to do with the total number of trucks they're planning to build for the model year. Just how many trucks they're planning to build in March, to give an idea of how fast they're going to knock out the stack of orders they're sitting on.
It's kind of par for the course for a Ford Performance vehicle, they have always had limited allocations. Most of them have to be custom ordered or you're paying an ADM for one that is on a lot. My Focus RS took 10 months from when I ordered it. Add in a strike and supply chains still not being back up to 100% and the timeline / delays aren't really anything unexpected.
I don't think this is quite accurate - it's not how many they are planning to build in March specifically, it's how many they are building for Job 1 which is just the first run of the model year. With some people being scheduled in January, it will probably run from January until they get through the first allocation for each dealer. So it could run from January - March, or April/May even. Then Job 2 will use some formula to give dealers additional allocations for the rest of the model year.
That's not what Long McArthur Ford said in their video last week. They said those are the production numbers for the month of March, not Job 1.
I think there's some wires crossed on what's being discussed here.. some people are talking about overall production and some are talking about Raptors specifically.
Long McArthur Ford said that 3500 non-Raptor Rangers will be produced in March and 700 Raptors. So Job 1 will be ~3000 Raptors + however many non-Raptors end up being produced. If they make 700 Raptors every month Job 1 may run for 4-5 months. But nothing Long McArthur Ford said changes what we know about Job 1.
Everyone should call their dang dealerships and make sure your orders were put in as retail instead of stock. I ordered my RR day one, put a non refundable deposit down, agreed to a small ADM, and my damn dealer put my order in as a stock order. That means despite being as early as possible to order one, I am still in the dark about when the dang thing might be built. My dealer is now telling me they have a second RR ordered as a stock order that already has a VIN, window sticker, and build date of this month. If they only get one allocation, and the truck I didn’t specifically order for myself is delivered first, does that then mean mine won’t be built till job 2 since their one allocation is filled? At least my dealer said I can have the first one they get, but it’s black instead of Azure, so lame. Hope all the rest of y’all have better luck than me.
I'll take the Black one
Whatever Ford's narrative, their current regurgitation is they are building one RR for every dealer and this is the same story dealers are spewing and what all of us are hearing. Clearly it's all fabricated. Gee, what a business model. I'm assuming they want their first runs to be their most profitable before they start building/releasing more at lower margins. I assumed the US mid sized truck market would support more than Ford making 3000. Seems Toyota is still clearly leading by a large margin and this trend will continue.
Why would anyone pay attention to these stories. It's been BS since last year and continues. March, yeah sure...The story is so long in the tooth they need to just drop it altogether. They can't plan a product date even if someone held a gun to their heads.
Ok - see you later ?
Yea, that's too bad. To me, it was/is pretty clear. Until I see one in a dealership, I assume they aren't available. The thought of paying an ADM charge to be "first in line" doesn't appeal to me ever. I'll wait for the bargins downstream.
