I bailed

[Craneop1972]

Their not losing customers, you order a 2024 RR and settled on a 2023 Chevy .

Exactly!! He settled. Those are nice trucks but to me none of the other Midsized trucks compare

 

[Mikefili]

Ironic I bailed on my lariat yesterday and picked up a z71 ‘rado too! My build for the lariat was 49k and change and this thing was 47. Saved 2k

Please tell me is that a Midsize or a Silverado?

 

[Scole31]

Please tell me is that a Midsize or a Silverado?

This is a Colorado. It is a midsized.

 

[Pac987]

I think Ford is more concerned to sell F-150 in North America.

Absolutely they are. They couldn’t care less about the Ranger in North America. F-150 is where they focus.

 

[davey690]

There is a lot of profit in the F-150.
I just don’t need that big of truck.

 

[Snkrjeff020]

do you think they enjoy not selling vehicles? where do you find any logic in the idea that they don't want these trucks out?

Thats literally not even the point. The point is that they CAN'T get these products out when theres any ounce of demand, is the reason why this company loses. The fact that we have all these people in this forum that are hard core enthusiastic about this product, but are now starting to look at the competition is a systematic problem.

And before we start listing out all the issues that were out of their control, sorry the business world doesn't give 2 turtle shits about your trials and tribulations. At the end of the day the buck stops with Ford, not with the consumer. They could have done more to prevent or mitigate delays but yet here we are.

 

[c5ken]

Im a Ford Fan-Boy but waiting a year for a '24 Ranger is ridiculous

 

[Bash1990]

I don't think anyone's saying Ford doesn't want to sell us our trucks, just that their priorities are elsewhere. They want to keep the market share they have in full size with higher margins rather than fight for more market share in mid size with lower margins.

Like I've said before and others have said, the full size trucks are where the moneys at. I haven't been to a Ford or GM dealer who didn't use my interest in a midsize to try and upsell me into a big truck I don't need.

 

[Wayfaring Ranger]

Im a Ford Fan-Boy but waiting a year for a '24 Ranger is ridiculous

Not a single person with a confirmed order has been waiting anywhere close to a year and there is no indication that they will need to.

Order banks opened in May 2023 and Ford said from day 1 (prior to UAW strike) that trucks would start being delivered in fall 2023. The UAW strike pushed those dates back by 3-4 months.....not 10.

Where do you guys come up with this stuff lmao.

 

[fordtrks4ever]

Ford also has a large market share with the Maverick and the debacle that became.
They had orders for more than they could make.

 

[Mikefili]

This is a Colorado. It is a midsized.

Thank you!

 

[Mikefili]

I have a 24 Lariat on order, still can't believe that I have done this, the 24 Ranger Lariat is $6,165.00 MSRP higher thanMSRP of my 23, not a few hundred, or even a thousand, but 18% price increase over last years truck. I think they are going to have some crazy discounts to get anyone to Purschase, Base 24 Ranger is a little over 1K difference compared to a base 24 F150

 

[rwolfcastle]

Not a single person with a confirmed order has been waiting anywhere close to a year and there is no indication that they will need to.

Order banks opened in May 2023 and Ford said from day 1 (prior to UAW strike) that trucks would start being delivered in fall 2023. The UAW strike pushed those dates back by 3-4 months.....not 10.

Where do you guys come up with this stuff lmao.

I have a confirmed order and I've been waiting for over a year now. I sold my 5G Ranger Oct. of 2022 in anticipation of the new model we all knew was "coming soon". The announcement took way longer than most of us expected. I thought they'd announce in Feb., order banks open by March, and getting our trucks delivered by Sept/Oct. time frame.

Ford has managed to push everything back. Considering this is a truck that has been built for over a year in the rest of the world, we all thought it would go fast here in the US since it's not the first time they've done this. Yes, the UAW strike pushed everything back by 3-4 months but Ford shit the bed on that one too. They knew for months that deadline was coming and didn't even start negotiating until after the strike.

 

[Wayfaring Ranger]

I have a confirmed order and I've been waiting for over a year now. I sold my 5G Ranger Oct. of 2022 in anticipation of the new model we all knew was "coming soon". The announcement took way longer than most of us expected. I thought they'd announce in Feb., order banks open by March, and getting our trucks delivered by Sept/Oct. time frame.

Ford has managed to push everything back. Considering this is a truck that has been built for over a year in the rest of the world, we all thought it would go fast here in the US since it's not the first time they've done this. Yes, the UAW strike pushed everything back by 3-4 months but Ford shit the bed on that one too. They knew for months that deadline was coming and didn't even start negotiating until after the strike.

You became impatient and you made an assumption and it was an incorrect assumption. That's not Ford's fault that you sold your vehicle months before we had any official dates for this truck.

"People have been waiting for over a year for a '24 ranger" (direct quote) implies ford gave us a date and pushed things back for a year beyond that. That isn't even close to happening. We aren't even to half of a year of delays from when Ford's initial announcement said it would be.

 

[Snkrjeff020]

I have a confirmed order and I've been waiting for over a year now. I sold my 5G Ranger Oct. of 2022 in anticipation of the new model we all knew was "coming soon". The announcement took way longer than most of us expected. I thought they'd announce in Feb., order banks open by March, and getting our trucks delivered by Sept/Oct. time frame.

Ford has managed to push everything back. Considering this is a truck that has been built for over a year in the rest of the world, we all thought it would go fast here in the US since it's not the first time they've done this. Yes, the UAW strike pushed everything back by 3-4 months but Ford shit the bed on that one too. They knew for months that deadline was coming and didn't even start negotiating until after the strike.

This is exactly what I am talking about. The whole supply shortage is bullshit because theres 100 F150s and mach-e sitting on each dealer lot. The whole strike delay is bull shit, because they had 4 years to prevent a strike. Whats going to happen when this current contract expires in 4 years right when everyone is scrambling to put in warranty claims.

I woud love the Ranger Raptor as much as the next guy, but I am not even scheduled. And the chances are pretty good that Ford is just going to build 3000 of these Raptors and say thats all the allocations for 2024, and cite all the above BS listed above.

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