Ford Punishing Dealers Caught Price-Gouging Ford CEO Jim Farley knows who they are, and they will feel Ford’s wrath in their future vehicle allocation.
Roughly 10 percent of dealers have reportedly taken advantage of increasingly long wait times for popular Ford models by trying to charge above MSRP and "gouge" customers. Ford CEO Jim Farley knows who they are, and they will feel Ford's wrath in their future vehicle allocation deals with the automaker, which was made clear on Thursday's fourth-quarter 2021 earnings call.
Remember this isn't a similar sample set. Majority of Broncos were reserved and agreed at MSRP, all be it the few horror stories we see on here. Pull all of those out and I'm sure it would be #1 easily for off the lot purchases.
Would be more interesting to see an analysis of overall dealer revenue from vehicle sales. With such low inventory, dealers might still be sucking wind, even with ADM