Ford supposedly focused on building existing customer orders vs dealer stock

[gryphon1231]

It's what they've said all along. Not necessarily what they've done.

It's also pretty vague. If there's no change in how are handled, the guy that ordered 30 minutes before the books closed is likely to get a Bronco before Day 1 reservation at the wrong* dealership.

I know, I'm a day 1 hour 1 (15 minutes after the reservation system went live)reservation holder still waiting on my WT.

but the way allocations are handled is still old news, and has not changed. it 's not even mentioned in that article and let's face it Ford has no plans on changing it.

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[InTheShift]

This is not from Ford, it is from a separate company giving you their opinion on what the words of Ford mean.

That's fine. I guess it's just a part of my personality - there is absolutely nothing to gain from negative thinking or energy. There is enough garbage in the world that I choose to look at the positive side of things. I'm too old to be pissed at the little things anymore. In the end, my truck will arrive and I'm going to have a blast driving it.

 

[M&M Beer]

I just seen two RETAIL ORDER BRONCOS get delivered to my dealership and they were two door base broncos so not filling retail orders must have started after that. I am still waiting on my OBX order date 1/22/22.

 

[indio22]

Bronco is a great open top 4x4, but the ship is sailing for some customers. It's something I keep an eye on, particularly as a stock holder, but now it's more of a "maybe someday I will get one", type of situation. People move on to other things.

 

[Cable Guy]

Ford authority is a well known Ford shill. I’m not sure what to make of this. 1 - doing Ford’s bidding to get this message out. 2 - proactively attempting to explain away Ford’s piss-poor performance (Ford apologist). 3 - there is truth to it.

Maybe some of each? Irrespective, there is no new information here. Hoping it is more “3” (above) than anything else.

 

[Apple Blossom]

Problem is my dealer put mine in as a dealer order. I am so screwed…

 

[geronika]

The true indicator will be how many allocations dealers like Granger get. If they still get only ten a month, then FORD is not prioritizing anything.

 

[BigBendBW]

The issue now is shipping them to dealers. Railyards have at times held onto Broncos for weeks after they arrive at destination yards. Convoys are delivering newer builds before delivering Broncos that have been sitting in the shipping lot for weeks.

The delivering of newer builds before those sitting in the shipping lots for weeks is what’s so incredibly maddening about this. Mine has been built since 3/6 and my dealer keeps getting in fresh off the line rigs without mine.

 

[Deleted member 29026]

The delivering of newer builds before those sitting in the shipping lots for weeks is what’s so incredibly maddening about this. Mine has been built since 3/6 and my dealer keeps getting in fresh off the line rigs without mine.

What dealership did you order from? I ordered through Germain.

 

[BigBendBW]

What dealership did you order from? I ordered through Germain.

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[Apples]

Too little, too late.

 

[Cornbred]

Not true, wife order was 21, converted to 22 and as of today no vin, no build date. (Base 4 door hard top sas 2.3, only options are keypad, aux switches and bumper)

She has day one reservation, she DID NOT use when placing her order. We used it to get raptor and got golden ticket, we have no build date on it as well.

 

[VVSidewinderVv]

The delivering of newer builds before those sitting in the shipping lots for weeks is what’s so incredibly maddening about this. Mine has been built since 3/6 and my dealer keeps getting in fresh off the line rigs without mine.

My dealer is pissed off about it too. He told me a truck with 5 broncos is supposed to be coming in. 4 of them are customer orders he filled. He can't sell them if he can't get them and it's screwing him over. My delivery eta has changed 5 times, blend date was 3/7. Built email 3/15. It's aggravating seeing broncos built weeks later be delivered to places not that far from me. I'm glad they are getting their broncos, but now it's at the expense of me getting mine, and that's on Ford and JCAT.

 

[BigBendBW]

My dealer is pissed off about it too. He told me a truck with 5 broncos is supposed to be coming in. 4 of them are customer orders he filled. He can't sell them if he can't get them and it's screwing him over. My delivery eta has changed 5 times, blend date was 3/7. Built email 3/15. It's aggravating seeing broncos built weeks later be delivered to places not that far from me. I'm glad they are getting their broncos, but now it's at the expense of me getting mine, and that's on Ford and JCAT.

Yes, it’s tough on the dealers also. My build week was 1/24 so hasp to go to Ice Mountain then completed. Never would have thought almost 5 weeks later (will be 5 weeks on Sunday) it’s still sitting there.

 

[ny176]

Building but what about shipping Ford? My bronco was built 3/9 and still at the plant waiting shipment. Da F is going on

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