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The orders are for the '21 MY. You will order by January and you will get what you order. If there are running changes and you are not Vin locked, you can likely change some items up. If it turns out that they cannot build it in time, will swap to a '22 MY and you get another crack at the order.EXCEPT... They mention the painted tops as "late availability" for the 2021 MY. So if I complete the order process in January and get a projected delivery date in late 2021, how do I change tops?
Because Ford is claiming they expect a 70% conversion rate on reservations (a number I have always believed is about double what reality will be), their estimates on having to extend converted reservation production are based on that assumption. My personal belief is that the conversions will be low enough that all the reservations thus converted will be completed as MY 2021 (By Thanksgiving). If that is true, we all get exactly what we ordered back in January. Might have a better idea in April, 2021 when they start giving out estimated delivery dates. Again, while I would love a crack at '22 options and the delayed '21 ones, I am going to order with the understanding that I am not going to get that chance due to them getting to my order (10/3) before the late availability/MY change. If it turns out I do get that chance, then I consider that a bonus.
That is my reading of Ford's statements anyway. (I know many believe Ford stated the 9/18 date was a cut of for MY 2021, but it actually says it is a cut off for data used in future allocations, perhaps to blunt Grangetober numbers in the unknown formula) In any event; that was based on their 70% conversion rate estimate. If you think it will be less, then that date would move later. There are not going to idle the plant if they are ahead of schedule, just cut overtime days and maybe not even that so that dealers can load the lots up.)
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