First Week of Non-First Edition Bronco Previews – A Sample of What’s Getting Previewed

[F OR D]

For those who haven't seen, Ford is planning on running their scheduling cadence as follows:

1st Week of Scheduling - First Edition Scheduling
2nd Week of Scheduling - Non First Edition Scheduling
Remaining Weeks - Clean up of Non FE Scheduling (schedules those that didn't get a schedule date in week 2)

This cadence will repeat on a monthly basis. Last week (April 11th-17th) was the run of First Editions. We had allocation for 1 (we have over 50 reservations for FE) and it was our first timestamp that was scheduled. This week we have 25 Non-FEs that are Previewing for scheduling. They started to preview this morning, but this should give you a good sample size of what is/will schedule and where the restrictions are for the first month. This can/will change on a monthly basis. This is just what is scheduling for the first run. It should give you a good idea on bottlenecks.

Out of our 25 Previews:

Engine
2.3 - 5
2.7 -20

Any insight on delays of 2.3 vs 2.7? Understand the 2.3 is required for MT but if you're going auto do you think 2.7 is or will cause a delay?

I think the 2.3 is more than fine and can tune later if needed but was on the fence for the price (really reasonable).

Bottom line, at least for me, is that I'll keep the 2.3 if there is a delay and probably upgrade to 2.7 if not.

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[AtomJester]

I wish my dealer understood the schedule preview. Those guys are giving me zero info.

I HATES THEM!

I gave up trying to contact my dealer regarding info on this forum. All I get is "ford hasn't communicated that with us." "the owner is out today, he's the only one who knows that"... etc.. etc... So I will just wait for an email from Ford, and pray that they didn't screw something up.

 

[NotApplicable]

Any insight on delays of 2.3 vs 2.7? Understand the 2.3 is required for MT but if you're going auto do you think 2.7 is or will cause a delay?

I think the 2.3 is more than fine and can tune later if needed but was on the fence for the price (really reasonable).

Bottom line, at least for me, is that I'll keep the 2.3 if there is a delay and probably upgrade to 2.7 if not.

The insights are the numbers. 80% of the previews were 2.7. So, one could take the implication that the 2.7 isn’t a major constraint currently.

4% is the previews were SAS. This appears to be quite constrained vs the take rate.

Etc. etc.

 

[Bronco Cash]

Thanks for the info. Would you agree Zach that your previews indicate that the 2.7L is not much of a scheduling issue but (at least at this point) Sasquatch and lux package are going to cause delay? And even maybe that sasquatch is the biggest issue given only one got previewed?

 

[De Brus]

I gave up trying to contact my dealer regarding info on this forum. All I get is "ford hasn't communicated that with us." "the owner is out today, he's the only one who knows that"... etc.. etc... So I will just wait for an email from Ford, and pray that they didn't screw something up.

I am in the same situation but thankfully my salesman is willing to listen to my suggestions. He originally kept all orders with "late availability" items as priority 99 and said they would change the priority number once the commodities became available lol. I had to talk him into calling a Bronco rep for instructions. Luckily he changed my FE from priority 99 shorty after and thanked me for the info. And that's just 1 scenario I have had to deal with

 

[palley6]

I gave up trying to contact my dealer regarding info on this forum. All I get is "ford hasn't communicated that with us." "the owner is out today, he's the only one who knows that"... etc.. etc... So I will just wait for an email from Ford, and pray that they didn't screw something up.

Aint this the truth. All I get is "Haven't heard anything yet..." -- "we should know more sometime soon..."

 

[Bronco4lyfe85]

Thanks for sharing the info Zach! Appreciate the insight.

 

[TennesseeBronco]

Sasquatch is already a constrained item? Holy geez it's going to be a long summer.

 

[Bronco wannabe]

Sure, but that could either be because they aren't absolutely prioritizing FE, or could be because they ran out of FE parts for the month and have to wait for them to be replenished.

My guess is they haven't ran out of parts yet, but they're definitely looking for vehicles further down the line with builds that they know don't have future "constraints".

 

[NotApplicable]

Sasquatch is already a constrained item? Holy geez it's going to be a long summer.

 

[Deputy909]

imagine thinking ordering a first edition meant your vehicle would be built FIRST. They’re dedicating an entire week to building a trim of 7000 units. What more do you want?

This was a naming mistake on Ford's part. It should not have been called "First" if they were not the first off the line. It should have been something more like, Platinum or Premier.

 

[BostonGuy]

THANK YOU. Love the info.. What reservation dates are you seeing preview? Just 7/13? Any 7/14? 7/15? Or no access to that info?

Interested in this as well.

 

[AtomJester]

I am in the same situation but thankfully my salesman is willing to listen to my suggestions. He originally kept all orders with "late availability" items as priority 99 and said they would change the priority number once the commodities became available lol. I had to talk him into calling a Bronco rep for instructions. Luckily he changed my FE from priority 99 shorty after and thanked me for the info. And that's just 1 scenario I have had to deal with

This is terrifying

 

[Bronco wannabe]

I'm going to compare today's preview to the one on Thursday, which is the one that really matters. On other model lines, the Tuesday preview is basically worthless as it can totally change by the time Thursday rolls around while other dealers have entered orders. I don't know if that'll be the case for Bronco since technically all the orders are already in WBDO, but it might. I'll check Thursday and know for sure if all of mine stay the same.

But I definitely don't recommend any dealers contacting customers on the Tuesday preview....at least yet until we verify it doesn't change.

 

[NotApplicable]

This was a naming mistake on Ford's part. It should not have been called "First" if they were not the first off the line. It should have been something more like, Platinum or Premier.

To be clear, (other than the priorities), FEs were FIRST to be scheduled. It just wasn’t all of them

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