[Official] 150K Bronco Reservations Received Already

[timhood]

Hi All I’m new to the forum .
I had a thought about dealer allotments and I think if I were a dealer owner, I would’ve had four or five of my employees reserve Broncos.
Then build them and bring them in and then cancel them as if a customer cancelled them.
Then , I could mark those up on people that just walk in because they weren’t reserved for anyone specific that seem like a good idea to me..
I wonder if some or most have done this ...

We have to commit in December, long before the vehicles will ever arrive. So, a dealer employee would have to "buy" it then. The dealer would have to put in its own money for the sale but not actually register the vehicle so that they can still sell it new to an off-the-street customer. Then the warranty/registration wouldn't match the reserved owner information. My guess is that Ford would punish any dealer that pulls off these straw-man shenanigans, but I also don't put it past a dealer to figure out any way to beat the system.

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[Bronc-O]

That pretty much sums it up apparently.

 

[gmoney]

production (at least my dad's Ford plant) only goes M-F. the line is shut down Sat/Sun

 

[MadMan4BamaNATL]

Jeez! 230K reservations? That's crazy! Boy was I way, way off. There are several guys on the forum an apology, as I debated them down over a week ago that reservations were likely under 30K.

That is an all time record for reservations for any vehicle and a testament to Fords moon shot that hit the bullseye square.

Can't wait to get these Broncos out in the wild.

 

[BAUS67]

Approximately 230,000 Bronco reservations have been received to date since the evening of July 13th when reservations opened during the Bronco online reveal! Keep in mind that this figure may be as of a few days ago.

The reservation figure comes by way of one of our reliable sources and the impressive number covers only the Bronco (does not include the Bronco Sport).

If you're one of lucky reservation holders and haven't yet done so, remember to add yourself to our reservation tracking list @ Bronco Reservations Tracking List & Stats [Enter Yours!]

WOW !!! I'm sure that makes Ford happy they expected 200K.

Makes me depressed though, I will be pimping everyone else's Bronc before I can get my own. I regret not making a res earlier now. if I make a res now I won't see it till '23

 

[indio22]

how am I being negative? I want to support companies that innovate and not support companies that make the same product year after year after year.

and you should be happy for the bronco as it forces jeep to develop something new and not the same old wrangler year after year after year.

Who isn't happy with the new Bronco? I'm thrilled with it. That doesn't mean we missed out on fun of Jeeps while Ford was MIA the last 43 years. Negative?:

"I will never buy a wrangler"
"I will never buy a Toyota product again"

 

[flatlander40]

Jeep sold 229,000 Wranglers last year. Seems like that many reservations has to be cutting into jeep sales.

 

[Raptor911]

that is not negativity. Let me give you an example. You and your family eat a new pizza joint that is just not good and you decide never to eat there again. Is that a negative decision or a smart one?

Who isn't happy with the new Bronco? I'm thrilled with it. That doesn't mean we missed out on fun of Jeeps while Ford was MIA the last 43 years. Negative?:

"I will never buy a wrangler"
"I will never buy a Toyota product again"

 

[Covfefe]

That's 23 million dollars with a vehicle that's not even out for another year... WOW AMAZING!

 

[doink]

We have to commit in December, long before the vehicles will ever arrive. So, a dealer employee would have to "buy" it then. The dealer would have to put in its own money for the sale but not actually register the vehicle so that they can still sell it new to an off-the-street customer. Then the warranty/registration wouldn't match the reserved owner information. My guess is that Ford would punish any dealer that pulls off these straw-man shenanigans, but I also don't put it past a dealer to figure out any way to beat the system.

Agreed.

Speaking from what I know from my wife’s job at a major automaker HQ in the US, generally they know what dealer/customer ordered what car during the production process.

It’d certainly draw a red flag if a dealer had all their orders magically cancelled last minute by the customers after production and delivery to a single dealer.

I imagine someone is going through the orders and keeping an eye out for legitimacy with the demand for the Broncos.

My wife had caught a few car exporters purchasing cars to send to other markets. So wouldn’t be surprised if there is extra scrutiny on the Bronco orders to make sure something similar didn’t happen. As such, I imagine any hypothetical eyes reviewing the orders could see what dishonest dealers would try to get by them.

 

[Desert_6G]

w/o reading all 14 pages of this. that number is actually believable. If there are 3,000 dealers in the US. And each one has a conservative number of 50 reservations. that.s 150k reserved bronco's. keep in mind some dealers are reporting several hundred. and this doesn't include Canadian dealers. I don't anticipate them building half that number for the remainer of 2021 when they start production. I'm glad I was able to reserve mine within 24 hrs. Would have been the same day but Ford's website was crashing.

 

[Zero_chance]

Approximately 230,000 Bronco reservations have been received to date since the evening of July 13th when reservations opened during the Bronco online reveal! Keep in mind that this figure may be as of a few days ago.

The reservation figure comes by way of one of our reliable sources and the impressive number covers only the Bronco (does not include the Bronco Sport).

If you're one of lucky reservation holders and haven't yet done so, remember to add yourself to our reservation tracking list @ Bronco Reservations Tracking List & Stats [Enter Yours!]

They’re going to have to add another assembly plant at this rate. Strike while the iron is hot

 

[ndegnan1992]

I'm hoping that MAS goes by first deposit, first order. If that is the case, then I would be #3 through MAS to get my Bronco, or at least 3rd ordered. When I placed my deposit, they said that they already had 2 others in front of me in their system at that time. I think I put my deposit down like the day after the Bronco R was released.

Oh wow, I didn’t even know they could tell you that. I’m gonna ask my rep. Wonder how many ppl have reserved since then. Also I wonder if they’ll go by that or by order submission... ?

 

[Broncokat]

Agreed.

Speaking from what I know from my wife’s job at a major automaker HQ in the US, generally they know what dealer/customer ordered what car during the production process.

It’d certainly draw a red flag if a dealer had all their orders magically cancelled last minute by the customers after production and delivery to a single dealer.

I imagine someone is going through the orders and keeping an eye out for legitimacy with the demand for the Broncos.

My wife had caught a few car exporters purchasing cars to send to other markets. So wouldn’t be surprised if there is extra scrutiny on the Bronco orders to make sure something similar didn’t happen. As such, I imagine any hypothetical eyes reviewing the orders could see what dishonest dealers would try to get by them.

well not all orders canceling , just4 or 5 slipping Thru the 100 real orders. I’m doing it. Lol.

 

[cyberbro]

Ford did great but you could say Ford left a lot of money on the table not having the Ranger and Bronco over the last 5 to 7 years at least. GM made a big mistake making the Blazer one of to many car based SUV's available. I really don't care for an electric anything (Car) no less an electric off-roader (Hummer)

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