April/May Allocations/Schedule?

[swamp2]

My (very large) dealer didn't get any allocations here in April. When he accepted my order he was highly confident he would soon get an allocation for me. I do have the WBDO from FMC. Anyone know if Braptors are typically allocated monthly (again for large dealers, as I realize small dealers may get 1 per year or even less)? My sales person isn't very communicative/talkative and won't guess or speculate on much of anything. I get his hesitance.

Clearly, I think I'm in a very good spot relative to others, who have been waiting way longer. That said, it's still a bit like blindly waiting with nothing really known. I'm hoping there will be more allocations before '23s are cut off. Any idea as to when that may happen?

Thanks in advance.

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[5PC24]

Interested to hear updates here. With the Raptor Order banks having closed I'm curious to see about new allocations. A buddy put in an order with a small dealer that thought they had a 50/50 shot of getting one more allocation this year. He'll be very lucky if he gets it since written agreement was at MSRP selling price.

 

[swamp2]

... written agreement was at MSRP selling price.

Well, obviously depending on timing this could be a fantastic of much less so deal.

 

[Breptar]

When did you place your order? I got mine in 3/20, and I know I’m in for a bit of a wait. I made peace with that when I placed my order. Realistically, I hope I get it late Q4 23 or Q1 24.

 

[swamp2]

When did you place your order? I got mine in 3/20, and I know I’m in for a bit of a wait. I made peace with that when I placed my order. Realistically, I hope I get it late Q4 23 or Q1 24.

1/13 (in my sig ).

So in the dark here... Probably have to tag some of the folks that work at dealers.

 

[swamp2]

Any insight here on my OP from any dealers?

@flip @Granger Ford @Alpha1_Silverback ? Thanks in advance.

 

[flip]

My current rep is horrible but my understanding is that raptor allocation has been communicated to the dealer, through them. We've only gotten 1 which will finally get built in June after being told well over a year ago and after the hand raisers were already done.

All of our bronco orders have been scheduled and according to the info they've put out, likely won't see any more for the remainder of '23. I've got issues with this as dealers all around me have and continue to get well equipped "stock".

Back to your question about raptor allocation. The dealer should be able to find out (especially if they're a bigger store) if they currently have any raptor allocation, assuming they aren't already taken by other customers and if they should expect any more for the remaining model year. The rep may not know if more is available but they can certainly ask even of the answer is, "dunno".

Since order banks are shut down until who knows when, I'd just assume the earliest you might be considered for a build will be 2024, again, assuming the dealer will get raptor allocation and your place in line is within that allocation.

I suspect they took the order hoping you are patient and willing to possibly wait until next year. You can always ask how many raptor orders they already have, what their past allocation has been, where you are in line and try an draw some conclusions from there.

 

[Long Island WildTrak 22]

My current rep is horrible but my understanding is that raptor allocation has been communicated to the dealer, through them. We've only gotten 1 which will finally get built in June after being told well over a year ago and after the hand raisers were already done.

All of our bronco orders have been scheduled and according to the info they've put out, likely won't see any more for the remainder of '23. I've got issues with this as dealers all around me have and continue to get well equipped "stock".

Back to your question about raptor allocation. The dealer should be able to find out (especially if they're a bigger store) if they currently have any raptor allocation, assuming they aren't already taken by other customers and if they should expect any more for the remaining model year. The rep may not know if more is available but they can certainly ask even of the answer is, "dunno".

Since order banks are shut down until who knows when, I'd just assume the earliest you might be considered for a build will be 2024, again, assuming the dealer will get raptor allocation and your place in line is within that allocation.

I suspect they took the order hoping you are patient and willing to possibly wait until next year. You can always ask how many raptor orders they already have, what their past allocation has been, where you are in line and try an draw some conclusions from there.

what does it mean when the regional rep is “putting you on the list for next month”. My dealer has 4 allocations but none were built yet , and I’m 1 on the list

 

[flip]

what does it mean when the regional rep is “putting you on the list for next month”. My dealer has 4 allocations but none were built yet , and I’m 1 on the list

Our rep contacted my sales manager to say we got one for allocation. We picked the customer and changed his WT to raptor. Not sure if WBDO knew who we assigned it to or if rep had to go in and approve it. I don't play around with much of this so I don't know all of the mechanics.

Any dealer that has raptor allocation knows it and either has orders to fill them, will or has more orders than allocation. Reps may or may not already know if there will be more raptor allocation available for the remainder of '23, my guess is there won't, but that's for Ford to decide. Since order banks are closed, I doubt you could even put in a stock order for a raptor at this point, regardless of allocation status. Again, I haven't been messing around in that part of the business much lately so things could've changed on how notification is given on raptor.

 

[Long Island WildTrak 22]

Our rep contacted my sales manager to say we got one for allocation. We picked the customer and changed his WT to raptor. Not sure if WBDO knew who we assigned it to or if rep had to go in and approve it. I don't play around with much of this so I don't know all of the mechanics.

Any dealer that has raptor allocation knows it and either has orders to fill them, will or has more orders than allocation. Reps may or may not already know if there will be more raptor allocation available for the remainder of '23, my guess is there won't, but that's for Ford to decide. Since order banks are closed, I doubt you could even put in a stock order for a raptor at this point, regardless of allocation status. Again, I haven't been messing around in that part of the business much lately so things could've changed on how notification is given on raptor.

Gotcha ok, and my order was put in back in November. I’m the only customer order of the 5 allocations, the other 4 are being made dealer stock

 

[Raptor911]

Not sure if this matters BUT my dealership received 5 allocations in 2022 BUT 0 in 2023. I have a feeling 2023 allocations have dried up

 

[Long Island WildTrak 22]

Not sure if this matters BUT my dealership received 5 allocations in 2022 BUT 0 in 2023. I have a feeling 2023 allocations have dried up

Not too sure. Mine only had 2 for 2022 but 5 for this year. Not sure how it was determined though. They do push a good amount of vehicles and broncos though

 

[swamp2]

Not too sure. Mine only had 2 for 2022 but 5 for this year. Not sure how it was determined though. They do push a good amount of vehicles and broncos though

Odd flips between years and dealers. My understanding is that it is based largely on dealer sales volume. Not sure if that is Bronco sales or all sales.

 

[Long Island WildTrak 22]

Odd flips between years and dealers. My understanding is that itvis based largely on dealer sales volume. Not sure if that is Bronco sales or all sales.

From what I’ve heard, it’s total volume of vehicles

 

[swamp2]

FWIW, my dealer shared today that Ford is having Braptor production problems which is affecting distribution of allocations. I suppose that could simply be more supply chain constraints. He's guessing both issues will pick up in June.

My sampling of quite a few build week spreadsheets seems in line with this. Anyone hear anything along these lines?

I'm also next in the allocation line so that's exciting.

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