I agree with this but remember, a lot of the stuff unique to Raptor won't have the commodity plague the other models do. They likely had a number in mind and have or in the process of securing it prior to going at it. Wheels/tires, powertrain, suspension, body parts, interior parts, etc., all unique.
If 3000 is the number and it makes sense to source most the Raptor materials ahead of time, I think the commodity issue will be if more people ordered a specific trim more than expected. I think it is safe to assume they didn't plan on everyone ordering the same interior material; but if one of those takes was much higher than expected that would create a bottle neck on the back end.
Correct. We all thought Ford had the build mix worked out when reservations were placed to give them a better idea for purchasing prior to Job 1. At least I hope that was part of the plan. What does help Raptor is the low volume and even with the unique stuff, probably won't have as many supplier throughput issues. If it does happen, we can revisit this and see how well it didn't age.
If you look at the poll here already it shows MGV is by far more popular than the leather options, and the leather is split again between the Blue/Orange suede and the Black. You would think that Ford would have an idea of the MGV to Leather popularity though based on the take rate of existing trims that have both as options.
It must be people that day 1 made two reservations though
Nope, my first reservation was 7/13/20 and my GT is for that reservation number even though that Bronco was delivered last August, and I have a second unused reservation dated 12/31/20.
