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Dear All, great forum and have been quietly following this since I ordered my new bronco on the night of the reveal. When it came to finalize my order the local dealer called me and I specified everything (badlands, sasquatch, Area 51, lux etc) and asked for black painted hardtop. A few weeks later learnt that the black painted tops are moved to ‘22 and subsequently to ‘23, all through the press. The dealer called me again last July and laid out the options - change it to MiC gray top and let it go through for a build (my reservation number was high up) or change it painted hard top and wait till ‘23.
I was clear. I will wait till ‘23. After two confirmations he said that he is changing the order to ‘23 and keeping the painted hard top.
4 months later in December I get an email from Ford directly saying that my bronco is going to be produced. Called the dealer and asked why did the order go through rather than waiting for ‘23 as discussed. He pretended a glitch in the system and emailed someone asking to change the order back. No response and now (two days ago) I got an email with the picture of my bronco rolling off the assembly line with a gray MiC hard top !
I am just pissed that the dealer sneakily moved the order to production knowing that he has nothing to lose. If I didn’t buy it he would mark up and sell. In the mean time, I also bought another car as a bridge since my order moved to ‘23, and now I have sell that and take a faster depreciation hit if I go with the bronco.
Sorry folks, Rant aside, what are my options ? Can I buy the bronco and resell just to not give the dealer a chance to mark up ? How is the resale market for a new bronco with less than 100 miles ?
All I wanted was to not lose my place in reservation and wait for ‘23 with a black painted top. The dealer messed it up.
I was clear. I will wait till ‘23. After two confirmations he said that he is changing the order to ‘23 and keeping the painted hard top.
4 months later in December I get an email from Ford directly saying that my bronco is going to be produced. Called the dealer and asked why did the order go through rather than waiting for ‘23 as discussed. He pretended a glitch in the system and emailed someone asking to change the order back. No response and now (two days ago) I got an email with the picture of my bronco rolling off the assembly line with a gray MiC hard top !
I am just pissed that the dealer sneakily moved the order to production knowing that he has nothing to lose. If I didn’t buy it he would mark up and sell. In the mean time, I also bought another car as a bridge since my order moved to ‘23, and now I have sell that and take a faster depreciation hit if I go with the bronco.
Sorry folks, Rant aside, what are my options ? Can I buy the bronco and resell just to not give the dealer a chance to mark up ? How is the resale market for a new bronco with less than 100 miles ?
All I wanted was to not lose my place in reservation and wait for ‘23 with a black painted top. The dealer messed it up.
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