Sorry. I'm late to the news but why is Ford cutting theier allocations? That seems really shitty.
They look darker in real life, these look like cactus gray here lolDamn, just saw this about the allocations. Crappy way to treat dealers. I put in the PRP mgv seat covers. Quality is very nice, the vinyl is pretty thick. Install took a little over an hour or so for the first one then about 45 minutes for the second. Twisting my old high mileage shoulders to release the wire harness underneath to remove the seat was the most time consuming step. I'm going to see how they are before I commit to the rear seat. Light gray "Ostrich" for the seating area and medium for the sides and back. When you design the seat the PRP logo is on the headrest and you can choose "no logo" which I did bit they still come with a rubber prp logo patch on the back side. Not a deal breaker but I think no logo should mean no logo.
Can someone explain the allocation debit and credit etc? Is it basically saying their allocation should be 69 Bronco's but since they have 106 current orders they can't place any new ones?
It sounds like you understand it correctly. If your order isn’t filled in 23, it will be cancelled and you’ll have to start over and either wait until your dealer has allocations or find a new dealer with allocations.
They earned 69 orders for 2024, but they used ALL of their 2023 allocation and an additional 106 to fill current orders. In effect, they already used their 69 2024 allocations (and maybe into 2025) to fill their backlog of orders thru the end of 2023.
A friend of mine had the same situation, she picked hers up on May 4th from Chapman. She had to file an appeal or something. She did get excused for the extra tax.
I got an email from Ashlie yesterday stating Chapman delivered 248 Broncos in the last 19 months and they received their allocations from Ford for MY24, ZERO. She said unless Ford decides to give them more allocations there is no sense in placing a '24 order so they won't be taking MY24 orders at this time. I had a '23 order with them that never got built so I guess I'm just SOL.
Bizarre situation. It's unclear if Ford warned dealers that their future allocations would be debited. But even if dealers knew this would happen, why would Ford choose to debit one dealer's future allocation versus filling another dealer's current allocation in the current sales climate where all Broncos sell regardless of dealer.
When Ford created the reservation system for Bronco in 2020 they allowed buyers to choose any dealer. Although it would make sense that Ford was aware that certain dealers were offering below MSRP deals and had taken hundreds of orders, no restrictions were made and probably couldn’t be legally made anyway. This is due to agreements dealers have with Ford and laws protecting dealers relationships with customers (buyers are customers of dealers, dealers are customers of Ford). Because of those same agreements/laws no MSRP or above dealer anywhere was willing to forgo Bronco sales from their dealership to let the discount dealers (Chapmans, Grangers, etc.) get all the sales, so Broncos were allocated to dealers based on a formula. Nevertheless, Ford still had all those pesky reservations to fill and decided that to end this shitshow they’d facilitated, they would give those dealers with remaining reservations extra allocations for MY ‘23 with the understanding that those dealers would not get any future allocations until the debt had been paid (number of extra allocations cancelled out by the calculated amount they would have normally received over time). I assume dealers had no choice but to accept those terms. Customers who couldn’t get their orders filled in ‘23 were to be left to pound sand and all remaining reservation holders were/are stressed and anxious hoping they get their Bronco before the end of the year at the price they negotiated. Good times.
That was my experience through those years of waiting, I was so i was glad they decided to end the shitshow. I'm going to make a copy of your post to pull out when asks me how long did you wait for your Bronco?
Soooo.... 9 months after I took delivery of my BaseSquatch, I get that same notice from the Pa Dept of Revenue! They're saying the average sales price is $55,992 and want another $1,057 for tax due. It was easy enough to fill out their forms online, but their 9 month delay is crazy. My paid price was $38,364 before taxes and fees, so no add'l tax required.
