I have my order with Landmark and I'm surprised they were able to tell you whether you were previewed/scheduled or not. I don't bother them too often, but when I check-in, they usually just say they don't know anything and they have no way of checking.
My sales guy reaches out each time there is a scheduling date. Monday they announced scheduling out to 8/15. I didn't make the cut.
I also had a great experience with Damerow. They also honored my original pricing before things got bat-shit crazy......and thats for a FE Bronco!! I'd buy another Ford product from them as well.Picked it up from Damerow yesterday. They honored the invoice-$1000 deal and full price protection. Got me on VIN etching, but overall was a good experience. I would go with them again with no reservations. They took care of me and the process was as smooth as it could be.
Try some of the other dealers. $20k is a bargain.
Yep, it's so dumb. Back in January I ordered from a buddy who manages a dealer in AZ just to avoid this markup nonsense.
Because a Defender is $80k+, top and doors don't come off, and will depreciate far worse.
I mean, the Defender starts at 54K and you can get a decently equipped Inline 6 Defender for 65-70k. That's 100% comparable to what a lot of people are paying for badlands or wildtrak models after these markups. There are also a ton of people, like me, who couldn't care less about the roof or doors coming off.
This was me. Waited- ended up with a Defender. Figured there will be a Bronco 2+ years from now when I start looking again.
I have liked the look of old defenders since I was a kid. When I heard the new defender was coming out, I was so excited. But when it arrived I wasn't thrilled with the look. It is nice, but for me personally the new Bronco looked more like the old defender. So i'm one of those people who will pay $60K plus for a Hoss 3.0 Wildtrak. It is what I like best in the car market in terms of cars that I can take off road. Also, I strongly suspect the ownership cost of a Defender is going to be much higher than for the Bronco and the depreciation will be much worse. So I'm comfortable with the cost of the Bronco. I know the defender is really nice inside, but so is my Audi and that hasn't made me fall in love with it like I did with my very utilitarian Nissan Xterra that I had back in the day.
My Wildtrak order is in that $60k range. Why? Because we like a mix of off road capability and comfort. Could we have spent less? Sure, but we would have compromised on what we wanted. Look at the projected resale of a Bronco vs a Defender. Your defender will take a far larger hit. The best bang for the buck is a Base SAS with a V6.
