Your dealer may already know if you're going to get built in '23

[WT205]

Buried in the dozens of pages about the infamous Ford change-your-order-or-else email/ announcement was some discussion about Ford providing all of the allocation modeling for the balance of '23 to the dealers. I apologize that I can't find the original poster to give credit but I can confirm that my dealer has actually been provided their dealership's "balance out" projection based on trim, allocations and constraints for orders that have not yet been scheduled.

Now- everyone take this with a huge grain of salt as I'm providing a single data point but it does corroborate with what some others have found as well. Last week, my dealer said they got those projections from Ford and barring more mishandling by Ford (which seems likely), they ran their models and found that they should be able to fulfill all outstanding orders they have in '23. My understanding is they have less than 30 orders remaining (including mine) to be scheduled and have been getting healthy allocations each month.

I'm only surfacing this for anyone who missed it in the avalanche of responses to the big threads about this over the last three weeks. Again, this may be subterfuge but providing it for what it's worth.

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[Hossfire]

It would be nice if Ford shared this information directly with order holders.

 

[Wes Hightower]

I contacted my dealer to remove the Sasquatch package from my 2 door Badlands and was told that I didn’t have too since they had more than enough allocations for the Sasquatch to fill my order. They told me as long as ford doesn’t change things up, I will get my Bronco this year.

 

[Lowcountry Bronco]

Unscheduled order holders headed to their dealers ...

 

[Hossfire]

Yes dealers received their allocation estimates for the year about a month ago.

That exact numbers are considered private information because they are estimates and have SEC implications if the numbers were public. Plus the estimates have been wrong before—the 2021 estimates, for example, were wildly incorrect.

But they have them.

I doubt that SEC rules are the driver. One dealer’s allocations is less meaning than some of the aggregate constraint data that has been posted. Ford is trying to get dealers to talk order holders into switching orders. Some dealers want to share this information while others do not.

 

[KirchTX]

@Zach@Granger your thoughts?

I'm thinking Ford's allocation estimates are a little like wish in one hand and........

 

[MLRey]

All I want is some information so I can plan accordingly. Can I keep the lux and hardtop, non-sas, and get built? If I drop lux and hardtop will that get built? Or you're just screwed because you went to the wrong dealership?

I may not like the answers but at least I can move forward. As it is I'm stuck not knowing what to do.

 

[dbattle]

My dealer didn't necessarily talk me out of changing my order but said that he was encouraged because they're getting their final reservation holders scheduled in packages that he thought were non-starters (WT). There are only 12 reservation holder orders left at my dealership. Lord willing mine will get scheduled on the next round. My constraints are lux and MIC on an Outerbanks.

 

[bravely]

18 months so far. 2dr BL non sas. I called my dealer last week about how this whole thing might affect my order. He checked & said it won't I have a schedule and a VIN!

 

[WT205]

18 months so far. 2dr BL non sas. I called my dealer last week about how this whole thing might affect my order. He checked & said it won't I have a schedule and a VIN!

Sorry but why do people feel the need to post about their scheduled/ delivered orders in threads like this. Congratulations I guess...

 

[swooshdave]

Sorry but why do people feel the need to post about their scheduled/ delivered orders in threads like this. Congratulations I guess...

Discussing the constraints is highly relevant.

 

[PatsBronco]

Sorry but why do people feel the need to post about their scheduled/ delivered orders in threads like this. Congratulations I guess...

Dropped my lux to a high and was scheduled in 10 days… It just might be related..

 

[WT205]

Discussing the constraints is highly relevant.

But that wasn't the post... he didn't drop a constraint because he was already scheduled.

 

[WT205]

Dropped my lux to a high and was scheduled in 10 days… It just might be related..

FFS- this post isn't about dropping constraints or if you should. There are already pages of info/ debate about that.

 

[Grumpy]

I really don't think ford could afford telling us everything about our orders. If they did, the order line would probably reduce by a considerable margin with very pissed off loyal customers and watching them go to another manufacturer.

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