Problems at Ford?
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Problems at Ford?
Yesterday, a owner of a dealer that I know discovered that Ford has been shipping them more vehicles than they ordered last year. 125+ more or about 20+% more. Anyway, they placed a few calls around to other dealers and they discovered the exact same thing. Appearantly this violates the contract, and has been costing the dealers money. In this case, a little less than $250000 last year alone. I guess by doing this, Ford can count the extra cars as sales. I don't know, but if this is national, it seems like this could be a HUGE problem for Ford.
What true is amazing about all of this is that dealerships don't really have a handle on the number of cars they get in. I mean if I order 25 cars and they send 33, does someone not question the extras?
I realize this isn't a specific Mustang thread, but I thought it was worth a mention to Ford guys. My first response was that if they wanted to sell a '07 GT similar to my car dirt cheap then I'd trade my '06. Hey anything I can do to help!
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I don't get it...I thought that the dealer has to order the cars they want. They essentially buy them from the manufacturer. How can Ford just ship them extra cars they didn't order and make them pay for them????
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The breakdown at 6 local (large) Ford dealerships for Mustangs is this:
~50% V6 Mustangs (automatic, IUP)
~40% Mustang GTs (automatic, IUP, spoiler)
~10% Mustang GTs with manual, IUP, and spoiler.
Every Mustang in the lot has the IUP and only a few of them have manual transmissions (No V6 manuals). One of the dealers ordered my manual GT without any problems.
FWIW, Ford and GM have been dumping their cars at rental companies for years. I suspect if their monthly sales ONLY accounted for normal consumer sales, the monthly sales numbers would look pitiful and their stock would plummet.
~50% V6 Mustangs (automatic, IUP)
~40% Mustang GTs (automatic, IUP, spoiler)
~10% Mustang GTs with manual, IUP, and spoiler.
Every Mustang in the lot has the IUP and only a few of them have manual transmissions (No V6 manuals). One of the dealers ordered my manual GT without any problems.
FWIW, Ford and GM have been dumping their cars at rental companies for years. I suspect if their monthly sales ONLY accounted for normal consumer sales, the monthly sales numbers would look pitiful and their stock would plummet.
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