Tight Supply of Mustangs now?
#21
Here is what I don't understand. I know Ford is the only big 3 car company that didn't take the government bail out and they are doing OK business wise. But can they just throw away Mustang sales just like that because they are not building enough of them? I assume they make the same amount of money on a Mustang as they do on an Edge or Focus or whatever. And if Mustangs are selling better than a Focus why not ramp up the line and make more? Why is the allocation so low on their flagship performance car which is also a legend in the car industry itself? THis whole allocation scheme seems like a result of mis-forecasting and management and lack of industral awareness of the car market. Then again, I may me all wrong. I am an engineer, not a business person. 8-)
Joe C
Joe C
#22
For future reference, orders are scheduled based the following criteria:
-the priority code rating
-the dealer's allocation for each production week
-the ordered option content
-the receipt date
The receipt date is a factor when breaking ties for orders with the same priority code. I hope this explains it a little for you guys.
Deysha
-the priority code rating
-the dealer's allocation for each production week
-the ordered option content
-the receipt date
The receipt date is a factor when breaking ties for orders with the same priority code. I hope this explains it a little for you guys.
Deysha
It sounds like with a 19 you will stay at the back of the line until other orders from your dealer are built, including orders placed after yours but with a better priority. Then again if the dealer makes all orders 19 the priority won't mean a thing.
#23
Just to clarify: My understanding is that the priority code doesn't mean anything except within that particular dealer's orders. And they can change the priority although regarding customer ordered cars, I would think its rare to move one in front of another since they would just be making some other customer angry. I'm guessing that most dealers would lower the priority of inventory orders to lower than yours but there doesn't seem to be much room for that. Your 19 doesn't effect when yours get built compared to other dealers. If two dealers have x allocations and just x orders a 19 priority from one dealer could be built before a 10 for the other.
It sounds like with a 19 you will stay at the back of the line until other orders from your dealer are built, including orders placed after yours but with a better priority. Then again if the dealer makes all orders 19 the priority won't mean a thing.
It sounds like with a 19 you will stay at the back of the line until other orders from your dealer are built, including orders placed after yours but with a better priority. Then again if the dealer makes all orders 19 the priority won't mean a thing.
Your response was specific enough to clear up my concerns.
Probably won't mean anything. The dealer had about 12 Mustangs on the lot and wasn't too thrilled about ordering one. I was adamant about only accepting exactly what I wanted, and the only way they could comply was to order. The salesman stated they seldom had customer orders.
Here's to a sooner rather than later VIN, build and delivery date!
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Deysha,
on the dealer allocation for each production week...this confuses me a little...my dealer says they have allocation for a mustang, how do these 2 things mesh?...is there something i can ask my dealer to make sure this is correct?
originally my dealer gave me 6-8 weeks...which i am right at 5 now and i am getting concerned that this order will take forever to get pulled
on the dealer allocation for each production week...this confuses me a little...my dealer says they have allocation for a mustang, how do these 2 things mesh?...is there something i can ask my dealer to make sure this is correct?
originally my dealer gave me 6-8 weeks...which i am right at 5 now and i am getting concerned that this order will take forever to get pulled
Thanks, HizliBullet! I got him.
By the way, guys… Retail orders are yours…
Deysha
#26
Hey guys, the OP ordered it from me, and these cars are for some reason tight night now, in the region. Don't ask me why, but they are. I've done everything I can (as has my fleet manager) in regards to emailing our rep to get it built sooner. I only wish I could snap my fingers and get it here quicker. But I can't Joe, I will get you your car, even if I have to build it myself!!
Joe C
#29
Well, you certainly ordered it through a salesman with the best reputationm on this forum........if Jeff (05fordGT) can't get it to you any quicker, NO ONE can
That being said, I'd imagine the wait is tortuous, so I hope you get your car soon
That being said, I'd imagine the wait is tortuous, so I hope you get your car soon
Last edited by Twin Turbo; 7/9/12 at 01:07 PM. Reason: Got my Joes and Jeffs mixed up LOL!
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#34
I did not realize even the V6 and GT orders went through the same waiting game as the specialty vehicles...good luck to all and hang in there
#35
I'm in the Toronto area. Never found a current MY V6 manual coupe on a lot, last 3 MYs. Almost all V6s are convertible with auto. They always seem to have to bring a V6 in if you want a test drive, so I haven't bothered just yet. Local dealers seem loaded up with V8s and not the cheap ones... Anyway, I'll be ordering shortly (after the test drive) and expect to get delivery before the winter, that's good enough for me.
#36
I can't imagine trying to forecast in the current environment, which seems to whipsaw back and forth between "sort of recovering market" to "gas prices too high" to "gas prices back down" to "commodity costs killing us" to "buyers can get credit at cheap rates" to "unemployment rates down" to "sold all these Mustangs last quarter but having trouble now", etc. etc.
I think the allocation procedure has been described on here in a fair amount of detail. My opinion is that dealer vs retail orders are still too skewed toward the dealer.
Jeff, any comments?
#37
I'm in the Toronto area. Never found a current MY V6 manual coupe on a lot, last 3 MYs. Almost all V6s are convertible with auto. They always seem to have to bring a V6 in if you want a test drive, so I haven't bothered just yet. Local dealers seem loaded up with V8s and not the cheap ones... Anyway, I'll be ordering shortly (after the test drive) and expect to get delivery before the winter, that's good enough for me.
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Deysha
#39
Each of us dealers knows our weekly/monthly allocations for Mustangs. Salesmen typically don't, but they can ask whomever does the ordering & wholesale meetings with Ford for the dealership. Ford tries to do historical analysis in guessing how many to allocate to each dealer, but those wholesale meetings each month are the dealers' opportunities to tell their Ford rep if they need extra allocation, and Ford's opportunity to say yes or no to extra allocations for that dealer that month. The Ford Rep only has so many of each model to go around their entire region, so they can't give extras to every dealer, but some dealers may not want all of their allocations for that month, freeing up cars for dealers who want extra. Complicated? Sure is! You try balancing the needs of 3700+ dealers in an equitable fashion, though, while balancing supplier constraints at the factories.
#40
Each of us dealers knows our weekly/monthly allocations for Mustangs. Salesmen typically don't, but they can ask whomever does the ordering & wholesale meetings with Ford for the dealership. Ford tries to do historical analysis in guessing how many to allocate to each dealer, but those wholesale meetings each month are the dealers' opportunities to tell their Ford rep if they need extra allocation, and Ford's opportunity to say yes or no to extra allocations for that dealer that month. The Ford Rep only has so many of each model to go around their entire region, so they can't give extras to every dealer, but some dealers may not want all of their allocations for that month, freeing up cars for dealers who want extra. Complicated? Sure is! You try balancing the needs of 3700+ dealers in an equitable fashion, though, while balancing supplier constraints at the factories.