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[AdamsFan1983]

FWIW, I was contacted by my local Ford dealer earlier today to let me know that they expect to be opening the order banks in the next couple days. He mentioned next week, several times, to come in to configure builds.

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[Electronaut]

FWIW, I was contacted by my local Ford dealer earlier today to let me know that they expect to be opening the order banks in the next couple days. He mentioned next week, several times, to come in to configure builds.

Interesting, that goes counter to what other dealers are saying. See this December order bank timing reference on the F150 Lightning forum

https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/thr...ring-begins-order-bank-opens.5894/post-113844

 

[Tim-in-CA]

Will be interesting to see the amount of “market adjustment” that is applied. I expect $5-10k minimum

 

[Temerarius]

Will be interesting to see the amount of “market adjustment” that is applied. I expect $5-10k minimum

Agreed... the biggest knock against the F150 for me... the dealers and "dealership markup".

Looking at Mach-E's around here, it looks to be $5k-$12k ($7k is the norm it looks).

 

[Scoiatael]

FWIW, I was contacted by my local Ford dealer earlier today to let me know that they expect to be opening the order banks in the next couple days. He mentioned next week, several times, to come in to configure builds.

They are lying. There is no official date for the order bank to open. It is all done online as well. Ford will invite x amount of people, presumably based on when they placed the reservation. You will configure it online, and submit it to the dealer. At that point a good dealer will handle everything over email, while bad dealers will force you to come in.

 

[Aroohoo]

Agreed... the biggest knock against the F150 for me... the dealers and "dealership markup".

Looking at Mach-E's around here, it looks to be $5k-$12k ($7k is the norm it looks).

And I thought that X Plan pricing that came in at MSRP for the Mach-E wasn't a good deal (most X-plan pricing is for around invoice).

The lightening x plan pricing isn't released yet, but will probably be MSRP. If you have access to that program, it would be the way to go.

 

[Electronaut]

And I thought that X Plan pricing that came in at MSRP for the Mach-E wasn't a good deal (most X-plan pricing is for around invoice).

The lightening x plan pricing isn't released yet, but will probably be MSRP. If you have access to that program, it would be the way to go.

Just announced yesterday - Lightning isn’t eligible for X-plan discount ?

Announcement: https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/thr...ng-qualifies-for-a-z-and-d-plan-pricing.6544/

 

[Aroohoo]

Just announced yesterday - Lightning isn’t eligible for X-plan discount ?

Announcement: https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/thr...ng-qualifies-for-a-z-and-d-plan-pricing.6544/

Interesting...well, it does say 2022 models...maybe there is hope for when the 2023 models start to deliever...

 

[Monkey]

Typical dealership shenanigans. I’ve seen some reports of dealerships contacting customers on their list. Not sure what they’re doing, but they could be gauging interest in case they need to assign orders to allocations. Sniffing out those who are less serious or may be willing to let their reservation go.

Order banks for the Lightning were originally entered as 10/26 on the timing schedule, but then were quickly removed to show TBD. There is nothing yet from Ford. No official order guide or anything. So we don’t know. They are also supposed to do the invites and configurations online and not go off dealership allocations for this one. Yeah, sure, we’ll see…. Not sure I believe that as I look at my day-1 Bronco order that probably can’t have until 2024. But I’m 99% sure I wouldn’t order it anyway as my R1T will hopefully be here faster.

I’m expecting a lot of the bigger dealer conglomerates to mark them up as they are with the Bronco and everything else. Unless you have a reservation with a dealership you implicitly trust and/or have pricing contract in writing, there’s no way to know.

I just hope they don’t screw this up anywhere near as bad as what they did to all the poor Bronco reservation holders. And hope they do even better than they did with the Mach-E, which did not have the greatest reservation/order process. I have my doubts. They’re already saying that invoice pricing and MSRP are pretty close or very little difference. Now they have taken away special pricing plans — explicitly X-Plan than is easy to get through a variety of enthusiast groups or by owning Ford stock.

/rant over

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