[Official] 150K Bronco Reservations Received Already

[BroncBro]

Here is how I expect it to go. There will be a window of days in which we have to place our order in December. Once that is ended then Ford will assess the orders/reservations, determine their build cycle and then send a projected timeline to customers and dealers. I expect that they will arrange it as close as possible to the reservation sequence. That would fulfill their promise regarding reservations and take the power of order sequencing out of the hands of the dealers. Now, that is what I hope and pray and dream will happen. I am a man of faith by the way!

That’s exactly how my dealership explained the process to me a couple weeks ago

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[BroncoHooves]

Most likely Ford gave someone a bogus 230K number to find the source of their internal leaks.

 

[JaxGtc]

To be honest, 150k sounds like a more realistic number - still huge - still a hit!

 

[JaxGtc]

From what I understand, the sooner you reserve the sooner your dealer will call you to turn your reservation into an order.

I'm hoping for 3 no answers, 5 voice mail, and 2 wrong numbers to get to me sooner...

 

[Bronc-O]

I agree with all of this. Very unlikely that Ford would share a numher with analysts that includes duplicate within same household. In fact, I think there is almost no way they would do that, it’s clearly misleading. But duplicate orders can’t explain 80,000 difference.

I think you will see different trends in the general public than on an enthusiast site. Here, people are panicking at everything someone posts and making unwise choices to work around those rumors. The general public will see,"you may need to wait until 2022 for a Bronco". A huge chunk of prospective buyers will simply say "no thanks" and move on to something else more readily available. I think this is the place where Jeep will lose less sales than we may think.

 

[Lowcountry Bronco]

Yeah I think that’s what @Bronco Dealer was alluding to in another thread. That there isn’t gonna be any dealer stock on lots for a loooong time. Even if only half of those get converted to orders that’s crazy.

Would it be possible that dealers have "reserved" places as well? This way they'd get delivery of some to put on the lots and then charge what they wanted to those that wander on the lot?

 

[toystwo]

Would it be possible that dealers have "reserved" places as well? This way they'd get delivery of some to put on the lots and then charge what they wanted to those that wander on the lot?

No, they are not allowed to do that

 

[Zero_chance]

And only 5% of FE reservations are cataloged on 6G... I am guessing that 230k is a lot more real than we think..

How many members do we have???

We are not representative of the masses..

Agreed. A large majority of owners of these niche vehicles are not a member of a forum. Look at sales numbers versus forum members if there’s ever any doubt.

 

[Zero_chance]

No, they are not allowed to do that

While I doubt a dealer would not do it simply because they’re not allowed to per se, they’re just smart enough to know they’d never get away with it. It would hit the internet, make its rounds, Ford would find out and then take punitive action. Imagine a dealer having all of their reservations routed to competitors just because they tried to get a Bronco on the lot.

 

[regularbronco]

That's quite a change. I've seen a few articles online proclaiming 230k and quoting a Ford source. Perhaps Ford realized throwing a huge number like that out there will discourage a lot of people from reserving instead of building hype? At least at 150k, people may think there's still hope.

Most of the reports were citing this forum.

 

[Navy94]

According to Ford, the Wayne plant can produce 5,300 units per week. If Ford splits production to 60% bronco and 40% ranger, they should be able to produce 3180 Broncos per week. So if there were 230K reservations, but only about 70% will be orders that is 161K vehicles. It will take about 51 weeks to produce all of the reservations. If the true reservations is 150K and 70% are real orders, it will take 33 weeks to produce all reservations. I heard Ford planned to do the 60/40% split when they introduced the Bronco. Not sure if that will truly happen.

 

[rjkmoto]

I agree with all of this. Very unlikely that Ford would share a number with analysts that includes duplicate within same household. In fact, I think there is almost no way they would do that, it’s clearly misleading. But duplicate orders can’t explain 80,000 difference.

Total reservations (including cancellations) vs active reservations, duplicates and - another point about being an enthusiast forum - remember these?

The Bronco sport reservations are surely included in that total as well.

Everyone needs to just chill out a bit. ?

JK

 

[JaxGtc]

No, they are not allowed to do that

Hypothetical Question. Would you let your dealer "rent" your new 2021 for a month to show it off in his showroom - starting with the day it arrived? How much would it cost him?

 

[kimberbrowski]

I highly doubt that many people have 2 reservations though.

The way dealerships are going to try to screw us, I don't doubt that many double reservations at all. Only talking 200 refundable dollars. I'm really surprised everyone didn't put in 2 reservations to increase leverage.

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