The Plan & Offer - Stephens Auto Center's Mid Atlantic Bronco Connection

[Gyddeup]

I wonder if John (and the SAC team) had had any idea way back at the start how this whole thing was going to go down, if they'd have still made their initial below-invoice offer on these forums? I have to think at this point the amount of time John spends keeping us up to date on all the latest Ford shenanigans is pretty excruciating for him.

(I don't mean this to sound like I'm not appreciative. Quite the opposite. I think we all realize the effort SAC has put forth, and we are thankful.)

I think had the dealers known that Ford was going to give them arbitrary allocation numbers AFTER they had put all of this effort in and sold a large number of Broncos that they certainly would have thought twice about doing anything special for the Bronco community.

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[Faust]

I wonder if John (and the SAC team) had had any idea way back at the start how this whole thing was going to go down, if they'd have still made their initial below-invoice offer on these forums? I have to think at this point the amount of time John spends keeping us up to date on all the latest Ford shenanigans is pretty excruciating for him.

(I don't mean this to sound like I'm not appreciative. Quite the opposite. I think we all realize the effort SAC has put forth, and we are thankful.)

As Gyddeup mentioned - They probably had no idea.

Bronco was the first product they rolled out with the reservation system. The expectation from Ford was that you were going to be built in the order from when everyone made their reservation.

Ford all of a sudden changed their direction the following year. Those "other" dealerships that pride themselves on not being transparent or forthcoming with their pricing got mad that these awesome dealerships promoting the Bronco brand and generating excitement were getting all the orders. It was even said Ford was praising Granger at one of their meetings before they changed everything up.

At the end of the day ... The dealers are Ford's customers. They made a decision that seemed best to the Karens of the dealership world. Yes - we, the consumer (or at least some of us), have to suffer through some of the pains of being Ford's guinea pigs; however, having dealerships like Stephens and Granger make this entire process better and worth the wait.

Can you imagine some of the other Bronco order holders out there that aren't on the forums and get no communication from their dealership? When they arrive to pick up their long-awaited vehicle - they're slapped with an ADM that was never disclosed. No thanks.

This is all on Ford. Thankfully we're with one of the good-guy dealerships.

 

[cap12271]

Here’s what everyone can do to get an estimate if their out-the-door price:

Build the Bronco on Ford.com

Take the MSRP and multiply that by 96.5%, that will give you an idea of the invoice. Subtract $1250 from the invoice (our offer) and subtract the additional $2500 from Ford if you drop Lux, Sasquatch and MIC from the build.

That’s an estimate of course, but it will be in the ballpark.

If a ballpark estimate doesn’t work for you, then I can’t help until the invoice is generated by Ford after the build goes to the plant.

/john

does price protection also apply? Should it not stack with the $2500 offer?

 

[GaryB2220]

does price protection also apply? Should it not stack with the $2500 offer?

Should be msrp from DORA *.965 - $100 deposit -$1250 SAC deal - private offer (amount dependent on original trim, #doors, and date reserved) - $2500 incentive (if applicable) * 1.06 (State tax, PA for example)

 

[JPNBronco]

does price protection also apply? Should it not stack with the $2500 offer?

Price protection is given as a refund after the fact. You will pay full price and then get two checks back. So it sucks if you are financing, but you get the money back

 

[GaryB2220]

Price protection is given as a refund after the fact. You will pay full price and then get two checks back. So it sucks if you are financing, but you get the money back

the 2023 price protection chart/thread says the full amount is supposed to come off at time of delivery. in 2022, yes, multiple checks were received up to 100+ days after delivery. not sure how its going to work for the 2022 buyers that still havent yet collected. Dont know if they get it all at once at signing or checks in the mail.

 

[blumtn]

I can't believe it! My BD 2D MT non-sas w/tow pkg has been scheduled for week of 2/20! I'm a day 3 res holder.

 

[Bronck]

Another for Stephen’s today

 

[Crowza]

Another for Stephen’s today

What week did you get scheduled for?

 

[Bronck]

What week did you get scheduled for?

2/20

 

[JPNBronco]

the 2023 price protection chart/thread says the full amount is supposed to come off at time of delivery. in 2022, yes, multiple checks were received up to 100+ days after delivery. not sure how its going to work for the 2022 buyers that still havent yet collected. Dont know if they get it all at once at signing or checks in the mail.

Excellent!

 

[StephensAutoCenter]

the 2023 price protection chart/thread says the full amount is supposed to come off at time of delivery. in 2022, yes, multiple checks were received up to 100+ days after delivery. not sure how its going to work for the 2022 buyers that still havent yet collected. Dont know if they get it all at once at signing or checks in the mail.

PP comes in two stages, one at the time of delivery, which shows immediately in our Ford software, the second is determined later by Ford, and we do not give the second tier of PP at the time of delivery because we do not know exactly what that amount will be, so we have to wait on Ford. Some dealers are giving both as an estimated amount for the second part and most of those other dealers are charging 5-20k above MSRP and can afford to apply an estimated amount of PP at the time of purchase. We're selling below invoice, we cannot afford to guess and lose further money on the deal.



/john

 

[DeggoT93]

PP comes in two stages, one at the time of delivery, which shows immediately in our Ford software, the second is determined later by Ford, and we do not give the second tier of PP at the time of delivery because we do not know exactly what that amount will be, so we have to wait on Ford. Some dealers are giving both as an estimated amount for the second part and most of those other dealers are charging 5-20k above MSRP and can afford to apply an estimated amount of PP at the time of purchase. We're selling below invoice, we cannot afford to guess and lose further money on the deal.



/john

 

[DeggoT93]

Great to see you back John!! Hope you doing well. I was scheduled today as well. #33 on the most recent list. 7-17-20 reservation for a base with MIC/SAS. Sorry to anyone I jumped ahead of. Best of luck to all still waiting

 

[Bubbbba]

Mine is still at "Built" on the official tracker (which I forget to check, so thanks for the reminder), and switched yesterday from 1/13-1/19 to those "goofy February dates".

Good luck to you, if you actually managed to hitch a ride from the factory! The Stephens web site is still showing the same 15 special orders in Bronco"inventory", you figure they have to move *eventually*.

Which one of those 15 is yours?

Mine still says built as well the 22 Race Red 2D

*heavy breathing*

@patientB @tallboy33 @70Bronco

You guys check the official tracker? Backdoor still showing the same goofy Feb delivery dates BUT

*heavy breathing*

@patientB @tallboy33 @70Bronco

You guys check the official tracker? Backdoor still showing the same goofy Feb delivery dates BUT

what did you do and to whom did you do it, to get a seemingly get a special deliver when there were several of us with the same status as you for weeks just 3 days ago?

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