Jumping Ship? - What's Your Plan B Vehicle Purchase?

[Headsong]

Are you sure?

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/rknLJB4k/2008-toyota-fj-cruiser-convertible

How they do that? Had to redo rear gate and all.

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[jonwithanelcamino]

How they do that? Had to redo rear gate and all.

I know how…..

 

[Jdyount]

It is not Fiat RAM, simply RAM is the brand. I believe they did this for EPA mpg reasons. As a separate brand with no cars, only trucks, they get a break and their poor mileage numbers do not adversely affect the rest of the FCDJ (R) corporate numbers

It was Fiat Chrysler (manufacturer), RAM (brand). Apparently now they've dropped the Fiat Chrysler name too and the company is named Stellantis.

 

[Brokennose]

Really wanted this to be a thing.

Reservation made 07/21/2020, order placed 02/02/2021.

Going in on Friday to build a 2022 Tacoma. Which ever arrives first wins.

 

[Little Foot]

Really wanted this to be a thing.

Reservation made 07/21/2020, order placed 02/02/2021.

Going in on Friday to build a 2022 Tacoma. Which ever arrives first wins.

Tacoma will be here first. Absolutely no doubt in my mind about that.

 

[Toccoa]

I wish there was a plan b.

After the new airbag issue this week, I said eff it and went back.. Actually reached out to a top shop about whey an fj cruiser could be made soft top. No.

 

[Toccoa]

I wish they sold these in America.

 

[Bituman]

Bitten by the hybrid bug. Giving thought to F150 or new Tundra, both hybrids. Also waiting to see features of next gen 4Runner. Dark horse is Defender. My wife is a fan of Ineos cycling team so she’s wondering about a Grenadier.

 

[Little Foot]

Bronco Off-Roadeo sold me for good on an off roader but my 7/14/2020 reservation that may not arrive until after Spring/Summer 2022 lost me.
A Granger Jeep Rubicon is in my future thanks to the great sales tool of the Bronco Off-Roadeo and Fords inability to build Broncos.

Ford is going to build the Broncos and probably enough for all reservation holders up to this point that want to convert their reservations into orders. HOWEVER, is seems that most of those Broncos that Ford is going to produce will be heading to large dealerships as dealer stock. NOT to people who have reservations THAT THEY CONVERTED into an ORDER from a small dealership.

The key is CONVERTED ORDER…..If you only have a reservation and do not convert it, then shame on you as that does not give your small dealership the ability to fight as a reservation is only a “potential” order, not an actual order.

 

[Bronc-OH]

22 Diesel gladiator

 

[Firefight911]

Plan B, Jeep Gladiator Mojave. Already been playing with the configurator. Granger will be my dealer if I go this route.

 

[djwils17]

A different Ford.

I'm a life-long Ford owner. Even with all of this nonsense I have zero desire to buy a non-Ford vehicle. Admittedly a lot of my "stickyness" to Ford is driven by my father's A-plan pricing (he's a retired Ford employee), which is very hard to beat in the current situation where vehicles are regularly selling above MSRP. But on a more practical level, I have worked on Fords all my life, I'm comfortable driving them, I'm comfortable working on them, and I have little reason to change.

So yeah... I'll probably just switch back to the Ford Ranger. That's what I intended to buy in 2020 anyway until the Bronco announcement changed my plans.

That said, my option B has always been Toyota. Either the 4Runner or Tacoma. Both are great vehicles... however... both are currently older generation vehicles and are looking kind of long in the teeth. So I would probably stick with my current vehicle as long as possible until one of those got a generational refresh.

I’m with you my father was head tin smith at both Mahwah & Edison/ Metuchen Ford plants in NJ always been a Ford guy. Will hold on to mid 22 then if I don’t have my Badlands may need to move on!

 

[intothegnar]

Plan B for me is Golf 8 R. Already own a GTI and if it wasn't for the Bronco, I wouldn't be even looking at off-road SUVs. Having said that, VW messed up the Golf 8 R release as well and it doesn't look like I'll be able to order it in SF Bay Area.

Plan C would be Defender 110. But we're talking about a similar wait with the Defender, up to 9-12 months.

Plan D, which is the most probable one at this point, is Model Y. Can't say I'm a fan of Teslas. But at least (1) I can order right now and (2) have a somewhat accurate delivery date.

 

[Atomicdog]

Ford is going to build the Broncos and probably enough for all reservation holders up to this point that want to convert their reservations into orders. HOWEVER, is seems that most of those Broncos are heading to large dealerships as dealer stock, NOT to those that ORDERED a Bronco, because the person who ordered a Bronco ordered it from a smaller dealership.

Ford said Job 1 would be December 2020 and ramp up production by the 2nd quarter of 2021.
Ford originally stated reservations would be built before any stock orders.
Then they added weird allocation requirements on Jeep penetration in the region, order conversions, and name matching policy for minimum of 80%.
That wasn't enough so they decided to base a percentage on the previous 3 years Ford sales and changed percentages to get those stock units to their mega dealers.
I'm not mad, I'm just not willing to keep dangling on their hook as they fail to deliver on the majority of the rules they set in place and keep changing them to satisfy their mega dealers.
That my July 14 2020 reservation that was converted to order the first week Ford opened the order banks in January 2021 can't guarantee I will have my Bronco before June of 2022 doesn't work for me.

 

[Little Foot]

Ford said Job 1 would be December 2020 and ramp up production by the 2nd quarter od 2021.
Ford originally stated reservations would be built before and stock orders.
Then they added weird allocation requirements on Jeep penetration in the region, order conversions, and name matching policy for minimum of 80%.
That wasn't enough so they decided to base a percentage on the previous 3 years Ford sales and changed percentages to get those stock units to their mega dealers.
I'm not mad, I'm just not willing to keep dangling on their hook as they fail to deliver on the majority of the rules they set in place and keep changing them to satisfy their mega dealers.
That my July 14 2020 reservation that was converted to order in January 2021 can't guarantee I will have my Bronco before June of 2022 doesn't work for me.

I absolutely agree with you….If you have an order in, that should be a priority for Ford over dealer stock period. That is the point of reservations. It DOES NOT MATTER who we order our Broncos thru.

Now those who 99ed their orders do not have a dog in the fight until they convert to an actual order instead of a place holder. Once they convert, their order should take priority over any dealer stock as well!!!!

Unfortunately in the end, Ford does not care. Every Bronco they build will be sold and unless there is major push thru social media and actual coverage by other media outlets, there will be no changes.

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