Auto dealers in PA lobbied to have exactly this as part of the regulations, all customers MUST be charged the same amount. Of course if you have half a brain you negotiate the price down, but IMO most dealers will try to convince you that this requires some blessing from the pope and you are...
I keep saying the Bronco is my mid-life crisis convertible, if I can't have it then a used Ferrari California T is really tempting me to get as a fun convertible for the summer.
Pretty sure my wife might be able to tell the difference though.
If your government is willing to pay people unemployment more than what businesses can pay, your economy deserves to fail. Why would anyone want to start a business and create jobs? SMH
Not defending them by any stretch but they are a 120 yr old company that's built tops / roofs for BMW, Ferrari, and others.
https://www.webasto-group.com/en/original-equipment/roof-systems/
Definitely not viewed as a "risky" choice in 2018 or 2019.
Unfortunately they have multiple facilities...
What I truly wanted was dual tops. Hard top and soft top.
If Ford wouldn't have been so short sighted and shot themselves in the dick, I would switch my order to a soft top in a heartbeat.
But no, they had to save $11 per vehicle and not provide the rear hookups.
Congratations Ford, you...
Why doesn't Ford send the MAP employees 1/2 mile over to the Webasto plant and start cranking out MIC tops?
Yes, I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night...
Define "a bit longer"
I was initially aligned with your thinking however the events of the past year made me change my mind.
When I think "available in MY22" I think January. But Ford hasn't even hinted that that would be the case. Could be January, July, could be later and I didn't want to...
This may come as a shock to you, but not all car buyers understand the car business. Particularly the intricacies of allocation.
So when these car buyers are told by the company that makes the cars and IS intimately familiar with the car business, that things are going to happen in a certain...
Ford not liking the x-plan loophole that they allowed is understandable. That cost them money.
Blaming dealers that understand capitalism and the value of acquiring a net new customer sounds like the kind of complaint a dealer unable to compete would make.