My first reservation was with McLarty Daniel (“MD”) on 7/20/20, so I am likely going to be outside of the MY21 allocation unless the final order take rate turns out to be 30%-40% (well below Ford’s expectations).
I too received an email from MD this morning. But, I received one yesterday from Pam Bonnell (Internet Sales Director for MD by her signature) basically saying the same thing, but to reply with a date and time to schdule an appointment to convert to order. Her email had a "Commonly Asked Questions" at the bottom saying they would be requiring a $500 deposit.
Just for clarity, my dealer is McLarty Daniel Ford Lincoln on South Walton Boulevard in Bentonville (www.bentonvilleford.com), and my email, titled "MD Ford Bronco", was sent by Jason Hooe, General Manager. The text is copied/pasted below.
Granger's normal $1,000-under-invoice deal is still in effect, but the $2,000-under-invoice deal was an October special targeted at buyers wanting to wait for a 2022 delivery. It is no longer available.
No. The email was silent about allocation or estimated delivery time, and I haven't spoken to them yet. They want me to customize my build via the B&P tool and then finalize the reservation by phone or in person. Presumably that will be when they address preliminary allocation and estimated position in the pecking order.
Yup, I received the same email from McLarty Daniel Ford Lincoln on South Walton from Jason. I have a 7/19 reservation with them.
Thanks. I didn't receive the email from Pam. Maybe they are going in order? My reservation was a day later than yours, so I may be further down on their contact list.
I'll go to Lewis Wed. morning. Figured I'd give them time to work the bugs out first.
Below is the link to Granger’s standing offer to Internet customers for $1,000-under-invoice. New reservations and transferred reservations qualify.
I got a call from Tucker at Lewis yesterday to order mine and had to give him the bad news that I moved both of my reservations. I enjoyed dealing with him but he, like most dealers, was clueless about the Bronco process. He even warned me about the dealers offering discounts because Ford sets the price, not the dealer
Did he say how many reservations he had and what his initial allocation estimate was?I got a call from Tucker at Lewis yesterday to order mine and had to give him the bad news that I moved both of my reservations. I enjoyed dealing with him but he, like most dealers, was clueless about the Bronco process. He even warned me about the dealers offering discounts because Ford sets the price, not the dealer
I still have one reservation at Granger (October) and one 7/13 reservation at Stephens. I'll probably go ahead and order one from Stephens this week unless Levine reveals MY22 colors by then and there's one I can't live without.
One other option is Laura Ford near St. Louis who's doing $2k off MSRP. That looks a little better than it did originally since invoice pricing is higher than folks were expecting, at least on the base model.
