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2014 = Surprising Trends
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<blockquote data-quote="Madlock" data-source="post: 13208232" data-attributes="member: 111289"><p>Boy. I'd REALLY be careful making "inside information" assumptions. Attribute at your own risk.</p><p></p><p>Information can be VERY compartmentalized and change daily with varying lead-times. Anything I haven't expressed in unequivocal terms is pure conjecture that I'd hate anybody else to bank on.</p><p></p><p>I do know more than one dealer whose initial allocations aren't scheduled for August or September production which are likely to be ahead of final build out when supplemental allocations or Ford-configured vehicles go on offer to dealers. All that could change tomorrow (and it did back in '12), but the S550 retooling and cutover set some pretty deep fixed points in terms of how much S197 capacity remains, of which GT500 production is limited by existing stocks and future throughout from Romeo.</p><p></p><p>From a purely business case perspective, Ford is far likelier to cut loose whatever GT500s may have been made if overall S197 stocks exceed the gameplan. From this point forward, plus perhaps another few hundred, I'd personally consider any further builds to be a pleasant (or not) surprise with any further orders being subject to cancellation - allocated or not.</p><p></p><p>It's why, when I negotiated my dealer's two allocations and was told a September/October timeframe (as Car "A" was to have been built at the end of one allocation period and "B" at the beginning of the next to keep their deliveries close to each other timewise), I decided to backstop myself by pairing-up my '13 Coupe with the last available '13 Convertible because either or both cars scheduled so late could easily become cancellation candidates - no matter how unlikely.</p><p></p><p>It happened to me during 2012s shortening once already and, by then, I'd be subject to whatever had already been built and remains unsold - something I wasn't willing to do. As it turned out, Ford built BOTH cars about five months sooner, but that's a whole different headache that at least has possible remedies.</p><p></p><p>Dealers receive VIN assignments about 5 weeks before the actual build, so the slow of those to and from dealers combined with any changes in shifts or downtime at Romeo or Flat Rock is what I'd be looking to as indicators of future production, but that's just me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Madlock, post: 13208232, member: 111289"] Boy. I'd REALLY be careful making "inside information" assumptions. Attribute at your own risk. Information can be VERY compartmentalized and change daily with varying lead-times. Anything I haven't expressed in unequivocal terms is pure conjecture that I'd hate anybody else to bank on. I do know more than one dealer whose initial allocations aren't scheduled for August or September production which are likely to be ahead of final build out when supplemental allocations or Ford-configured vehicles go on offer to dealers. All that could change tomorrow (and it did back in '12), but the S550 retooling and cutover set some pretty deep fixed points in terms of how much S197 capacity remains, of which GT500 production is limited by existing stocks and future throughout from Romeo. From a purely business case perspective, Ford is far likelier to cut loose whatever GT500s may have been made if overall S197 stocks exceed the gameplan. From this point forward, plus perhaps another few hundred, I'd personally consider any further builds to be a pleasant (or not) surprise with any further orders being subject to cancellation - allocated or not. It's why, when I negotiated my dealer's two allocations and was told a September/October timeframe (as Car "A" was to have been built at the end of one allocation period and "B" at the beginning of the next to keep their deliveries close to each other timewise), I decided to backstop myself by pairing-up my '13 Coupe with the last available '13 Convertible because either or both cars scheduled so late could easily become cancellation candidates - no matter how unlikely. It happened to me during 2012s shortening once already and, by then, I'd be subject to whatever had already been built and remains unsold - something I wasn't willing to do. As it turned out, Ford built BOTH cars about five months sooner, but that's a whole different headache that at least has possible remedies. Dealers receive VIN assignments about 5 weeks before the actual build, so the slow of those to and from dealers combined with any changes in shifts or downtime at Romeo or Flat Rock is what I'd be looking to as indicators of future production, but that's just me. [/QUOTE]
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