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2013-14 Shelby GT500
How Many Will be Built?
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<blockquote data-quote="Snoopy49" data-source="post: 12046455" data-attributes="member: 138649"><p>I see your point and you are correct about some of the dealers and their greed. But for every greedy dealer there is a dealer that would love to take all the orders they could get and sell them all for MSRP or less, problem is they can't even place an order with Ford for one of these cars because there just aren't enough to go around. The two closest dealers to me can't even talk about ordering a 2013 GT500, they only had 1 allocation and have used it. The best they can do is try to get one from one of the greedy dealers or put you on a waiting list with the understanding they can't guarantee that the order will ever be accepted by Ford. Does this sound like a policy that encourages volume sales?</p><p> </p><p>As far as the head of SVT's statement, he may have been basing it on the previous years sales. He may be factoring in the amount of unsold 2012's sitting on dealers lots when the 2013 was put on sale and subtracting those cars from the total number cars manufactured to arrive at the actual number sold to customers (demand).</p><p> </p><p>Total production and total sales to retail customers are two different numbers. Ford has to estimate demand before they can set up for production and as far as they are concerned, their estimate should meet demand. If they over estimate the number of cars than they can sell to retail customers, they end up with unsold cars collecting dust on dealers lots. This may account for the lower projected number of cars for sale this year.</p><p> </p><p>As has been stated previously, without inside information all we are doing is speculating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snoopy49, post: 12046455, member: 138649"] I see your point and you are correct about some of the dealers and their greed. But for every greedy dealer there is a dealer that would love to take all the orders they could get and sell them all for MSRP or less, problem is they can't even place an order with Ford for one of these cars because there just aren't enough to go around. The two closest dealers to me can't even talk about ordering a 2013 GT500, they only had 1 allocation and have used it. The best they can do is try to get one from one of the greedy dealers or put you on a waiting list with the understanding they can't guarantee that the order will ever be accepted by Ford. Does this sound like a policy that encourages volume sales? As far as the head of SVT's statement, he may have been basing it on the previous years sales. He may be factoring in the amount of unsold 2012's sitting on dealers lots when the 2013 was put on sale and subtracting those cars from the total number cars manufactured to arrive at the actual number sold to customers (demand). Total production and total sales to retail customers are two different numbers. Ford has to estimate demand before they can set up for production and as far as they are concerned, their estimate should meet demand. If they over estimate the number of cars than they can sell to retail customers, they end up with unsold cars collecting dust on dealers lots. This may account for the lower projected number of cars for sale this year. As has been stated previously, without inside information all we are doing is speculating. [/QUOTE]
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