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2014 = Surprising Trends
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<blockquote data-quote="Madlock" data-source="post: 13731226" data-attributes="member: 111289"><p>Well, that may not necessarily be true. What WOULD be true if what you've seen happens to be representative of the entire nation is that the vehicles "rotting away" happen to be Convertibles, which wouldn't be inconsistent with their disproportionate popularity.</p><p></p><p>Of the 132 Canadian Convertibles, 80 were ordered for or offered as inventory stock, while 47 were retail orders and 5 for internal (likely employee or dealer) consumption. By comparison, of the 301 Coupes, 103 were for retail orders and 198 for inventory stock.</p><p></p><p>So, given overall relative mix, tempered by whatever affinity Canadians generally seem to hold for Convertibles in particular, if supplied with Coupes on a 2:1 basis when they otherwise exist 5:1, it wouldn't seem unreasonable at all for what's left to be highly skewed in favor of ragtops.</p><p></p><p>One other possible aspect is, if the extent to which 5.8L Coupes have otherwise become so disproportionately popular, gray market export opportunities from Canadian dealers would be far fewer overall. Or, it simply could be that Convertibles remain disproportionately popular in Canada, but not to the same extent as they once were given the degree to which Coupes are so much more able to exploit the additional power - and both dealer ordering and Ford manufacturing planning simply didn't catch up in time to react for a single model year.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, given the strong pricing for the Canadian market and the relative currency strength, Ford may have been more willing to subsidize certain dealers' convertible purchases for the sake of closing out components and materials Ford needed to dispose of within its supply chain - and Canada became the most willing and affordable market to take them.</p><p></p><p>Though with spring only 3 months away and S197 entering its swansong, there very well may be a renewed springtime demand surge that will clear-out a large portion of whatever remains - given fewer than 80 such units require final dispositions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Madlock, post: 13731226, member: 111289"] Well, that may not necessarily be true. What WOULD be true if what you've seen happens to be representative of the entire nation is that the vehicles "rotting away" happen to be Convertibles, which wouldn't be inconsistent with their disproportionate popularity. Of the 132 Canadian Convertibles, 80 were ordered for or offered as inventory stock, while 47 were retail orders and 5 for internal (likely employee or dealer) consumption. By comparison, of the 301 Coupes, 103 were for retail orders and 198 for inventory stock. So, given overall relative mix, tempered by whatever affinity Canadians generally seem to hold for Convertibles in particular, if supplied with Coupes on a 2:1 basis when they otherwise exist 5:1, it wouldn't seem unreasonable at all for what's left to be highly skewed in favor of ragtops. One other possible aspect is, if the extent to which 5.8L Coupes have otherwise become so disproportionately popular, gray market export opportunities from Canadian dealers would be far fewer overall. Or, it simply could be that Convertibles remain disproportionately popular in Canada, but not to the same extent as they once were given the degree to which Coupes are so much more able to exploit the additional power - and both dealer ordering and Ford manufacturing planning simply didn't catch up in time to react for a single model year. Additionally, given the strong pricing for the Canadian market and the relative currency strength, Ford may have been more willing to subsidize certain dealers' convertible purchases for the sake of closing out components and materials Ford needed to dispose of within its supply chain - and Canada became the most willing and affordable market to take them. Though with spring only 3 months away and S197 entering its swansong, there very well may be a renewed springtime demand surge that will clear-out a large portion of whatever remains - given fewer than 80 such units require final dispositions. [/QUOTE]
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