Burned...

[Joe Stang]

Check out the nice email I got from the dealer I have my GT350R order with...:frusty::frusty::frusty::frusty:

Hi Joe;
I just go some very disturbing news from my General manager and Ford.
The GT350R - there will be no allocation for orders, no GT350R's will be built.
We can order the GT350, that is why the order was sitting in limbo.
A definite mis-comunication from FORD to our owner and general manager..
I'm a liitle upset with Ford getting our hopes up .
Let me know what you would like to do,

Ed Rutherford

Sponsored

 

[Bullitt2065]

This is clearly not true considering Ford put out a press release and photos of the 2017 GT350R TODAY.

This means that your specific dealer will not have an allocation for one, not that the car wont be built at all. This seems to be a very common thing. Dealers don't get an allocation and they go tell customers the car won't exist. I suppose this is their way of tricking you into buying a normal GT350 from them since they know they can't get you an R.

 

[Bossing]

That can be interpreted as that specific dealer has zero R allocation.

 

[LethalPerformance]

Check out the nice email I got from the dealer I have my GT350R order with...:frusty::frusty::frusty::frusty:

Hi Joe;
I just go some very disturbing news from my General manager and Ford.
The GT350R - there will be no allocation for orders, no GT350R's will be built.
We can order the GT350, that is why the order was sitting in limbo.
A definite mis-comunication from FORD to our owner and general manager..
I'm a liitle upset with Ford getting our hopes up .
Let me know what you would like to do,

Ed Rutherford

You either have an allocation or you don't. Sounds like your dealer was just hoping to get an order from you.

 

[krt22]

This has happened many times unfortunately, where the dealer thought they had an R allocation when in fact it was a standard GT350. Unfortunately nothing in the ordering system flags this, it isn't discovered until its time to schedule the order

 

[LethalPerformance]

This has happened many times unfortunately, where the dealer thought they had an R allocation when in fact it was a standard GT350. Unfortunately nothing in the ordering system flags this, it isn't discovered until its time to schedule the order

I don't think that's the case. Allocations are specific to the model 350 or 350R just as the Boss was available as a standard Boss or a Laguna Seca. The dealer knows that info when they receive the allocation.

 

[krt22]

Multiple folks on here have reported exactly this case. The order system allows them to configure the R, even if the allocation is not for one. So either an error on the dealers part in how interpreted the allocation or they go to try to order the R, order goes through, they think (hope) its valid, and then it gets flagged once the order is pulled by the regional rep for scheduling.

 

[GT P-TREE]

Or it's a dealer who thinks that the (R) (Registered) Symbol is a R.

 

[Spa2k]

How can dealers claim they're getting an R "by mistake?" Every dealer I talked with knew whether or not they were getting one when allocations for 2016 were first announced. My dealer already knows he's not getting one for 2017.

 

[Steve68]

I'm not surprised at all. Ford dealers are mostly clueless about the products they sell.

 

[Tank]

Tell him you want a '17 R at the price you had for the '16 R.

 

[FPCV8YO]

I don't think that's the case. Allocations are specific to the model 350 or 350R just as the Boss was available as a standard Boss or a Laguna Seca. The dealer knows that info when they receive the allocation.

You're giving the dealers way too much credit for understanding the system under which they operate.

 

[krt22]

Tell him you want a '17 R at the price you had for the '16 R.

If they didnt get a MY16 R, likely won't get one for MY17.

 

[TripleYellow]

I don't think that's the case. Allocations are specific to the model 350 or 350R just as the Boss was available as a standard Boss or a Laguna Seca. The dealer knows that info when they receive the allocation.

Same thing happened to me in December after 7 months. See post here:http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38119

Dealer "swore" to me that he had an R allocation. I had a signed sales contract, paid deposit, Ford Order number that I was tracking, etc. It would show up as "Unscheduled - Material Hold" in the system. Seven months later when the Ford rep went to release the order he simply stated that that dealer did not have an R allocation.

 

[Goofball]

Or it's a dealer who thinks that the (R) (Registered) Symbol is a R.

My dealer called me back in December saying my car arrived by mistaking the symbol for being an R. I about shat a brick and raced up there only to have to inform them the cars that arrived were not R's. :doh:

Sponsored