Estimated time of arrival?
09-20-2014, 11:42 AM
#3
Apparently, the S550 Mustangs will hit the dealership lots next month, according to media information.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...tang/15800057/
This article was written 2 days ago, Thursday, 18SEP, but they did not say exactly what day Ford has allowed shipments to hit the sales lots.
My guess is FoMoCo would authorize release to sales lots 01 OCT and the actual arrival of S550s will be on lots about 1 to 2 weeks later. (Slow trains from Flat Rock, then transferring the cars to trucks to dealerships.)
EDIT: I am also adding that my guess is that ordered S550s will arrive later unfortunately. I am guessing this because the dealerships have priority of S550s being rolled off the factory lines and individual placed orders are second in priority.
This scenario was true when the Coyote S197s were first being made in 2010: Many placed orders in March, dealerships received actual Coyote S197s in July? or early August?
Many who placed orders cancelled their orders and went to the sales lots that already had them because their orders would not be delivered for as long as 2 or 3 more months.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...tang/15800057/
This article was written 2 days ago, Thursday, 18SEP, but they did not say exactly what day Ford has allowed shipments to hit the sales lots.
My guess is FoMoCo would authorize release to sales lots 01 OCT and the actual arrival of S550s will be on lots about 1 to 2 weeks later. (Slow trains from Flat Rock, then transferring the cars to trucks to dealerships.)
EDIT: I am also adding that my guess is that ordered S550s will arrive later unfortunately. I am guessing this because the dealerships have priority of S550s being rolled off the factory lines and individual placed orders are second in priority.
This scenario was true when the Coyote S197s were first being made in 2010: Many placed orders in March, dealerships received actual Coyote S197s in July? or early August?
Many who placed orders cancelled their orders and went to the sales lots that already had them because their orders would not be delivered for as long as 2 or 3 more months.
Last edited by JIM5.0; 09-20-2014 at 11:48 AM.
09-20-2014, 12:00 PM
#4
Apparently, the S550 Mustangs will hit the dealership lots next month, according to media information.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...tang/15800057/
This article was written 2 days ago, Thursday, 18SEP, but they did not say exactly what day Ford has allowed shipments to hit the sales lots.
My guess is FoMoCo would authorize release to sales lots 01 OCT and the actual arrival of S550s will be on lots about 1 to 2 weeks later. (Slow trains from Flat Rock, then transferring the cars to trucks to dealerships.)
EDIT: I am also adding that my guess is that ordered S550s will arrive later unfortunately. I am guessing this because the dealerships have priority of S550s being rolled off the factory lines and individual placed orders are second in priority.
This scenario was true when the Coyote S197s were first being made in 2010: Many placed orders in March, dealerships received actual Coyote S197s in July? or early August?
Many who placed orders cancelled their orders and went to the sales lots that already had them because their orders would not be delivered for as long as 2 or 3 more months.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...tang/15800057/
This article was written 2 days ago, Thursday, 18SEP, but they did not say exactly what day Ford has allowed shipments to hit the sales lots.
My guess is FoMoCo would authorize release to sales lots 01 OCT and the actual arrival of S550s will be on lots about 1 to 2 weeks later. (Slow trains from Flat Rock, then transferring the cars to trucks to dealerships.)
EDIT: I am also adding that my guess is that ordered S550s will arrive later unfortunately. I am guessing this because the dealerships have priority of S550s being rolled off the factory lines and individual placed orders are second in priority.
This scenario was true when the Coyote S197s were first being made in 2010: Many placed orders in March, dealerships received actual Coyote S197s in July? or early August?
Many who placed orders cancelled their orders and went to the sales lots that already had them because their orders would not be delivered for as long as 2 or 3 more months.
Any word on massive dealer markups? Supposedly, Dodge was trying to squash that sh*t with the Hellcat but I don't know how successful that was.
09-20-2014, 02:37 PM
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09-23-2014, 08:04 PM
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I saw three on the road this morning on the way to work. Entirely possible they were promo / press cars, as they were heading towards the Angeles Crest Highway in Los Angeles (a lot of car press is done on that road).
