check out Chapman Ford Horsham PA. Tom Borah @dealerinsider offers very fair pricing. He has been running a number of special like 3% below invoice - I am not sure what he is offering on the lightning. I have an f150 order in with him now which is expected in any day. He also is very fair on his trade values.
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately Ford is restricting their allocation, so a transfer is not an option. This is the main point of this thread. I tried to do exactly that on Saturday. Certainly not Chapman’s fault.
No, Ford is restricting transfer’s if I want a 2022 model. They are not allowing me to switch dealers and keep my place in line.
Who told you that?
This was communicated to Chapman Ford in a meeting, they are not allowed to take my transfer. That is my whole point…this practice should be illegal, I have no ability to negotiate and my option is limited to walking away.
I definitely think a Congressional investigation is in order!!
Not sure if you are being sarcastic, but if consumers are overcharged on average $500 x 150,000 reservations, it is a $75,000,000 transfer of wealth from the consumer. This doesn’t even factor in the Bronco or other brands.
Dude..seriously, slow your roll. NO ONE has been overcharged anything on Lightnings because none have been sold yet. None have even been ordered yet. Ford and/or their dealers are allowed to charge whatever they dang well please for a vehicle..its called capitalism. Its called the free market. No one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to buy or choose anything.
Have you called Ford directly? If so, try again. I don't think the dealers themselves have say over your reservation, especially "locking" it. Seems super shady to me, others expecting a 2022 have been allowed to transfer multiple times.
Correct - this is all about supply and demand. There is a lot of demand and supply can't expand fast enough to match. The result is tons of opportunity for price gouging. If Ford could ramp production faster, this would be a non-issue. Since they can't, we all have to deal with paying the premium or hoping we get lucky. The other option is just to wait until supply catches up and pricing stabilizes. Based on demand we are seeing and what Ford has shared on production capability, that is likely late 2020's and after the Gen 1 Lightning. This is an industry wide issue, not just Ford. My guess is that EV trucks are at least somewhat supply constrained until the 2030's.
What changed, is the restriction on moving orders. This is not a patience issue. I’ve waited 6-months and will most likely wait more than a year.
