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I just read an article saying 4,400'ish Lightnings were sold in November.
The year to date sales from CY22 & CY23 YTD [35,989 units]
Total production [70,621] leaves approx 34,632 Lightnings are available for sale.
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MY22
MY23 (adjusted after receiving OFFICIAL information this morning)
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KevinC
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He wouldn't be tweeting if it weren't positive I don't think. Perhaps they have regained the lead over Rivian on a quarterly basis or maybe they want to tell us they are selling 1000% more than Silverado EV's. What would be a more interesting tidbit is if they claimed they received 50,000 orders the day after the Cybertruck reveal.
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A good friend of mine got rid of his Tundra and didn’t want the smaller R1T, but opted for the R1S.
He told me this morning that he wished he just got the F150 - combination of internal size and a truck bed that he didn’t think he would miss.
He is now contemplating potentially the Silverado after it comes out - wants something that has more bling (Lightning too much like every other F150), but useful like a truck and no more gas
He told me this morning that he wished he just got the F150 - combination of internal size and a truck bed that he didn’t think he would miss.
He is now contemplating potentially the Silverado after it comes out - wants something that has more bling (Lightning too much like every other F150), but useful like a truck and no more gas
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I'm with 'ya. I love the fact that the Lightning is an F-150 and is inconspicuous.
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I love the Lightning.
I would even approve of it being more stealthy as the EV F150.
I would even approve of it being more stealthy as the EV F150.
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I also like the commonality of the Lightning but I definitely did not want my Lightning to blend in. I hate it when manufacturers put fake grilles on EVs to make them look like ICEs. I want everyone to know my truck is an EV.
At first I didn’t l like the grille insert on the Lightning but it has grown on me. Today I kind of like the two-tone effect the grille makes with the carbonized gray color. I also like the fact that there are a ton of aftermarket accessories for the F150, like ladder racks and tonneau covers, that will work with the Lightning.
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Now those are interesting numbers, and if accurate then only about half the Lightnings produced have been sold. This may explain 1) Why Ford is losing so much money on the Lightning, and 2) Why I see so few other Lightnings on the road.
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Texas Dan
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I think your post is misleading. Autotrader indicates less than 9,000 new Lightnings on the lots and that’s compared to over 80,000 new F150s on the lots. Inventories of Lightnings have been ramping up quickly over the last few months which many of us see as a positive sign.Taxmanhog wrote: “
The year to date sales from CY22 & CY23 YTD [35,989 units]
Total production [70,621] leaves approx 34,632 Lightnings are available for sale.”
Now those are interesting numbers, and if accurate then only about half the Lightnings produced have been sold. This may explain 1) Why Ford is losing so much money on the Lightning, and 2) Why I see so few other Lightnings on the road.
They are as accurate as the Ford production & sales reports released to the auto media.Now those are interesting numbers, and if accurate then only about half the Lightnings produced have been sold. This may explain 1) Why Ford is losing so much money on the Lightning, and 2) Why I see so few other Lightnings on the road.
RickLightning
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Clearly Ford knows how many Lightnings are unsold and on dealer lots. One of the challenges we have is the ability to get an accurate number. To my knowledge, Autotrader doesn't get the inventory from Ford, they get listings dealers put up, no? So if I'm a dealer, and I don't put every inventory item on Autotrader, it's not accurate, right?
Texas Dan
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I agree that the Autotrader numbers could be off by a thousand or two but off by twenty thousand? I don’t think so. If Ford has twenty thousand Lightnings sitting around they are going to want sell them and they are not going to be able to sell them if they don’t advertise them for sale.
RickLightning
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Ford doesn't list them, dealers do. Dealers pay money to list them, right?
I can tell you that when I was looking for mannequins, I used 1/2 dozen sources, none of which were Ford.com (because they didn't let you), and no site was the same. I also found that some dealers, with locations around the country, listed the same vehicle at multiple locations, both on sites like Autotrader.com and other sites (and on Ford.com later).
In my area when I run Autotrader and Ford.com they aren't within 25% of each other. I have not compared listings to see specifics. I get 100+ on Ford.com until I lower the mileage to 20, where it shows 84 matches, including dealer orders.
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