Ford Sales Drop in October

[05RubiconLJ]

This would explain why the Ford dealers in my area have been 'touching base' with me this week. Dialing for dollars in November...


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/b...-150-factory-retooling-takes-toll/6160412002/

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[currybob]

This would explain why the Ford dealers in my area have been 'touching base' with me this week. Dialing for dollars in November...


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/b...-150-factory-retooling-takes-toll/6160412002/

Yeah, they taking a hit with this change over but I think was really needed if they want to stay on top.

I know they could make some quick cash if they would just deliver all our orders now! Lol

Probably why we are seeing some good rebates on a new model right at the beginning.

 

[05RubiconLJ]

One of my local dealers has a 2020 Platinum, Ecoboost, Max Trailer...it's all dolled up. Called me out of the blue (a sales guy I have never spoken with, but saw in the system I had pending incentives) He was trying to get me to come in and work numbers on it.

 

[Knickell]

Probably because of all of the low inventory issues we’ve been hearing about.

I was shocked when I was shopping for a dealer to order my F-150. I reached out to no less than ten dealerships, and barely had any follow up contact from them.In order to keep the process going, I constantly had to keep following up and asking on my own rather than them doing so. With as many dealers as I contacted, I thought I would be inundated with phones calls, texts, and emails, but that was not the case...

 

[currybob]

Probably because of all of the low inventory issues we’ve been hearing about.

I was shocked when I was shopping for a dealer to order my F-150. I reached out to no less than ten dealerships, and barely had any follow up contact from them.In order to keep the process going, I constantly had to keep following up and asking on my own rather than them doing so. With as many dealers as I contacted, I thought I would be inundated with phones calls, texts, and emails, but that was not the case...

And they wounder why their sales are down?

 

[adrian90210]

If Ford and all the other manufacturers would take a page out of Tesla’s book in regards to sales it would be a game changer. Too many dealerships are notorious for bad service and unfair pricing and the list goes on. You walk into a Tesla showroom or you go on your computer at home and you get the same price, service, ordering experience no matter what. It’s amazing, painless, and as easy as ordering a pizza. Just wish some of these dealerships understood that they need to change with the times or they’ll bleed out just like what Amazon did to retail. Tesla is already at around $0.5T market cap, compared to Ford, for example, at $30B. Ouch.

 

[currybob]

If Ford and all the other manufacturers would take a page out of Tesla’s book in regards to sales it would be a game changer. Too many dealerships are notorious for bad service and unfair pricing and the list goes on. You walk into a Tesla showroom or you go on your computer at home and you get the same price, service, ordering experience no matter what. It’s amazing, painless, and as easy as ordering a pizza. Just wish some of these dealerships understood that they need to change with the times or they’ll bleed out just like what Amazon did to retail. Tesla is already at around $0.5T market cap, compared to Ford, for example, at $30B. Ouch.

I agree, I know I'm an Amazon fan and have been for almost a decade now. I am still blown away when some things I ordered would show up the very next day. crazy

Where does warranty work get done for Tesla? Thought I read something awhile back they were having customer complaints about that.

Tesla will be looking at some pretty stiff competition soon for many companies are getting into the EV game but Tesla has a heck of a head start.

 

[adrian90210]

I agree, I know I'm an Amazon fan and have been for almost a decade now. I am still blown away when some things I ordered would show up the very next day. crazy

Where does warranty work get done for Tesla? Thought I read something awhile back they were having customer complaints about that.

Tesla will be looking at some pretty stiff competition soon for many companies are getting into the EV game but Tesla has a heck of a head start.

Warranty work is even better than the sales experience! They come to your house to do the work if it doesn’t require a lift or certain tools which is 90% of the time. And where I live they have 3 service centers close by. And requesting service is so easy I started laughing when I did it in their app.

 

[currybob]

Warranty work is even better than the sales experience! They come to your house to do the work if it doesn’t require a lift or certain tools which is 90% of the time. And where I live they have 3 service centers close by. And requesting service is so easy I started laughing when I did it in their app.

Wow, you won't get that with many car company's.

I know I have been seeing more and more of them on the roads. Especially near the larger cities.

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