Anyone planning on buying a 2017 F-350?
I had planned on ordering a new 2016 F-350 to haul our old Lance or a new 1062, but I waited around too long. I've never been fond of buying a brand new model vehicle.
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realter wrote:
Is there a cut off already in January?
If Ford has a planned 'Last Day' to build a 2016 F-350 then yes it might have come already.
Lets say that they want to close the plant on September 1, and their last truck will have to be produced a couple of days before that date. So any custom orders already in the pipeline must be completed by that date, and so must any 'new' orders put in already.
They might have 500 dealerships all with 10 - 35 of the 2016 trucks on order to have both on the lot and as customer orders, as well as the commercial truck lineup of F-450/550 for crane platforms and other uses. So that is a lot of truck production for each week until the plant shut down date.
I really don't know the shut down date to start changing over to the new aluminum body truck, but traditionally it is done in June or July. So they will build 2,000+ trucks before the 'official release date' of September whatever? And have those trucks in the dealerships by September 1.
Now if this Ford dealer is saying to this customer 'If you order a new 2017 we will have it on our lot by July whatever or something, it will indicate that Ford will be changing over to the 2017 early in the year. . . That is why I asked if the Ford dealership is offering a delivery date if they order a 2017 right now.
I can recall Ford putting out a new car in April, (I think it was in April 1993, and it was a model year 94 car) as the next model year! So it can happen. . .
Fred.
