I'd assume the car went by rail from Flat Rock to Birmingham and will go by truck from there to your dealer.
Now if you had bought a Corvette, you could have gone to Bowling Green, KY and picked it up yourself! <sarc> :D
I ordered mine August 7, 2017.
The order was processed December 14.
Production began January 3, 2018.
Production was completed January 9.
Shipped February 6.
Delivered February 7.
Seven months exactly between Order and Delivery, including Christmas and New Years shutdown.
My dealer said...
I've only put 100 miles on the Mustang A10, but compared with driving my Raptor A10 for a year, I can definitely say the Mustang is silky smooth shifting vs. the choppy shift/gear-skips of the Raptor.
That may be the result of pairing the A10 with a V8 vs. an A10 on an EcoBoost.
I'm not loving...
My Lightning Blue GT was in production on January 3 and was awaiting shipment on January 9. Six days.
In transit on February 6. Delivered Thursday (Feb 8).
I'm glad I didn't know about the COTUS nail-biting system. ;)
"Looking at the wrong order..."
My earlier post was sarcasm about dealer BS. I call BS there.
Here's my 2-cents... Like others have recommended, order what you really want. Who knows what the future holds for the auto industry?
Plus, if you miss some weeks of snow, ice and salty roads while...
That's exactly what my salesperson said.
I just get a little nervous that the car will roll off the carrier and get sold out from under me since there's no deposit to hold it.
So, I need both patience AND trust. Oh boy. ;)
I've been buying cars for 50+ years, but I need 21st Century clarification.
The rationale behind producing cars for dealer stock first is because retail orders are virtually already "sold" ?
In my younger years, an auto factory simply shoehorned a customer-ordered vehicle into the assembly...