Blk2015GT
Well-Known Member
It's been pretty long known it's based on Mustang sales. Ie. say a dealer sold 120 Mustangs the prior year, they'd get one GT350 allocation. 240 mustangs 2 allocations. Just an example, I have no clue what the thresholds are. The Rs were allegedly allocated based on 350 sales; so dealers who sold 2 350s would get 1 R allocation to order (again no idea the thresholds).This is something that i dont understand, regarding how ford allocates these things. If i was running the show i would be sending cars to sold orders rather than dealer showrooms.
The idea of allocations was that higher volume dealerships would need/sell more 350s. And it would spread the stock out across the country, not concentrated in a few areas. And so they wouldn't sit in showrooms in say middle of say podunk Oklahoma population 5,000 with average income $50k/year or be sending an R there to sit where no one could afford it.
Im not sure it's working beyond theory though, due to ADM and dealers buying them from other dealers, but that was the theory behind it.
But remember Ford as a corporation simply doesn't care at the end of the day. When the dealership orders it the dealership fronts the $ to Ford, so Ford is paid. Ford isn't shipping cards on IOUs. So Ford doesnt care at the end of the day if the car sits on the lot of 13 months with a $15k ADM, they already made their money.
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