Avoiding rail is wise...my R took about 4-5wks to get from Flat Rock to Woodbridge, VA!
Why would they put the chassis number on the dash of an unlimited build? Sorry I’m short on history of how these special edition things roll out. As for allocation that is the word used by a sales person at my local dealership....and I initiated the conversation so it was pretty natural, not a calculated response. He said they already have an allocation. Wish I’d thought to ask him about markup too.
Allocation means the dealer has room to order a particular car. Ford gives dealers X amount of cars/trucks they can order at a given time based upon sales volume. Except in very limited cases(Ford GT and other limited production vehicles) sold orders(customer ordered) are not limited to dealer allocation. A chassis number does not equal limited production, its just another differentiator to a non Bullitt Mustang.
Ah that's true. what about incentives in general? I know the Shelby GT and Raptor don't usually have incentives not sure about the Bullitt
Not when they first came out, and not for the first year. Maybe the '04s did, but for the most part it was sticker plus in '03. I was happy to get mine for less than sticker, but the dealership had no idea what it was or that it was a non-SVT product that they could get until I ordered mine.
Honestly I got my Mach1 after the 05 GT's came out. I loved the mach1 look, and I actually NEVER thought any of the refreshes made the cars look any better than my Mach1 did. Part of that was probably that having a v4 I still had an (new)edge over the heavier v3 GT. So it felt like my car was still very relevant performance wise until the 5.0 came out. But even then I could just do a FR head/cam package and Intake port to run with the 1st gen 5.0.
The Mach 1 was a distinct trim, the Bullitt was a package.
I'm not sure about incentives but I did ask the Ford guys about X-plan and they said it's probably not going to be eligible. So only hope at a discount is with good negotiating or incentives that don't exclude Bullitt, if they end up existing.
So there was no rail transport involved going all the way to Virginia? And it takes about 1 week from start of production to the car completing production right? Sorry, despite owning 3 S550s, I've never actually ordered one.
