First 2024 Mustang orders being shipped to dealers now!

[dfwford]

I see some are still whining about hail...

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[dfwford]

It wasn’t “promised” but all the early reviews of the car had Ford saying early summer so that is fair to expect that car by then

Was it actually *FORD* who was quoted saying that, or was it the reviewer / journalists / social media personalities speculating it would be early Summer?

Big difference between the two...

 

[rkmustang]

There really is no pleasing people. Say they shipped them right away before the quality was where it should be, then you’d be complaining that they should’ve fixed everything before shipping them out. But now they hold them to make sure the quality is good and people are mad they aren’t shipping.

Who said anything about shipping them right away. I noted that they are sitting on $150+mm of inventory that is presumably now being held for a marketing plan (media drives) not QC, otherwise they wouldn't have left the plant.

 

[Adeel3466]

Was it actually *FORD* who was quoted saying that, or was it the reviewer / journalists / social media personalities speculating it would be early Summer?

Big difference between the two...

Jim Owens Mustang Brand Manager

 

[dfwford]

Jim Owens Mustang Brand Manager

I found it. He does say that at the very end of this interview....

 

[KWC_GT]

He said it at the Carlisle Ford National in an interview I watched on YouTube in June.

 

[dfwford]

He said it at the Carlisle Ford National in an interview I watched on YouTube in June.

I know he's the de-facto face of the Mustang at Ford, but I suspect he was speaking out of turn when giving that time frame and probably regrets doing so in hindsight.

He did a good job of dodging the question about price though, lol.

 

[Adeel3466]

I know he's the de-facto face of the Mustang at Ford, but I suspect he was speaking out of turn when giving that time frame and probably regrets doing so in hindsight.

He did a good job of dodging the question about price though, lol.

The most recent reviews have him saying just summer now lol

 

[GoofyNoober]

Getting real annoyed.
We were told by YouTubers/ford chat that our cars should be arriving or at least on their way to the dealerships later this week or early next week but I see no real movement.

my car was produced 6/8 and been sitting at the lot for almost 2 MONTHS! Don’t want to be a Karen, but damn. No updates no nothing.

 

[activeGT]

You would never know they were hail damaged. I just had a car repaired from damage, you can't even tell. No holes drilled, either. My current Mustang apparently had shipping damage that was fixed. Found out years later when body shop took it apart to fix something. They said they fix cars all the time from shipping damage.
Picture attached from marble sized hail. Can't see anything on car now.

Yeah and everyone of those dents has been pushed out from the inside removing the E-coat and leaving little scratches that can corrode. No thanks.

 

[papaD]

I think it is time to retire or rename this thread.

It keeps popping up like Click Bait, and I keep falling for it!

Damn it, I just want my car...

 

[agreywolfe]

I know right, bring back the tomorrow thread

 

[bloominguez]

Getting real annoyed.
We were told by YouTubers/ford chat that our cars should be arriving or at least on their way to the dealerships later this week or early next week but I see no real movement.

my car was produced 6/8 and been sitting at the lot for almost 2 MONTHS! Don’t want to be a Karen, but damn. No updates no nothing.

Only two months?

All I can say is: This appears to be how it works nowadays. Example: The Bronco fiasco had people waiting YEARS. In my case I waited 676 days. But at least mine didn't sit on "dirt mountain" like other Bronco owners. Ford had some issues, just parked them in a dirt lot in Ypsilanti or something.

I thought they were done with that, but just looked. There continue to be threads about it. Never ends. No idea what challenges they are facing, but this appears to be how Ford runs their business.
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/yours-could-be-here.77044/#post-1980346
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/dirt-mountain-3-0.75152/
Multiple threads before this. Some people had to wait 6+ months as their Broncos just sat there.

So, Bronco: 676 days after reservation. 484 days after my SECOND order (when I got pushed to the next model year). I don't know how many days from my first order. 57 days to get it once it was produced, including 30 days just sitting in a railyard somewhere. They are optimizing for shipping cost and overall efficiency. NOT to minimize individual vehicle time waiting or exposure to elements.

FWIW, Ford is not alone. When I bought my GM I had to wait 156 days after it was built (319 after ordering). It was *built* and just sitting in Lansing, with many others, for 5 months. GM just didn't ship them. No idea why.

 

[unfairslide]

Getting real annoyed.
We were told by YouTubers/ford chat that our cars should be arriving or at least on their way to the dealerships later this week or early next week but I see no real movement.

my car was produced 6/8 and been sitting at the lot for almost 2 MONTHS! Don’t want to be a Karen, but damn. No updates no nothing.

Who said that they would be released at those times?

 

[marcekb]

Can I just say? That's kind of a cool paint job, bubbles all over the car. Not that anyone wants that from hail.

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