I don't blame you one bit. I've driven the Ioniq 5 and it's awesome. Ford is losing a lot of customers by avoiding building their most popular trim (Premiums) and instead churning out Selects that far fewer people want, that end up sitting on lots...After a wait of nearly 6 months, no movement on my order page, and hearing all the stoeries about wait after scheduling/build, I finally gave up and bought an Ioniq 5 off the lot. While I dont have any positive feelings about Ford, I really with you all the best with your orders and anticipated experience with you cars.
My order is cancelled now, hopefully Ford will issue the refund in another 6 months
Not sure where you’re located, but I promise you that here in the Twin Cities, there isn’t a Mach E that’s not spoken for. None of them sit on the lots, in actuality, they’re usually sold well before they arrive. I feel for the OP too, but their must be some algorithm that Ford is using to fulfill these orders and anyone that can solve it is a much smarter human than me. It sucks that some people are waiting unfair amounts of time, but it sounds like the OP is happy in the end with the Ioniq. I’m not happy hearing about people’s wait times, but Ford doesn’t care if people cancel their orders. The dealers actually want you to cancel. Then they can sell the vehicle you ordered after you cancel it and mark it up $3-5K (in the Midwest). The dealer I ordered from is honoring MSRP, but I know dealers on the east and west coast are marking them up by $6-8K if they actually make it to the lot. In Ford’s eyes, a few sour customers is well worth it when coupled with raging demand for the vehicle.
Within 500 miles of me in Pittsburgh here, there's currently 116 Premiums listed on Autotrader, vs. 341 Selects. Even if we assume that a certain percentage are pre-sold, the fact is there's 3x the supply for Selects, and as a result most of them don't have markups either, showing there's less demand for them.
I have a 12/9 order date. Don't worry, I feel the same way. I still check religiously but I know it is not going to happen for at least another month.
@Ford Motor Company what he said!
Yes, and that's already been established. Premiums take more chips, and beyond that, Selects and non-glass roof GTs also have been getting scheduled ultra-quick, suggesting there's a glass supply issue too. This is also likely why the acoustic laminated glass was deleted from the front windows for 2022. When there's supply constraints, I totally understand. The issue I have is that there's now AWD Premium orders that were placed after mine that have been getting scheduled, while mine has been skipped over. Maybe it's because I didn't order from a big enough dealer or a dealer in a ZEV state, who knows at this point.
Your criticism on the scheduling is fair, but I was replying more to your post earlier in the thread that "Selects are just sitting on lots" and that Ford is "avoiding building Premiums". I think both of those claims are kind of a stretch when the Mach-E supply is turning within two weeks and Ford is quite obviously experiencing a supply chain crunch for certain parts.
You dealer will be able to tell you if you got selected for a build date. If you placed your order online through ford.com you can also check online in reservations and orders section.
