65MustangBoy
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- First Name
- Les
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- 65 Mustang, 2023 Mach E Premium
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I know the people who orders in 2022 have had much longer wait times. Production and supply shortages are among some of the lead time issues. Before January 2023 on Ford's web site they were even advising potential buyers that your order could take 6-10 months to fulfill. I place my order anticipating a 10 month delivery time. These are data points but don't really apply to recent orders. The plant was down for several weeks earlier this year during which they brought up a second production line. And this downtime also added to some of the delay time for those that ordered in 2022. Also, there seems to be more information for Select and Premium trim models over GT models. If you study some of the recent build week threads, I think you will now find the following (at least for Select and Premium models).
Those that have PLACED orders starting in January 2023 were getting emails roughly 3 weeks following with an email from Ford for a build date. These build dates are roughly 13 weeks out from the date the order was PLACED. I placed my order on 17-Jan 2023 and on 9-Feb I received an email stating my build date is 24-Apr-2023. This is now a much shorter timeframe than I anticipated.
I think the unknown now is the time it actually takes Ford to get the newly built vehicle from the plant, to your local dealer. At one time this was taking 2-3 MONTHS! (I've heard worse stories). But this delivery time seems to be greatly improving as well. And the actual information in the recent build week threads seem to be supporting this.
Realistically, I think you are looking at 4-5 months from the time you place the order until the vehicle arrives at your dealer. HOWEVER, I did just check the Ford order website and it says 6-8 weeks for GT and Cal Rt 1. Seems optimistic to me.
Those that have PLACED orders starting in January 2023 were getting emails roughly 3 weeks following with an email from Ford for a build date. These build dates are roughly 13 weeks out from the date the order was PLACED. I placed my order on 17-Jan 2023 and on 9-Feb I received an email stating my build date is 24-Apr-2023. This is now a much shorter timeframe than I anticipated.
I think the unknown now is the time it actually takes Ford to get the newly built vehicle from the plant, to your local dealer. At one time this was taking 2-3 MONTHS! (I've heard worse stories). But this delivery time seems to be greatly improving as well. And the actual information in the recent build week threads seem to be supporting this.
Realistically, I think you are looking at 4-5 months from the time you place the order until the vehicle arrives at your dealer. HOWEVER, I did just check the Ford order website and it says 6-8 weeks for GT and Cal Rt 1. Seems optimistic to me.
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