portlandg
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There is another reason for bringing forward the Select and Cal Rt 1 cars that I have just thought off. Perhaps they haven't had the interest that they had hoped for in the car and they HAD to bring forward the Select and Cal Rt 1 to make up the numbers in the 1st production run.It is a total guess - the fact that Ford moved up the Select and Rt. 1 deliveries in NA to late 2020 has me scratching my head at what that means for the delivery of Premiums...I ordered a Premium mainly because it would be here before the Rt. 1...so will a person who ordered a Rt. 1 now get it before I get my Premium??? Seems odd, and out of alignment...from a marketing standpoint, it makes no sense that Ford would sacrifice Premium consumers in that way.
We have discussed that FE folks had to convert their ressies to orders by July 31, but that it didn't really matter to the run schedule, since all FE would be run regardless at the same time...and Premium folks (and I guess all others) had to covert their ressies to orders by the end of the year (correct?) - so it is still a guess at how Ford will prioritize its build schedule - I cant fathom that it is completely off what order number we have - maybe if they didn't pull up the Select and Rt. 1 delivery dates...but with those in the 2020 equation, I'm at a lost (well, I was at a lost before and now since I have zero clue how cars are produced - I am just simply looking at this from a PR/Marketing perspective - never cut into your most engaged consumers - in many cases, how much $$ they spend = engagement)...
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