kevinb120 Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 At the Detroit Auto Show back in January, Ford told the press October, 2007. Ford started building them at end of August and normally it's six weeks until first ones ship as launch picks up steam and lots are full enough to start shipping plus batching and loading them for month or so. The Focus is still on time and not late. As for Flex, the Job 1 date was already given...April 1, 2008 at OAP and about six weeks later you should start seeing them at dealers. And usually about 6 weeks after being at dealer Ford will start introducing National Advertising. Ford doesn't like to advertise until dealers have nice stock of them on lots. Why advertise and cause customer to come in with ONE on lot. So Ford waits until Dealer has 50+ in stock. We stock about 800 new cars and have all of 2 Taurus and 3 Taurus X's in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 We stock about 800 new cars and have all of 2 Taurus and 3 Taurus X's in stock. Approx. how many Fusion and Edges do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinb120 Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Approx. how many Fusion and Edges do you have? Quick check all models/trims from FMC dealer(doesn't show the units sold in the last 4-5 days and probably 4 or 5 fusions are inbound units): 8 07 Fusions left(mostly 4-M and one damaged V6) 47 2008 Fusions(getting there-got about 18 sport appearance ones-love the new wheels) 74 2007 Edges (about normal stock level) 0 2008 Edges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Quick check all models/trims from FMC dealer(doesn't show the units sold in the last 4-5 days and probably 4 or 5 fusions are inbound units): 8 07 Fusions left(mostly 4-M and one damaged V6) 47 2008 Fusions(getting there-got about 18 sport appearance ones-love the new wheels) 74 2007 Edges (about normal stock level) 0 2008 Edges So what are the buying patterns in your area for Focus, Fusion and Taurus? By that I mean, has Taurus sales picked up and is Fusion still selling well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regfootball Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Ford Focus really does absolutely nothing for me, l want to like it but sorry l just don’t, everybody’s different. Styling is still far too bland boring and dull, it’s as simple as that. If Ford want to get to get folk out of Camry’s and into a Focus then they need to break the mould, because nothing else other than offering a huge discount is going to change the minds of a Toyota lover when it comes to buying again. Somebody l know a chap who is hooked on Toyotas has just done 187000 miles of trouble free motoring in his Corolla, it not hard to see which car he will be buying again now he is looking to replace it. Just how do you change the minds of folk hooked on Jap crap? If Ford salesman could ask the question what sort of car are you think of trading in, and then be permitted by Ford to offer a much bigger discount if it’s a Toyota, maybe it might be just enough to break the Toyota buying habit of a differing buyer who would have just gone back to Toyota. that's like 4000 hours of pure dull hell behind the wheel that that sad person will never get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Jellymoulds Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 (edited) that's like 4000 hours of pure dull hell behind the wheel that that sad person will never get back. I could have not put that in a better way myself. What a boring waste of time Reg. Edited September 30, 2007 by Ford Jellymoulds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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