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PRODUCTION WEEK SCHEDULING INFORMATION FOR THE WEEK OF 03/04/2019

2019 ECOSPORT               No Scheduling

2019 EDGE                         Cleanup Scheduling

2019 ESCAPE                     No Scheduling

2019 EXPEDITION              No Scheduling

 

2020 EXPLORER                Scheduling for Build Week 2019-05-27. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 F-150                           No Scheduling

2019 FIESTA                        Cleanup Scheduling

2019 FLEX                           Cleanup Scheduling

2019 FUSION                       No Scheduling

2019 MUSTANG                  Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019

2019 RANGER                    Cleanup Scheduling

2019 F-SERIES SD             No Scheduling

2019 TRANSIT                    No Scheduling

2019 TRANSIT CONNECT                       Balanced Out

 

2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR                         Scheduling for Build Week 2019-05-27. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

2019 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL               Cleanup Scheduling   

2019 LINCOLN MKC                                Cleanup Scheduling           

2019 LINCOLN MKT                                 No Scheduling        

2019 LINCOLN MKZ                                 Cleanup Scheduling    

2019 LINCOLN NAUTILUS                      Cleanup Scheduling              

2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR                   No Scheduling

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Product Order Guides have been updated for the following vehicles.

  • 2019 Shelby GT350 & Shelby GT350R
  • 2020 Explorer
  • 2020 Police Interceptor Utility
  • 2020 Transit Connect
  • 2019 Lincoln Navigator

Production Information/Timetables have been updated for the following vehicles.

  • 2019 Lincoln Continental
  • 2019/2020 EcoSport
  • 2019/2020 Escape
  • 2019/2020 F-150
  • 2019/2020 F-150 Police Responder
  • 2019 Flex
  • 2019 Lincoln MKC
  • 2019 Lincoln MKT
  • 2019/2020 Ranger
  • 2019/2020 Transit
  • 2019 Transit Connect
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7 hours ago, ice-capades said:

PRODUCTION WEEK SCHEDULING INFORMATION FOR THE WEEK OF 03/04/2019

2019 ECOSPORT               No Scheduling

2019 EDGE                         Cleanup Scheduling

2019 ESCAPE                     No Scheduling

2019 EXPEDITION              No Scheduling

 

2020 EXPLORER                Scheduling for Build Week 2019-05-27. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 F-150                           No Scheduling

2019 FIESTA                        Cleanup Scheduling

2019 FLEX                           Cleanup Scheduling

2019 FUSION                       No Scheduling

2019 MUSTANG                  Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019

2019 RANGER                    Cleanup Scheduling

2019 F-SERIES SD             No Scheduling

2019 TRANSIT                    No Scheduling

2019 TRANSIT CONNECT                       Balanced Out

 

2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR                         Scheduling for Build Week 2019-05-27. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

2019 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL               Cleanup Scheduling   

2019 LINCOLN MKC                                Cleanup Scheduling           

2019 LINCOLN MKT                                 No Scheduling        

2019 LINCOLN MKZ                                 Cleanup Scheduling    

2019 LINCOLN NAUTILUS                      Cleanup Scheduling              

2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR                   No Scheduling

I thought Job1 for the Aviator was May 6, 2019.  Does this mean they are not going to start building until May 27 (28) 2019?

 

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New York Region scheduling update as of Tuesday 03/05/2019.

Ford

  • On Thursday, March 7, EcoSport, Escape, Expedition, F-150, Fusion, Super Duty, and Transit orders will not be selected for scheduling.
  • Balance to go SIMS orders have been created for Edge, Fiesta, and Ranger using commodities still available for Week 14.
  • Please note the following regional control has been lifted on Ranger:  Ranger Optional Adaptive Cruise (52C; Included in Technology Package (67J); Optional on XLT 301A & 302A & Lariat 500A).
  • Until further notice, the 2020MY Explorer Hybrid Limited will not be eligible for scheduling.
  • 2020 Transit Connect startup scheduling will begin on Thursday, March 11.

Lincoln

  • On Thursday, March 7, MKT and Navigator orders will not be selected for scheduling.
  • Balance to go SIMS orders have been created for Continental, MKC, and MKZ using commodities still available for Week 14.
  • For 2019MY MKC Black Label scheduling, only retail Black Label orders will be selected for scheduling.
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PRODUCTION WEEK SCHEDULING INFORMATION

FOR THE WEEK OF 03/11/2019

 

2019 ECOSPORT               Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/29/2019, 05/06/2019, 05/13/2019, 05/20/2019 & 05/27/2019

 

2019 EDGE                         Cleanup Scheduling

2019 ESCAPE                    Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/01/2019, 04/08/2019, 04/15/2019 & 04/22/2019

 

2019 EXPEDITION             Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/01/2019 & 04/08/2019

 

2020 EXPLORER               Cleanup Scheduling. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 F-150                          Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/01/2019 & 04/08/2019

2019 FIESTA                       Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019

2019 FLEX                           Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019

 

2019 FUSION                       Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/08/2019, 04/15/2019 & 04/22/2019

2019 MUSTANG                  Scheduling for Build Week 05/06/2019

2019 RANGER                     Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019

2019 F-SERIES SD             Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/01/2019 & 04/08/2019

2019 TRANSIT                    Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019

 

2020 TRANSIT CONNECT           Startup Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019, 05/13/2019, 05/20/2019 & 05/27/2019. Retail Orders will be eligible to schedule this week.

 

2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR             Cleanup Scheduling. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL               Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019   

2019 LINCOLN MKC                                 Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019           

2019 LINCOLN MKT                                  Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019        

2019 LINCOLN MKZ                                  Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019    

2019 LINCOLN NAUTILUS                       Scheduling for Build Week 04/29/2019              

2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR                    Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/01/2019 & 04/08/2019

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Re: 2019 Fusion - Dealer Stock Orders

Since the beginning of scheduling for the 2019MY, Dealers in the New York, Philadelphia & Boston regions have been restricted to ordering 2019 Fusion Hybrid models only for stock inventory. 2019 Fusion Gas & AWD models were restricted to Retail Orders only. We were informed last week by our New York Region Zone Manager that the restriction has been lifted and Dealers may now order all 2019 Fusion models for stock inventory. In addition, we were informed that Ford will be reinstating/increasing incentives for the 2019 Fusion Gas & AWD models to support the change.  

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On 3/8/2019 at 6:08 PM, ice-capades said:

Re: 2019 Fusion - Dealer Stock Orders

Since the beginning of scheduling for the 2019MY, Dealers in the New York, Philadelphia & Boston regions have been restricted to ordering 2019 Fusion Hybrid models only for stock inventory. 2019 Fusion Gas & AWD models were restricted to Retail Orders only. We were informed last week by our New York Region Zone Manager that the restriction has been lifted and Dealers may now order all 2019 Fusion models for stock inventory. In addition, we were informed that Ford will be reinstating/increasing incentives for the 2019 Fusion Gas & AWD models to support the change.  

Hm.  That's odd.

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On 3/11/2019 at 2:46 PM, rmc523 said:

Hm.  That's odd.

Welcome to the world of Ford under the Hackett regime! They've been changing incentives every few days in our Market which is driving dealerships crazy. We lost another Fusion deal with a current owner and a long term customer who just couldn't absorb the approximately $100/month payment bump on the Fusion he wanted. We could meet his payment requirement on a different (SUV) vehicle but he was adamant about a sedan. We lost the deal to Mazda. 

Ford created a mess when they announced that they were going to discontinue all car models except for Mustang. Then they tried to "walk it back" to a point by saying that the Fusion would still be available. Then they told Dealers in the Northeast about the new marketing plan for the 2019MY Fusion restricting stock inventory to Fusion Hybrid models only that would be supported with increased standard equipment and incentives. Now they're reversing that decision but the damage was already done. 

The demise of the Fusion is going to be a self fulfilling prophecy in good part because of Ford's mismanagement. 

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PRODUCTION WEEK SCHEDULING INFORMATION FOR THE WEEK OF 03/18/2019

2019 ECOSPORT               Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/04/2019, 06/11/2019, 06/18/2019 & 06/24/2019. Final 2019MY EcoSport orders are due 03/21/2019.

 

2019 EDGE                         No Scheduling

 

2019 ESCAPE                     Retail Scheduling Only

2019 EXPEDITION             Scheduling for Build Week 04/15/2019

 

2020 EXPLORER                Cleanup Scheduling. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 F-150                           Scheduling for Build Week 04/15/2019

2019 FIESTA                        Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019 & 05/13/2019

2019 FLEX                            Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019 & 05/13/2019

 

2019 FUSION                       Retail Scheduling Only

2019 MUSTANG                  Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/13/2019 & 05/20/2019

2019 RANGER                     Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019 & 05/13/2019

2019 F-SERIES SD             Scheduling for Build Week 04/15/2019

2019 TRANSIT                    Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019 & 05/13/2019

 

2020 TRANSIT CONNECT                       Cleanup Scheduling

 

2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR                         Cleanup Scheduling. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL               Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019 & 05/13/2019   

2019 LINCOLN MKC                                 Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019 & 05/13/2019           

2019 LINCOLN MKT                                  No Scheduling        

 

2019 LINCOLN MKZ                                  Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019 & 05/13/2019    

 

 2019 LINCOLN NAUTILUS                       Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019 & 05/13/2019              

 

 2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR                    Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/08/2019 & 04/15/2019

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11 minutes ago, ice-capades said:

The demise of the Fusion is going to be a self fulfilling prophecy in good part because of Ford's mismanagement. 

That's like automakers only offering manuals in stripped out base models then claiming nobody buys them 

 

duh!

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On 3/16/2019 at 3:00 AM, ice-capades said:

Welcome to the world of Ford under the Hackett regime! They've been changing incentives every few days in our Market which is driving dealerships crazy. We lost another Fusion deal with a current owner and a long term customer who just couldn't absorb the approximately $100/month payment bump on the Fusion he wanted. We could meet his payment requirement on a different (SUV) vehicle but he was adamant about a sedan. We lost the deal to Mazda. 

Ford created a mess when they announced that they were going to discontinue all car models except for Mustang. Then they tried to "walk it back" to a point by saying that the Fusion would still be available. Then they told Dealers in the Northeast about the new marketing plan for the 2019MY Fusion restricting stock inventory to Fusion Hybrid models only that would be supported with increased standard equipment and incentives. Now they're reversing that decision but the damage was already done. 

The demise of the Fusion is going to be a self fulfilling prophecy in good part because of Ford's mismanagement. 

Yeah, it sounds ridiculous.  Let's announce something, then backtrack then change again after that.  Makes complete sense to me!

 

Actually sounds like where I work haha.

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PRODUCTION WEEK SCHEDULING INFORMATION

FOR THE WEEK OF 03/25/2019

 

2019 ECOSPORT               Cleanup Scheduling. Final 2019MY EcoSport orders were due 03/21/2019.

 

2019 EDGE                         No Scheduling

 

2019 ESCAPE                    Retail Scheduling Only

2019 EXPEDITION             Scheduling for Build Week 04/22/2019

 

2020 EXPLORER               No Scheduling. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 F-150                          Scheduling for Build Week 04/22/2019

2019 FIESTA                       Scheduling for Build Week 05/20/2019

2019 FLEX                          Scheduling for Build Week 05/20/2019

2019 FUSION                       Retail Scheduling Only

2019 MUSTANG                  Scheduling for Build Week 05/27/2019

2019 RANGER                     Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/20/2019 & 05/27/2019

2019 F-SERIES SD             Scheduling for Build Week 04/22/2019

2019 TRANSIT                    Scheduling for Build Week 05/20/2019

 

2020 TRANSIT CONNECT                       Cleanup Scheduling. Retail orders have begun to schedule but until the OK to Buy has been achieved, Retail Orders will not ship.

 

2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR                         No Scheduling. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL               Scheduling for Build Week 05/20/2019   

 

2019 LINCOLN MKC                                Scheduling for Build Week 05/20/2019

2019 LINCOLN MKT                                 No Scheduling        

 

2019 LINCOLN MKZ                                 Scheduling for Build Week 05/20/2019

 

2019 LINCOLN NAUTILUS                      Scheduling for Build Week 05/20/2019              

 

2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR                   Scheduling for Build Week 04/22/2019

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PRODUCTION WEEK SCHEDULING INFORMATION

FOR THE WEEK OF 04/01/2019

 

2019 ECOSPORT               Balanced Out

 

2019 EDGE                         No Scheduling

 

2019 ESCAPE                    No Scheduling

2019 EXPEDITION             No Scheduling

 

2020 EXPLORER               No Scheduling. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 F-150                          No Scheduling

2019 FIESTA                       Scheduling for Build Week 05/27/2019

2019 FLEX                           Scheduling for Build Week 05/27/2019

 

2019 FUSION                       No Scheduling

2019 MUSTANG                  Cleanup Scheduling

2019 RANGER                     Scheduling for Build Week 05/27/2019

2019 F-SERIES SD             Cleanup Scheduling

2019 TRANSIT                    Scheduling for Build Week 05/27/2019

 

2020 TRANSIT CONNECT                       No Scheduling

 

2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR                         No Scheduling. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL              Scheduling for Build Week 05/27/2019   

 

2019 LINCOLN MKC                                Scheduling for Build Week 05/27/2019

2019 LINCOLN MKT                                  No Scheduling        

 

2019 LINCOLN MKZ                                  Scheduling for Build Week 05/27/2019

 

2019 LINCOLN NAUTILUS                       Scheduling for Build Week 05/27/2019              

 

2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR                   No Scheduling

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16 hours ago, fuzzymoomoo said:

I've always wondered. What does cleanup scheduling mean?

It's just another step in the scheduling process to schedule allocation from the previous week that didn't schedule due to commodity issues, etc. During the monthly scheduling period, allocation that doesn't get scheduled in a particular week rolls over to the following week. When they get to end of the month's scheduling period they use cleanup scheduling to get any remaining allocation scheduled to keep the plant production schedule full. The cleanup scheduling is subject to available commodity constraints which can mean that Dealers can be forced to take vehicles they don't want. 

That's what the cleanup scheduling is about basically. Hope this helps.

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PRODUCTION WEEK SCHEDULING INFORMATION

FOR THE WEEK OF 04/08/2019

 

2019 ECOSPORT               Balanced Out

 

2020 EcoSport                    Startup Scheduling for Build Weeks 07/01/2019, 07/08/2019 & 07/15/2019

 

2019 EDGE                          Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/29/2019, 05/06/2019, 05/13/2019, 05/20/2019 & 05/27/2019

 

2019 ESCAPE                     Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/29/2019, 05/06/2019, 05/13/2019, 05/20/2019 & 05/27/2019

2019 EXPEDITION              Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/29/2019 & 05/06/2019

 

2020 EXPLORER                Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/03/2019 & 06/10/2019. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 F-150                           Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/29/2019 & 05/06/2019

2019 FIESTA                        Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/03/2019 & 06/10/2019

2019 FLEX                           No Scheduling

 

2019 FUSION                       Scheduling for Build Weeks 05/06/2019, 05/13/2019, 05/20/2019 & 05/27/2019

2019 MUSTANG                  Scheduling for Build Week 06/03/2019

2019 RANGER                    Scheduling for Build Week 06/03/2019

2019 F-SERIES SD             Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/29/2019 & 05/06/2019

2019 TRANSIT                    Scheduling for Build Week 06/03/2019

 

2020 TRANSIT CONNECT                       Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/03/2019 & 06/10/2019

 

2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR                         Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/03/2019 & 06/10/2019. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL               Scheduling for Build Week 06/03/2019   

 

2019 LINCOLN MKC                                 Scheduling for Build Week 06/03/2019

2019 LINCOLN MKT                                  No Scheduling        

 

2019 LINCOLN MKZ                                  Scheduling for Build Week 06/03/2019

 

2019 LINCOLN NAUTILUS                       Scheduling for Build Week 06/03/2019              

 

2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR                    Scheduling for Build Weeks 04/29/2019 & 05/06/2019

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PRODUCTION WEEK SCHEDULING INFORMATION FOR THE WEEK OF 04/15/2019

2020 EcoSport                    Startup Scheduling for Build Weeks 07/22/2019 & 07/29/2019

2019 EDGE                          Retail Scheduling Only

 

2019 ESCAPE                     Retail Scheduling Only

2019 EXPEDITION              Scheduling for Build Week 05/13/2019

 

2020 EXPLORER                Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/17/2019, 06/24/2019 & 07/01/2019. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

 

2019 F-150                           Scheduling for Build Week 05/13/2019

2019 FIESTA                        Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/17/2019 & 06/24/2019

2019 FLEX                            Scheduling for Build Week 06/10/2019

 

2019 FUSION                       Retail Scheduling Only

2019 MUSTANG                   Scheduling for Build Week 06/10/2019

2019 RANGER                     Scheduling for Build Week 06/10/2019

2019 F-SERIES SD              Scheduling for Build Week 05/13/2019

2019 TRANSIT                     Scheduling for Build Week 06/10/2019

 

2020 TRANSIT CONNECT                       Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/17/2019 & 06/24/2019

 

2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR                         Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/17/2019 & 06/24/2019. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling.

2019 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL               Scheduling for Build Week 06/10/2019   

 

2019 LINCOLN MKC                                Scheduling for Build Week 06/10/2019

2019 LINCOLN MKT                                 No Scheduling        

 

2019 LINCOLN MKZ                                 Scheduling for Build Week 06/10/2019

 

2019 LINCOLN NAUTILUS                       Scheduling for Build Week 06/10/2019              

 

2019 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR                    Scheduling for Build Week 05/13/2019

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Does this mean that Retail Orders will not be built until after this date? "2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR  Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/17/2019 & 06/24/2019. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling"

I placed a factory order the first day the bank opened up, hopefully there aren't and big delays. 

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8 minutes ago, crozdub115 said:

Does this mean that Retail Orders will not be built until after this date? "2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR  Scheduling for Build Weeks 06/17/2019 & 06/24/2019. Until the “OK to Buy” status has been achieved, Retail Orders will not be selected for scheduling"

I placed a factory order the first day the bank opened up, hopefully there aren't and big delays. 

Yes. Specifically... Retail Orders won't be selected for scheduling until after the "OK to Buy" status is achieved meaning retail orders won't be built until about 6 weeks after the "OK to Buy" status is achieved. Sometimes Dealers will order customer orders as "Stock" units in order to get them scheduled and built prior to the "OK to Buy" status.

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16 hours ago, ice-capades said:

Yes. Specifically... Retail Orders won't be selected for scheduling until after the "OK to Buy" status is achieved meaning retail orders won't be built until about 6 weeks after the "OK to Buy" status is achieved. Sometimes Dealers will order customer orders as "Stock" units in order to get them scheduled and built prior to the "OK to Buy" status.

Does anyone know the thinking behind that?  Is it a desire to get cars onto showroom floors for walk-ins to consider, as opposed to cars that will be in and immediately out to people already committed to buy?

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5 minutes ago, Zooks527 said:

Does anyone know the thinking behind that?  Is it a desire to get cars onto showroom floors for walk-ins to consider, as opposed to cars that will be in and immediately out to people already committed to buy?

Not at all.  It's the desire to make sure that sold vehicles are shipped as soon as they are built and that they are of the highest quality.

Early builds have problems.  They build them and inspect them and they keep building them until they go 5 consecutive days with no problems.  At that point they give the OK to buy and start shipping straight off the assembly line.   Then they have to go back and reinspect and repair all the previously built vehicles.  Sometimes these early builds can sit at the factory for a few weeks before shipping.

It's possible that an early build arrives at the dealer before a retail (sold) order but it's also possible that it arrives weeks later.   It's just safer to wait on all counts.

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