The FEs showing up in dealers’ inventories are all cancelled customer orders (including orders cancelled before they were even built). Ford has had so many FEs cancelled that they added the FE trim level to the “search inventory” page to the Ford website. Don’t think Ford anticipated this many cancelled orders. I guess Ford misjudged our reaction when they advertised the FE as fully loaded when it isn’t.
Having said that, Ford got hit by a perfect storm of issues that drastically slowed production... all related to the COVID pandemic and well beyond their control. I honestly feel they are really trying to get them delivered as quickly as they can. I reserved my FE within 2 hours of the media intro on 07/13. My original build week was 02/08 and has slipped to 03/01. So I’m really really trying to be patient... I want my baby Bronco! So, if something hits a dealer lot that meets my specs, I’ll grab it. But sadly the ones I want all seem to be waiting for production.
Wonder how many of these were ghost orders from the dealership to get one on their lot.
2021 Badlands, 4 door, 2.7L, Auto, LUX, SAS, Tow Package, MIC, Velocity Blue.