2019 Raptor Intel

[jzweedyk]

No OK to buy and some people's trucks are in transit? Also, you would think with the announcement on Friday that Ford's bonds are one or two steps above junk, that they would want to ship out high margin Raptors as fast as they can. I'll be somebody in management is pretty upset. Hopefully it is fixed by Tuesday.

 

[pierceography]

No OK to buy and some people's trucks are in transit? Also, you would think with the announcement on Friday that Ford's bonds are one or two steps above junk, that they would want to ship out high margin Raptors as fast as they can. I'll be somebody in management is pretty upset. Hopefully it is fixed by Tuesday.

Tying Ford's bond rating to the number of Raptors that are waiting to ship is a bit of a stretch, no offense. Their issues of late largely lie overseas, though they have witnessed profit margins erode stateside. (Hence cutting the low-margin cars out of their lineup in the coming years) But I'd wager that selling more XLTs will net them more profit than more Raptors, for a variety of reasons.

Suffice it to say, I doubt Moody's or S&P are going to reevaluate Ford's bond rating because they start shipping a couple thousand trucks.

Though I hope they do ship ASAP, because I'm in the same boat as every other member of this forum waiting on a '19 to arrive.

 

[Keller Steeler]

Still stuck “in production” since 10/25. Still says it will be delivered by the 18th. We will see what FP says in the morning, but they have not really been any help to this point. Hopefully they do when it ships.

 

[Jake17]

I'd wager selling more XLTs will net more profit than more Raptors, for a variety of reasons.

solid ****yitical reasoning

 

[Tyler_GTS]

Off topic, but does anyone have some info on Agate black and how if differs from the 2017/18 black?

I’ve tried searching but can only find a couple dealer pics of other ford vehicles. I was hoping to find a swatch.

 

[pierceography]

solid ****yitical reasoning

*analytical

That red dotted underline means you're stupid. Ignoring it means you're lazy. Looks like you're both!

 

[pierceography]

Still stuck “in production” since 10/25. Still says it will be delivered by the 18th. We will see what FP says in the morning, but they have not really been any help to this point. Hopefully they do when it ships.

Yeah, FP hasn't been helpful outside of giving me my new "delayed again" build date. They can be rude at times too. Last time I chatted with them, I asked if the rep had any information on why builds were being delayed. His response was, "Look buddy, I'm just telling you what's on my screen."

Oh, and they're closed tomorrow. You'll have to wait until Tuesday. But waiting seems to be something we're all getting very used to, lol.

 

[pierceography]

Off topic, but does anyone have some info on Agate black and how if differs from the 2017/18 black?

I’ve tried searching but can only find a couple dealer pics of other ford vehicles. I was hoping to find a swatch.

Here are some samples I picked up. I honestly can't tell the difference.

 

[turn-r-us]

Agate black is supposed to be metallic but on the order form it doesn’t show its metallic......beats me what the difference is.

 

[pierceography]

Agate black is supposed to be metallic but on the order form it doesn’t show its metallic......beats me what the difference is.

I just put a flashlight on the color sample I have. If it's metallic it's incredibly subtle.

I honestly can't tell the difference between the two. Perhaps in direct sunlight it might be more apparent.