Ford dealers stockpile F-150 pickups, fearing shortages during model change next year

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All vehicles are allocated and sold wholesale to the dealerships once a month. The allocation number for each vehicle model is primarily based on three things:

• The current dealership inventory for that model.
• How long that model generally sits on the dealer lot before selling.
• Current Ford production/availability for that model.

Dealerships don't always agree on the number of each vehicle that is allocated to them, so a lot of negotiating takes place between a Ford representative and the Ford dealerships. Raptor is a subset of F-150 allocation, so it plays by a slightly different set of rules. One thing that's for certain is that dealerships aren't turning down any Raptor allocation and they're asking for more/extra. Ford has increased Raptor production, but it's been done ever so carefully and after much consideration of many factors.

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