Is Stelantis out performing Ford?

[CoronaRaptor]

One reason I bought a Ford - didn’t get a bailout package from the Canadian taxpayers.

Stellantis just got $1B to retool for electric.

Yeah, i seen your Idol on the news yapping about it with his polka dotted knee high socks on.

 

[OEMPlus Raptor]

Correct me if im wrong but i think the rams are not offering such high end features as a rap. So less chips etc. quality over quantity?

It could be, no over the air updates, generators, blue cruise. Fuel prices aren't helping the TRX, much less the 50K adm. However the dealerships had plenty of 1500's in different trim levels, including all of the other Mopar offerings.

 

[OEMPlus Raptor]

and you’re wondering why they have so much stock on hand, why, exactly?

I know that's a huge reason as well as fuel prices. However the lot was well stocked with everything. Except for 2500's. Plenty of Jeeps, 1500's and whatever else they make. My Ford dealership has a few Bronco sports, few F150's and a bunch used cars. So not sure why but Ram is getting the trucks to the dealers around here.

 

[NASSTY]

None of the big 3 or Toyota dealers around here have much inventory for new trucks. The nearest Ford dealer has one 22 F150 and no Super Duties. Their sister (Ram) dealer across the street has one 2021 Ram 1500 and 3 2022 Ram 2500s. Neither of the half tons are very desirable. When something nice does show up it sells almost instantly.

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[smurfslayer]

I know that's a huge reason as well as fuel prices. However the lot was well stocked with everything. Except for 2500's. Plenty of Jeeps, 1500's and whatever else they make. My Ford dealership has a few Bronco sports, few F150's and a bunch used cars. So not sure why but Ram is getting the trucks to the dealers around here.

I’ll bet the stealership is ADM-ing everything, not just the TRX and again that would conveniently explain why they’re stocked full. They also may be buying up other dealer vehicles as Ford stealerships did for 2017 Raptors. A not insignificant amount of MSRP or under 2017 trucks were bought from those dealers and brokered to other stealerships to sell at markup prices.

 

[Doctor Mike]

50k mark up? That why’s you see so many!! Lol!

 

[jroub]

Sales…. If you think about Ford and Stellantis pumping out equal amount of product (I don’t have actual numbers) but there are just less demand for their products. Hence, sitting on the lot.

 

[CodeOrangeGen3]

So I just got back from picking up my wife's 19' Ram 2500 from service. So as always I peeked at what Ram has to offer. The first thing I noticed was no shortage of vehicles. They had 10 total TRX's and a variety of other Ram models. What they were out of were 2500 Diesel's. No shortage of Jeeps or any other models. They were well stocked.

It made me wonder, is Ram (Stelantis) out performing Ford? How is this dealer able to allocate so many TRX's? Gas Prices slowing down their sales? Maybe they have better part and "chip" suppliers? By the way they had a laughable 50K mark up.

What's everyone's take on this? Not one local Ford dealer of mine has a Raptor and not many F150's.

Casue no one wants them

 

[OEMPlus Raptor]

Casue no one wants them

Could be, but I'll say this her Ram has been solid. I wanted her to get a F250, but the interior of the Ram sealed the deal. I was skeptical about buying a Ram, but after 37K it has been bullet proof.

 

[dsg2003mach1]

What I'm trying to say is they are getting vehicles to the dealerships. We constantly see how people are waiting for their Gen 3's, Bronco's, SD's and they can't be traced. Seems like these guys are well stocked and in contrast both of my Ford dealerships are pushing mostly used vehicles because of low inventory. It could be price of fuel, better selling vehicles, etc.,

Ford is basically selling all their vehicles before they hit the lot. A dealer I know said 80% of all his incoming vehicles were spec orders from customers. The remaining 20% being stock orders and they usually have those sold before they hit the ground. Spec orders from customers receive exponentially higher priority than dealer stock units.