Ordered a 2011 in early February, still heard nothing from the dealer...

[11ShelbyGT500]

I ordered my 2011 Shelby GT500 Convertible w/SVT pkg., Silver w/Red stripes on Feb 2nd, so I have a retail order. On Feb 22nd I received my vin with the status "Scheduled" & a priority code of 07. It is scheduled to be built the week of March 22nd and shipped the week of March 29th. I can't wait!

[Mulanzo]

Is this information available anywhere else other than the dealer? Can i punch in my vin somwhere and find out when exactly it's scheduled for production and shipping?

[GO-SVT]

I ordered my 2011 Shelby GT500 Convertible w/SVT pkg., Silver w/Red stripes on Feb 2nd, so I have a retail order. On Feb 22nd I received my vin with the status "Scheduled" & a priority code of 07. It is scheduled to be built the week of March 22nd and shipped the week of March 29th. I can't wait!

 

 

 

WOW!!!

 

Congrats to you guys who have assigned VIN numbers... My priority code is 10. So far I'm just waiting things out.

 

 

I'm not calling anyone out here, I'm just confused by all the different info. This seems to be at odds with the car being shipped in March:

 

I spoke with my Dealer and his Zone Rep yesterday regarding 2011 Shelby GT500 production. This is what we were told by the Zone Rep:

 

The 2011 Shelby's currently have an "Ok to Buy" date of April 4, 2010. This simply means that 2011's cannot be received/purchased by a customer until that date. Ford is currently pulling some (not all) Dealer Stock orders only for the first production run. Production of those units will begin March 17. If all goes well with production and no issues are found, it is possible that these first builds could be on dealer lots before April 4, but they cannot sell them until after April 4...the "OK to Buy" date. The "OK to Buy" date could be pushed out to a later date (i.e. if they run into problems with the first production run of stock orders) but it will not be pulled forward.

 

As for retail orders, Ford will begin distributing allocations and pulling/serializing those orders for scheduling on March 17 (same day stock order production begins). If all goes well with the stock produciton run, retail orders will begin to be built the week of April 5. If all goes as planned, these retail orders could arive as early as the 1st or 2nd week of May. My Dealers Zone Rep tells us mine is the first retail order in her zone (I'm in central Illinois) and will be included in the first retail production run.

 

If you have a retail order DO NOT assume these same dates apply to your order. I do not know how Ford distributes allocations and would not assume your Dealer will have their allocation pulled according to the schedule I've described. I hope they all are, but would not assume they are.

 

This is the plan right now, and plans can change. It will depend on how the first production run of stock orders goes.

 

I talked to my dealer about having my order changed to a Stock order. The Zone Rep said I had to decied my 5:00 PM today, Feb 18. Wonder if that means they are finished pulling stock orders for the first production run? Anyway, for a variety of reasons I decided to leave it as a retail order. If i get the car by Memorial Day I will be thrilled!!

 

Hope this helps and hope you all get your cars soon

 

[henrycp]

WOW!!!

 

Congrats to you guys who have assigned VIN numbers... My priority code is 10. So far I'm just waiting things out.

 

 

I'm not calling anyone out here, I'm just confused by all the different info. This seems to be at odds with the car being shipped in March:

 

 

 

 

 

Yea, I'm just as confused as you are. I just called my dealer and he said he'd call the Ford Rep to see what info we can get.

[GO-SVT]

Yea, I'm just as confused as you are. I just called my dealer and he said he'd call the Ford Rep to see what info we can get.

 

 

My dealer called me today and said my order status has changed from "clean/unscheduled" to "Materials hold"

 

Hmmmm....

[filthymcnasty]

My dealer called me today and said my order status has changed from "clean/unscheduled" to "Materials hold"

 

Hmmmm....

 

 

 

Sounds like the 2010 model year all over again...my local dealer told me lie after lie after lie (even after a $5,000 deposit was made). I gave them three months to produce a VIN# or even a DORA report and I would always get the "material hold" BS. Finally, I found the car I wanted sitting at a dealer in Wisconsin. Bottom line, don't ever trust what the dealership tells you; they are a business exhisting to make money. Always get the documentation!

 

Do a search for DORA and there are several posts explaining the order/receipt process in comprehensive detail.

[GO-SVT]

Sounds like the 2010 model year all over again...my local dealer told me lie after lie after lie (even after a $5,000 deposit was made). I gave them three months to produce a VIN# or even a DORA report and I would always get the "material hold" BS. Finally, I found the car I wanted sitting at a dealer in Wisconsin. Bottom line, don't ever trust what the dealership tells you; they are a business exhisting to make money. Always get the documentation!

 

Do a search for DORA and there are several posts explaining the order/receipt process in comprehensive detail.

 

 

 

I have it. And a partial vin...

[GO-SVT]

Yea, I'm just as confused as you are. I just called my dealer and he said he'd call the Ford Rep to see what info we can get.

 

 

 

I have the DORA printout here on my desk... Shows same partial VIN as yours, but it's easy to see why, all 2011 GT500's will have VBPJS B5 as part of the vin.

 

Shows Flatrock Assembly plant, but again, that's obvious.

 

SHIP THRU MUSTANG VPC

22400 VREELAND ROAD

WOODHAVEN MI 48183

 

I do have contacts at Ford, just been quiet about that until I hear something. They told me my dealer is pretty far down "The List" .

 

My order is in the Ford's system, I do not think the dealer is stringing me along by any means.

[henrycp]

I have the DORA printout here on my desk... Shows same partial VIN as yours, but it's easy to see why, all 2011 GT500's will have VBPJS B5 as part of the vin.

 

Shows Flatrock Assembly plant, but again, that's obvious.

 

SHIP THRU MUSTANG VPC

22400 VREELAND ROAD

WOODHAVEN MI 48183

 

I do have contacts at Ford, just been quiet about that until I hear something. They told me my dealer is pretty far down "The List" .

 

My order is in the Ford's system, I do not think the dealer is stringing me along by any means.

 

 

I'm not worried about my dealer either. I know for sure he'll get at least 1 allocationand it's mine. Seem to be getting conflicting info from the Zone Rep though. She still says my dealer is far up "the list". Starting to wonder about that though if other retail orders are being pulled. I've always hoped to get the car by Memorial Day, if that happens I'll be thrilled. If it comes earlier it'll be a big bonus. Nothing I can do about it anyway...she'll be here when she gets here. Doesn't help the PSDS though.

[03reptile]

Go-SVT:

 

I spoke to my dealer/owner today and he checked on my order status. Like yours, its now "material hold" status. Hes a close, personal friend, so I trust him. He says this isn't unusual and to not get "stirred up" about it. He indicated its probably some part that needs to be available and says these holds don't usually last too long. Should be ready to start up productuion as planned. I have my DORA and he confirmed that the district Ford rep authorized an allocation for my order so it will be built. Hes just waiting for the VIN and schedule date, then we're home free. Its a retail order with a priority 10 designation. Just like my 2007. Hope this makes you feel a little better.

[GO-SVT]

Go-SVT:

 

I spoke to my dealer/owner today and he checked on my order status. Like yours, its now "material hold" status. Hes a close, personal friend, so I trust him. He says this isn't unusual and to not get "stirred up" about it. He indicated its probably some part that needs to be available and says these holds don't usually last too long. Should be ready to start up productuion as planned. I have my DORA and he confirmed that the district Ford rep authorized an allocation for my order so it will be built. Hes just waiting for the VIN and schedule date, then we're home free. Its a retail order with a priority 10 designation. Just like my 2007. Hope this makes you feel a little better.

 

 

 

That's good to hear. I'm told this is very "normal", especially with Shelby orders. Guess we'll find out, eh?

 

You other guys with VIN's and early build dates, please be sure you post up when the car arrives. We'll have to live vicariously thru you guys...

[axo250]

I've been keeping up with this thread but haven't said much as I don't have a VIN yet. I did check my paperwork and my VOC has a priority of 99 while my DORA says 10. Sounds like most people have 10 while there are a few outliers. I'll be sure to post up when I have a vin.

[RickyD]

Latest news on my SVT Pkg coupe, I got a scheduled date of April 5th.

[GO-SVT]

Latest news on my SVT Pkg coupe, I got a scheduled date of April 5th.

 

 

 

Coolness. Congrats Ricky....!

[Mulanzo]

Latest news on my SVT Pkg coupe, I got a scheduled date of April 5th.

 

 

Nice! I have April 5th as well.

[GO-SVT]

I found this doing a search. It has some interesting info, so I thought i would paste it into this topic,

 

PASTE:

Ford dealer discusses orders and allocation

This is lengthy and was written about trucks, but may give you insights regarding the "system".

 

"Order types

 

There are 3 basic order types, Stock, Retail, Fleet. There are others, but I'm not going to just use these 3. AXZD plan will fall under Retail in my description. The other types are Dealer Demo, drivers ed loan out and lease renewal order. Again I'm going to just use the 3 as the others basicly fall under those 3 also.

 

Stock- Unsold orders for dealer inventory. Order type 2

 

Retail- Sold orders, have a customer name assigned to them in the system. These also usually have price protection in case of an increase. Stock units don't. Its an order type 1 in the system (or A, X, K for the weird order types)

 

Fleet- Sold orders for compaines with a valid Fleet ID. (a fleet ID requires 15 units in service). This order type schedules differently and also gets different't pricing. Rebates don't apply to fleets (but they do have a "Retail greater than Fleet" discount if rebates are bigger than fleet discounts. They also don't pay the FDAF fees and other things. Orders are schueduled out of a fleet pool and not the dealers allocation, but more on that later. This is an order type 0.

 

Next on an order is an order number. This doesn't mean much its just a way of tracking. Its a 4 digit number (or letters) and is assigned by the dealer. I use the order date for mine. This is one of the 3 items you need to check the status of an order.

 

Body type- This just tells what the truck is, for example a X14 is a Supercab 4x4 styleside. The first letter is the cab style (F=Regular cab, X= Supercab, W=Crewcab) The second digit tells more. On the New F-150 a 0 is a flareside, 1 is a styleside (2 is a F-250, 3 F-350, etc). The 3rd digit tells whether 2 or 4 wheel drive (on New F-150 2 is 2wd, 4 is 4x4, old style was 7 and 8). This explination applies to F-Series trucks, cars can be different. This item is also needed to check an order.

 

Dealer code- This is also on the order and is needed to check the status of an order (with Ford, dealer only gets listing of his units). This is a set of 2 numbers, a letter, and 3 more numbers. The first two corespond to the region, letter tells the zone in that region, and last 3 identify the dealer. Mine is 53W544 (53=KC region, Zone W, dealer 544). This is the 3rd thing needed to check the status of an order. All 3 are listed together on a DORA on the Upper portion far right a few blank lines below the priority code.

 

A DORA is a Dealer Order Recipt Acknoldgement. Its a printout we get back from Ford after ordering. Usually comes next buisness day. You should get one from your dealer after ordering. Its a good way to verify what's ordered is what you want.

 

2. Priority Codes. This is listed on the far right upper portion of a DORA. Its also on the dealers print outs of order status. This only applies until a unit is scheudled. Once assigned a VIN this doesn't mean anything anymore.

 

The codes start at 1 and run to 99. A dealer can only assign between 10 and 99. A 99 order can't be schuduled. I use these for people that tell me to get them a unit on date (later than normal orders take). I put in a 99'd order so I have what they wanted in the system and don't forget about it and then change it to a buildable priority when time comes they're ready for the truck. The region (or other Ford divisions) can prioritize below 10, I've only seen a 01 priority below 10. They do this in the event of something unusual, most orders never see a priority 01. An example is if they're manually scheduling (like the First F-150 for each dealer, or first year T Birds) or if its something that needs to be urgent (first order destroyed in shipping, etc). Again I normally only see this a few times a year. Also if you do get a priority 01, things usually get scheduled fast even if you have some hard to get commodites (but not hold items). More on commodities later. I believe that the under 10 prioritys go first through the allocation system.

 

Other priorities are to organize what order the dealer wants the trucks in. These only affect that dealer and have no bearing on other dealers. If a dealer only uses 50 or higher, another dealer that starts at 10 won't get his trucks any sooner. This system is to organize the order so they are "in a row" for scheduling. That way in the first pass of scheduling they only look at 1 truck per dealer, then on second pass look at 2nd one. Regardless of what the number actually is. If 50's the lowest at dealer a and 10's my lowest, they are both in the first pass, and are equal to each other.

 

More than one order can have the same priority. If this happens they system looks at order types and then order date. Retails take priority over stock and oldest takes priority. For example:

 

order 1234 Retail order date 9/3/03

order 4321 Retail order date 5/5/03

order 5555 Stock order date 4/4/03

The Retail orders take priority and then oldest order comes first. So the system would look at these in this order:

Order 4321 because its the oldest retail at this priority

order 1234 2nd as its a retail

order 5555 being a stock order its 2nd despite order date.

 

Also Priority can override stock, retail or order date. If a retail is priority 20 and a stock is 19, the stock tries to schedule first, the retail and date thing only applies to orders with the same priority number.

 

So the big thing I want everyone to know is don't get too worried if your not a priority 01 as this is very rare, also don't worry if your not at priority 10, I start my retail ordes at 20 so I've got some room if something comes up that I need to prioritize under my current orders I can.

 

On Fleet orders, none of this priority stuff applies. The priority codes are to control build date and are a letter and a number that correspond to a build month and week. This isn't to get stuff quicker but actually slower. Often fleets will order in January and not want the units for a few months. I can order so it can't be built until later so it will arrive in time but not overly early. Fleet units don't compete with retail or stock at all for scheduling as fleet comes out of their own pool and not from a dealers allocation.

 

3. Allocation- Now that we've got orders in the bank they have to be Scheduled, oh getting ahead of my self, I better list some terms that apply to order status. These are on the dealer printouts so if you see these you'll know what they mean.

 

Matl HOLD - unit can't schedule - something is not availble. for example, my Harley F-250 is in this status as production doesn't start until 11/3/03

 

unschd/clean- unit isn't scheduled (no VIN, no date, no guarantee to build), but is a buildable order once allocation and commodities allow.

 

Submitted to plant- Unit assigned a VIN and assy plant, plant is assigning build date.

 

Scheduled- has a build date and a vin

 

Locked in- Changes can no longer be made to this order, unit is either close to being built, or at the end of the year they lock in orders early so they don't have left over parts between model years.

 

Bucked- Unit is close to production, its my understanding that this mean the frame is on a Buck that is used to roll it down the line.

 

Produced- Unit is built

 

Rel from plant- Unit is built and through inspection, available to ship. May also say Rel to Rail, or rel to convoy depending on location

 

ttgxx7837934- or some weird number like this means its on a rail car and that is the number.

 

Arrived at ramp XX- has arrived at the rail head and been unloaded, the XX is a usually a number and letter. Mine go to 6P (kansas City) or 4T (joliet, IL)

 

Ok, now that we've got some terminology lets talk allocation. Allocation determines who gets the units for that build week. The way allocation is split is based on Sales and availability. They don't count equally, I think sales factor 60% and availability 40%. The region like to call it turn and earn. The more you sell and fewer you have, the more you get. So if you've got lots of units on the ground and haven't been selling them, you won't get many new allocations. If you have none because you sold them all you should get a good number allocated. This information doesn't help a customer much as you really can't tell what dealers will get allocation. Larger dealers will get more allocation, but will have more orders also so doesn't mean faster scheduling. Generally most dealer are in similar situations and wait times will be similar. There are exceptions to this, for example 1999 Super Duty's were hard to get, but we had plenty of them as in a rural community we've always sold lots of HD trucks and the sales history helped us and hurt the city dealers that were selling them because they were "hot", this will hurt us the other way when the 05 Mustang comes out as I don't sell many normally I'll have a harder time getting them. Now this system ends up with leftovers as it doesn't end up with every dealer earning exact allocation and its hard to schedule .44 of a truck, so the left overs are used to get allocation to dealers that have retail orders and didn't earn (or earn enough) allocation to schedule them.

 

Select and Contact dealers. There are 2 classifications of dealers Select (smaller dealers) and Contact (large dealers), for scheduling there are sometimes some differences. Right now on F-150 both work in the same allocation system, but on most other models (and F-150 starting in approx December) the select dealers won't have to get allocation, they get every order they place automaticlly. So on most models, the smaller dealer will be able to get them quickly.

 

Fleet- Fleet doesn't go through the allocation system. Fleet gets a percentage of the weeks production and schedules by order date so this eliminates any time differences between dealers and also allows them to sell to fleets without using a allocation that should go to a normal customer. Fleet unit sales don't count to earn allocation either.

 

4. Commodities- We usually get a list of controlled commodities on Wednesday these are the items that are not available (not Material hold, just overscheduled from past or supply issues, short term shortage, Material hold items Can't schedule, IE DVD is currently Material hold) and items that aren't going to be "Free demand". Free demand items are ones that you can get as many as you want, supply outdoes demand. Other items may have a restriction. Currently two-tone paint is a commodity. For example let me give a list of controls (not actual amounts, just for example based on things I've seen in the last few weeks.

 

Two tone paint (supercab/Regular cab) 30%

two tone paint (SuperCrew) 18%

total SuperCrew 35%

5.4L V-8 80%

 

 

Other items can also control, this is just an example (and items that I've seen on control already for the 04's). What this means is the % of the trucks scheduled that can have this option. That isn't an individual dealer thing, but all dealers in the region (controls are often regional, but usually most regions are the same). That means that if 1 dealer doesn't use his share another may get a higher percentage, or if another doesn't prioritize right, he may miss all the controls and get the free demand items only.

 

Now were ready to go to the complicated part, Scheduling.

 

5. Scheduling. Scheduling usually happens Thursday night (allocation happens Wed night and we get the results sometime Thursday). Basically its all done by computer (unless something like a priority 01 may be manually scheduled first to make sure it gets scheduled). It lines all the dealers (that have allocation) in some sort of random order. If there are no commodities, this is easy, first dealers unit scheduled, second dealers, third dealers, etc, Once all dealers first allocation has been scheduled they go to the next round and do the same for the dealers that have a second allocation, once everyone’s second is done they go those with a 3rd and so on. Now that’s in a perfect world where there aren't any commodities.

 

Here in the real world it works a little different. Commodities screw this all up. Right now most vehicles only have 1 or two commodities so it’s not as big of deal. At times there might be 10 different commodities that are all separate and different and can make things difficult.

 

If when scheduling gets to a dealers allocation, and his order has a commodity that has already run out, they skip him for that pass. He doesn't loose his allocation, it gets used in the next pass, but it can cost him in other commodities. Let me do an example. This is PURELY SAMPLE, not actual numbers.

 

Lets say Super Duty F-Series commodities

 

5% Crew Cab

30% Two tone

50% Power Stroke

25% V-10

 

now we're going to use Dealer A and dealer B. Lets say they both got 3 allocations.

 

Dealer A

F-250 V-10 Supercab with 2 tone priority 20

F-350 V-10 Regular cab with 2 tone priority 25

F-250 PowerStroke priority 30

 

Dealer B

F-250 V-10 Crew Cab priority 10

F-250 V-10 Crew Cab priorty 11

F-250 Supecab Two tone V-10 Priority 12

F-250 Regular cab PowerStroke priorty 13

F-250 Sueprcab 5.4L priority 17

F250 Regular cab 5.4L priority 18

F350 supercab 5.4L priority 20

 

OK now to schedule. Lets say dealer A is toward the beginning of scheduling and dealer B is at the end (supposed to be a random order, but someone has to be first and someone last, but the dealer has no say in this).

 

1. System looks at dealer a's first order, Commodities still available so it gets scheduled.

2. System gets do dealer b's first order and is out of Crew cabs before it gets there so dealer b doesn't get a unit scheduled

 

3. Dealer A's up again and gets his second scheduled as both are available.

4. Dealer B's second order is a crew cab again so nothing schedules again this pass

 

5. Dealer A's 3rd order is still OK so it also gets scheduled and uses up his final allocation.

6. Dealer B's 3rd order isn't a Crew cab, but after 2 and 1/2 passes 2 tone is exhausted so again nothing scheduled.

 

7. Dealer B's Power Stroke order doesn't schedule as they are used up in previous passes so he has yet to have a unit schedule.

8. Dealer B gets the next three units scheduled in the next three passes as the commodities ordered are still available (in this example).

 

So when its said and done Dealer A got 2 V-10's 1 Power Stroke, and 2 two tone orders where dealer B got nothing off of the control list. He gets his three units that he was allocated, but doesn't get any of the hard to get stuff due to the way his order bank was prioritized. This is why a dealer would want to put some of the moderately difficult items in the middle instead of all the hardest to get stuff at the first priority. If I had set up my order bank (in this example) I would have had a crew cab 1st and some a two tone second.

 

This example was a little extreme, but it shows how the system works.

 

This info doesn't really help you as a customer as there isn't much you can do to affect this, but I thought people would find it interesting on how the system works. With current commodities, there isn't a lot of risk because after the only major commodities (not holds) are two tone and SuperCrew so after they run out you can still get some decent vehicles. If you don't want something you can pass on your allocation, but many dealers will take slow moving trucks instead of passing on allocation. This can hurt worse though as now the system shows you with that truck in inventory so it can cost you future allocation (remember the turn and earn system). Sometimes vehicles are excluded to get dealers to take them. In years passed, V-6 F-150's were excluded and 6 speed diesels didn't count against you.

 

6. Other

 

Now that your unit is scheduled, here are some other points of interest.

 

Once scheduled some changes can be made. If an item is a commodity, it probably can't be added, but can be removed. Trim level (XLT, Lariat, etc) can't be change nor can body style (4x4, 4x2, Crew cab, Reg cab, etc). But color and options can be modified until the truck is locked in for production. If the change takes, you'll get a new DORA the next day. If not nothing happens.

 

After Locked in status the truck gets "Bucked" and will be produced very soon.

 

Next step is Produced. This means the truck is built but hasn't left the plant yet.

 

Rel from plant is next, self explanitiory

 

Then things change based on your location. It may be REL to convoy (truck), Rel to Rail (train) or it may have a long number like ttx198345, that is the rail car the truck is loaded on. There may be a space and then a 2 digit number after this. Thats the Ramp (rail yard where loaded and unloaded) where the train is at.

 

Arrived at ramp XX (the XX is a 2 digit number) this is again the place where loaded and unload, unfortunately I don't have a list of them. This means the truck has been unloaded from the train and is waiting truck shipment.

 

Next step truck arrives at dealer!"

 

 

[GO-SVT]

Ok, so reading that over, it seems "material hold" does not mean that some optional equipment or actual "materials" needed are not available, rather, it seems that is a distinction related to a date? Production cannot begin before XX date, so these orders are on a hold. If there were an issue with an option like the glass roof for example that was not available, that would fall under the "commodity" designation?

It seems the guys up in Canada are getting past this "hold" period already.

 

It will be interesting to see what, if anything, changes after March 17th...

[RickyD]

Nice! I have April 5th as well.

 

 

 

Hey, that's nice Mulanzo...! now let's hope for an early May delivery !!

[Pockdog]

Latest news on my SVT Pkg coupe, I got a scheduled date of April 5th.

 

 

 

You sir, have good taste!

 

"On order - Grabber Blue 2011 GT-500 coupe with SVT Pkg"

 

Next week I will order that very same combo! (looks like your profile pic is the grabber blue mock-up I made in Photoshop!)

 

It took me awhile to come around. I was leaning toward the white with grey or even a red stripe, but then saw a regular Mustang GT in Grabber blue at the dealer and it got my attention. Plus, for some reason, the thinner white SVT stripes (with black accents) on the Grabber blue look really good to me.

 

Sorry for the highjack... we now return you to regularly scheduled programming...

 

-Pockdog

[GO-SVT]

Another local dealer told me today that that they have a "scheduled build date" of March 26th for the allocation they have. They claim they will have this car for sale in early April. And they said they will not consider selling it under sticker. In fact they feel they will get a substantial ADM on it. It's supposed to be Kona Blue and the only option is the car cover....

 

Looks like things are moving forward at least. This dealer claims to be #1 in the region in Mustang sales and that's why they got the allocation so fast...

[1shetan]

We got a priority 10 on our triple black conv. today....... :happy feet: ..................he said I need to decide to svt or to not real soon..................we were tempted, but afraid it may be too stiff for a touring car...................but happy to be a priority 10.

 

Ordered Jan 29th.

[markjhawk]

Ok, so reading that over, it seems "material hold" does not mean that some optional equipment or actual "materials" needed are not available, rather, it seems that is a distinction related to a date? Production cannot begin before XX date, so these orders are on a hold. If there were an issue with an option like the glass roof for example that was not available, that would fall under the "commodity" designation?

It seems the guys up in Canada are getting past this "hold" period already.

 

It will be interesting to see what, if anything, changes after March 17th...

 

 

I ordered a 2011 GT 500 coupe (Kona Blue/White, Nav, car cover) on 3/3. Dealer (who has three dealerships) has given me their first allocation (they only received one for all three stores). I have the vehicle order confirmation, but dealer says no DORA yet. However, they did provide a couple of other interesting documents to me yesterday. Based on what I have read, a version of the DORA should be back (I think).

 

One is a form where they inquired car status. Report came back with my name options etc At the bottom of the form, it says:

 

HOLD SHELBY ON HOLD

INFO 971 VIN FILL (FIA). REF: FMCDEALER.COM

 

If the above means anything special please let me know.

 

Another sheet is "Status Report - Car"

 

It lists 4 mustangs (including mine). I'm the only retail order (1), the other three our stock (2). The other three are GTs (not 500s). Two of the GTs (ordered mid-Feb are "sub to pla" with VINs. My GT500 is "Material Hold" with a status date of 3/3 with a partial VIN. The final GT is "unsch/clear" also ordered on 3/3 with partial VIN.

 

So despite not having a DORA, it definitely looks like my order is in the system. My priority is 10.

 

Can't wait to get the car!

[henrycp]

I ordered a 2011 GT 500 coupe (Kona Blue/White, Nav, car cover) on 3/3. Dealer (who has three dealerships) has given me their first allocation (they only received one for all three stores). I have the vehicle order confirmation, but dealer says no DORA yet. However, they did provide a couple of other interesting documents to me yesterday. Based on what I have read, a version of the DORA should be back (I think).

 

One is a form where they inquired car status. Report came back with my name options etc At the bottom of the form, it says:

 

HOLD SHELBY ON HOLD

INFO 971 VIN FILL (FIA). REF: FMCDEALER.COM

 

If the above means anything special please let me know.

 

Another sheet is "Status Report - Car"

 

It lists 4 mustangs (including mine). I'm the only retail order (1), the other three our stock (2). The other three are GTs (not 500s). Two of the GTs (ordered mid-Feb are "sub to pla" with VINs. My GT500 is "Material Hold" with a status date of 3/3 with a partial VIN. The final GT is "unsch/clear" also ordered on 3/3 with partial VIN.

 

So despite not having a DORA, it definitely looks like my order is in the system. My priority is 10.

 

Can't wait to get the car!

 

 

Don't mean to scare you, but unless they can produce a DORA I would be VERY suspicious!!! The DORA means that Fords system has received and acknowledged the order. Does not necessarily mean that it will get built (depends on allocation) , but Fords system has received and acknowledged the order. I had my DORA same day. Worst case it should be available next day. The reports they've shown you could be reports from their own system, which only means the order is in the Dealers system. They should easliy be able to produce a DORA if it was ordered 3/3. I ordered mine 1/18 and had DORA same day. I talked to the dealer on the phone about the order, they submitted it, I went to the dealership later that afternoon and they handed me the DORA.

[John Allen]

It appears that the only allocations given so far are in the east. My dealer said that his zone rep said no allocations have been issued to the Rocky Mountain Region yet. I have a VOC and a Target Product Offering Vehicle Order sheet with a Priority 11. Just waiting now for more information.

[GO-SVT]

It appears that the only allocations given so far are in the east. My dealer said that his zone rep said no allocations have been issued to the Rocky Mountain Region yet. I have a VOC and a Target Product Offering Vehicle Order sheet with a Priority 11. Just waiting now for more information.

 

 

 

The dealership that sponsors our SVTOA chapter claim they have a scheduled order for the 26th of March and expect the car in early April. Kona Blue with no options save for a car cover. They said they wanted to give me "first shot" at it. Problem is it has none of the "good stuff" and plus they won't deal. Sticker plus ADM. NO WAY. This is a Chicago region dealer. They are #1 in Mustang sales, I guess that's why they got such an early allocation.

My contact at Ford says "sit tight and be patient"

 

I'm sitting but not very patient!!!

 

 

Anyone else have any updates???

[BigDan]

My so-cal dealer just called me the other day to inform me that there is currently a "materials hold" on the car, as expected and ford has not even started production on the GT's. As long as I have it by summer I will be happy

[speedyman]

The dealership that sponsors our SVTOA chapter claim they have a scheduled order for the 26th of March and expect the car in early April. Kona Blue with no options save for a car cover. They said they wanted to give me "first shot" at it. Problem is it has none of the "good stuff" and plus they won't deal. Sticker plus ADM. NO WAY. This is a Chicago region dealer. They are #1 in Mustang sales, I guess that's why they got such an early allocation.

My contact at Ford says "sit tight and be patient"

 

I'm sitting but not very patient!!!

 

 

Anyone else have any updates???

 

 

Sticker plus ADM, they need to lay off the crack! '10s are going for a few hundred over invoice to smart buyers and there are more than a few of them left.

 

What possible reason would these monkeys have for expecting someone to agree to that nonsense. Hopefully it is not the aluminum block which is nothing more than a catch-up to industry standards. Some of these retailers are their own worst enemies, simply amazing.