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This seems like a lot. Ford only sells about 800000 pick ups a year and that's pretty popular with a reputation. Who are are all these buyers?

by tayo42 5y ago

mulmen 5y ago
A pre-order only requires putting down $100.00. These are not sales.
- kjksf 5y ago
  Sure but when was the last time you pre-ordered something you never had intention of buying?
  - cstrat 5y ago
    I pre-ordered the 3 but cancelled it three years later when it was finally purchasable (Australia) as my situation changed massively. Went from zero children to two - already bought a new car to fit child seats.
perl4ever 5y ago
It does not seem like a lot to me. You're just looking at one year. The US has an amazing number of trucks. Like on the order of one for every two citizens. So 1.2M expressing an interest is on the order of, probably less than, one percent of existing vehicles.
- tayo42 5y ago
  Why aren't those pick up owners buying new trucks now? I guess I'm skeptical that the owner of a 15year old tacoma is putting a down payment on a pick up that's almost twice as expensive as as a tacoma or 10k more then an f150. These trucks get bought because you can fix them and keep them running. So I'm wondering who these people are. I picked yearly sales to look at because if this comes out those people would impact that years sales. At least that's what my intuition says. Are people really over the f150 and ready to have a new most popular truck in America?
  - perl4ever 5y ago
    Who knows. But it seems logical to me that people are incrementally more likely to buy a new truck "early" in their personal cycle when something truly new and different comes along. And as lots of people have said, this isn't especially firm interest being expressed.
dzhiurgis 5y ago
Dunno but Tesla delivers about 800k vehicles per year which is about to bring them to top10 or so.
- tayo42 5y ago
  Where do you get this from? Nothing on google says that https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2021-us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-brand/#monthlysales https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2021-us-vehicle-sales-figures-...

This seems like a lot. Ford only sells about 800000 pick ups a year and that's pretty popular with a reputation. Who are are all these buyers?

by tayo42 5y ago

This seems like a lot. Ford only sells about 800000 pick ups a year and that's pretty popular with a reputation. Who are are all these buyers?

mulmen 5y ago

A pre-order only requires putting down $100.00. These are not sales.

kjksf 5y ago
Sure but when was the last time you pre-ordered something you never had intention of buying?
- cstrat 5y ago
  I pre-ordered the 3 but cancelled it three years later when it was finally purchasable (Australia) as my situation changed massively. Went from zero children to two - already bought a new car to fit child seats.

perl4ever 5y ago

It does not seem like a lot to me. You're just looking at one year. The US has an amazing number of trucks. Like on the order of one for every two citizens. So 1.2M expressing an interest is on the order of, probably less than, one percent of existing vehicles.

tayo42 5y ago
Why aren't those pick up owners buying new trucks now? I guess I'm skeptical that the owner of a 15year old tacoma is putting a down payment on a pick up that's almost twice as expensive as as a tacoma or 10k more then an f150. These trucks get bought because you can fix them and keep them running. So I'm wondering who these people are. I picked yearly sales to look at because if this comes out those people would impact that years sales. At least that's what my intuition says. Are people really over the f150 and ready to have a new most popular truck in America?
- perl4ever 5y ago
  Who knows. But it seems logical to me that people are incrementally more likely to buy a new truck "early" in their personal cycle when something truly new and different comes along. And as lots of people have said, this isn't especially firm interest being expressed.

dzhiurgis 5y ago

Dunno but Tesla delivers about 800k vehicles per year which is about to bring them to top10 or so.

tayo42 5y ago
Where do you get this from? Nothing on google says that https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2021-us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-brand/#monthlysales https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2021-us-vehicle-sales-figures-...