eTorque v8 no longer order able until after 1st of the new year!

[grinch72]

Just learned from my dealer you can no longer order the V8 eTorque until after the 1st of the year.. At least that is what he was told from his rep. Totally sucks. I was ready to drop my $$$$

 

[echristi]

Just learned from my dealer you can no longer order the V8 eTorque until after the 1st of the year.. At least that is what he was told from his rep. Totally sucks. I was ready to drop my $$$$

The amount of order restrictions coming for the RAM has been illogical.... I can't seem to figure out if they planned properly, or something else happened? There should be some on lots... hopefully you can find one you want out there somewhere!

 

[Ulexis]

Just learned from my dealer you can no longer order the V8 eTorque until after the 1st of the year.. At least that is what he was told from his rep. Totally sucks. I was ready to drop my $$$$

I would check another dealer. My wife did a build out last night for a limited stock order and nothing was on restriction except the regular hemi. Meaning it would need to be a sold order to buy the regular hemi. Anyone Sold/Dealer can order the etorque.

 

[habu987]

IIRC, an article I read pretty early in the model year (March or April?) had a quote from a Ram exec saying they were only projecting something like a 25% take rate on the Hemi eTorque. Just looking at the tracking spreadsheets we have on this site, it looks like way more than a 25% take rate, eyeballing it looks like well over a 50% take rate from our small sample size.

If I'm not totally misremembering that article, that kind of miscalculation on Ram's part would definitely explain any ordering holds on it now, if they outstripped the suppliers' ability to produce the eTorque components.

 

[xo151]

I hope this isn't true. I tried to order last Friday and was denied then.

 

[grinch72]

I would check another dealer. My wife did a build out last night for a limited stock order and nothing was on restriction except the regular hemi. Meaning it would need to be a sold order to buy the regular hemi. Anyone Sold/Dealer can order the etorque.

Called 4 dealers today after speaking with my original dealer. They all confirmed the 27H(eTorque) isn't orderable at this time even on a sold order.

 

[Arkansas Jeff]

Called 4 dealers today after speaking with my original dealer. They all confirmed the 27H(eTorque) isn't orderable at this time even on a sold order.

OH I PRAY THIS IS NOT SO!!!!!!!!

 

[SpeedyV]

Well, that would also explain the significant eTorque price hike between the spring and now.

 

[DeanKing]

I am thinking that 25% may be right for all trucks sold but right now most of them are high end so people are going for lots of bells and whistles. I’ve done the math and it would take five years and a decent amount of stop and go driving to break even on it. I still ordered it for other reasons. I wonder if it is the batteries. I have been reading about general supply problems across the industry due to the increased demand. Can’t be the motor cause they aren’t different. Starting production of the v6 could also have taken battery supply because they all must have the etorque. Still sucks for people that want to buy a truck now. Hopefully they didn’t shut it down because of some problem they need to fix.

 

[hollaifyahemi]

What does that mean “even on a sold order”?

I ordered mine last month with this feature

 

[Dontra]

I have been trying to order a Laramie for about 2 months now. I want the etorque, air ride and ram box. One or the other has stopped the order each time.

 

[Dontra]

If you had ordered this week you could not order it

 

[19RamLimited]

This may be off topic.. maybe not .. but I read this

“FCA US -- the North American subsidiary of the global car giant -- saw a sales growth of 15 percent compared to the year-ago period, on the strength of its refreshed Jeep and Ram models.”

This may explain why. They are having more sales than anticipated. A 15% increase is sizable.

 

[Biga]

I wonder if it is do to a parts shortage or if their is an issue with the system. Mine is flawless so far.

 

[DeanKing]

What does that mean “even on a sold order”?

I ordered mine last month with this feature

I ordered mine 8/30 and order tracking says it’s built but sitting in Detroit for reasons I don’t know. If they don’t actually ship it to me that suggests there is a problem holding them back. I will post if they ship it.

 

[JoeRam]

I ordered mine as well on 8/30 and it was built on the 24th of Sept. I was informed today that is in shipping, arrival in a few days. at the time of order the eTorque was available.

 

[Zeronet]

The fact that they nearly doubled the price on the eTorque would indicate to me that they realized pretty early on that demand would outstrip their supply of components, rather than the current order stoppage being a problem with the eTorque system.

 

[SpeedyV]

The fact that they nearly doubled the price on the eTorque would indicate to me that they realized pretty early on that demand would outstrip their supply of components, rather than the current order stoppage being a problem with the eTorque system.

My point exactly.

 

[2019REBEL]

The fact that they nearly doubled the price on the eTorque would indicate to me that they realized pretty early on that demand would outstrip their supply of components, rather than the current order stoppage being a problem with the eTorque system.

I may not be able to order one(Rebel) in Canada right now but at least I got it in writing when they finally do order my truck it's only a $500 option here.

 

[Gatornation9999]

Just received this from a dealer I had been working with. He previously told me it would open back up this week. Seems the original poster was right.