This has been a hard year to gage. I think the factory is getting better at building trucks in a timely matter. I ordered a new Big Horn on Aug 9, 2021. My lease was set to expire on Dec 28, 2021. My dealer wanted to purchase my truck for $3000 more than my lease payoff. Not sure if that's a good number or a bad number, but apparently if the dealer wants to purchase your leased truck it has to happen at least 60 days before lease end. So they purchased my truck on October 28, 2021. We are a three vehicle family so I had a car to drive while I waited on my truck, so this wasn't a problem.
When January came around my truck had still not been slated for production. I was getting a little upset and told my dealer so. They made some phone calls and apparently got my truck scheduled for production on Feb 4, 2022 but I had to give up Blind Spot Monitoring that I ordered. Made no sense because they were building Big Horns with Blind Spot and I didn't understand why they couldn't build mine? My dealer got a Laramie GT in mid January so I ended up just buying that. I gave up a couple options but gained many more and it has Blind Spot Monitoring.
The truck I ordered arrived at the dealer two days ago. Not only did it not have Blind Spot, but it only had a 23 gal fuel tank and I ordered a 26 gal tank. So I'm glad I upgraded to the Laramie GT.
I just thought I would share my story. I thought I ordered early enough but I was wrong. But like I said, it seems they are getting their sh*t together now so the chances of getting your truck in a timely manner has improved and I would really look into seeing if your dealer would be interested in purchasing your truck and pocket some equity cash.
Good Luck!
