when is the best time to custom order a new truck?

[slik22]

What's the best time of year or month to get the best deal on a custom order?

 

[Grouper]

What's the best time of year or month to get the best deal on a custom order?

There is a great episode of This American Life from 2013 that follows a salesman at a Jeep dealership on Long Island. Granted, this took place six years ago but it's an enlightening look into the incentive process that Chrysler has (or had at the time) with their dealers.

It's been a while since I listened to it in its entirety but it definitely makes it clear that the dealerships received a bonus from the manufacturer for moving X number of vehicles each month, resulting in a mad push to make sales nearing the months end.

Again, this episode is from 2013, which I think is about a year before Fiat came into the picture, so things could very well have changed. And if memory serves, the intent was to move current inventory (vs. taking orders).

But it's still worth a listen.

This American Life - 129 Cars Episode

 

[2019REBEL]

Anytime is good, usually best incentives happen in Feb/March-Truck month and some say they got good ones in June too. I picked mine up in Dec and got good ones too-end of year so they want to sell as much as possible

 

[Jim L]

When ever you are ready that is a good time. I ordered a 2020 ram in Sep cause I could not find a 19 in color I wanted or options. I was actually surprised how many incentives I qualified for. Truck took only a month to the day to arrive

 

[firecadet613]

I ordered my 2019 Ram in late April 2018 and did the same in April 2016 for a '16 F150. Both deals were extremely good, considering it was end of the model year on the F150 and the 2019 Rams were just hitting the streets...