2023 Gladiator Order Banks Are Now Open!

[JET_83]

No, this was a normal time for the switchover until COVID. Model year production traditionally switched in August.

It’s always around July ever year

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[JET_83]

Order guide or additional details please?!?!

my wish list includes 4.88s and high velocity yellow!

They had yellow at one point on the gladiator too

 

[PDXsarge]

For the 2023 JLs, Earl and Reign weren't available when order banks opened six weeks ago. They are now, though. Will this happen with the 2023 JTs?...

Also what kind of logic is this to open order banks, then drop new colors weeks later???
Seems to be a recipe for a lot of ticked off buyers.

 

[JET_83]

For the 2023 JLs, Earl and Reign weren't available when order banks opened six weeks ago. They are now, though. Will this happen with the 2023 JTs?...

Also what kind of logic is this to open order banks, then drop new colors weeks later???
Seems to be a recipe for a lot of ticked off buyers.

lol, they don’t care though

 

[ShadowsPapa]

No, this was a normal time for the switchover until COVID. Model year production traditionally switched in August.

Ah, the young -
there was a time when model years switched so that September was a VERY early build and October was considered early.
Then there's the Mustang - an early 65 was April 1964.

Growing up I recall a model year typically starting in September due to the new TV season attracting viewers - so they'd introduce new models in mid September.

August is just hard to get used to as it's not how it was done in decades passed.

 

[JET_83]

Ah, the young -
there was a time when model years switched so that September was a VERY early build and October was considered early.
Then there's the Mustang - an early 65 was April 1964.

Growing up I recall a model year typically starting in September due to the new TV season attracting viewers - so they'd introduce new models in mid September.

August is just hard to get used to as it's not how it was done in decades passed.

60s has been so long ago… lol

 

[ShadowsPapa]

60s has been so long ago… lol

OK, pick the 80s then - the new model sales were recorded for October.
Even in the 90s, it's more typical to start August to September. July is quite early for most auto makers to actually start producing product.
Just to check my memory, I thought I'd do some digging and nope, I'm recalling correctly - this was found -
>> The new model year typically begins in August to September of the preceding calendar year<<
Of course it can be as early as January 1 of the preceding year according to regulations.
Blame FDR for model years starting before the actual year........ of course later competition took over and the chance to beat the next guy out the door with something new took over and it just got earlier and earlier, but much of the time it does follow the football season and TV season (it's about marketing)

 

[DobaMark]

Even in the late 1960s during the peak muscle car years, August was the changeover time for Chrysler production. Cars produced starting in August to be at the dealers in September. Of course, model year changeovers were a bit bigger deal when styling was updated every year.

 

[DobaMark]

These are July orders for August production. Production has not started in July.

 

[RMFSJT]

It’s always around July ever year

2022 was an outlier though didn’t open until almost mid October.

 

[ZoMojave]

These are July orders for August production. Production has not started in July.

Correct. Order my 2019 Challenger R/T on July 9th, 2018.

Production began on the '19 model year at the Brampton plant in early August (2018).

Took delivery of the car on October 4th, 2018.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

2022 was an outlier though didn’t open until almost mid October.

Hard to judge anything by 20 and 21 calendar years.
This time around, will the early or first 2023 models comply with the automakers' agreements to implement FCW features, or will they wait until something built after 9-1-22?

 

[ZoMojave]

An inside source tells me that Reign will be a JT color choice this fall.

 

[AngryIrishman]

Well shit....I would have ordered tomorrow if they offered Earl. WTF....Guess I'll wait six weeks like the JL crowd.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

An inside source tells me that Reign will be a JT color choice this fall.

I'm in deep doo-doo........... I just hope they don't sell any in Iowa, I might be ok if I don't say anything or she never sees any.

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