I am looking into purchasing a car and have no idea what an A plan is.

 

It's Ford's plan for Family of Ford employees. Basically you get Ford vehicles for 3% below dealer cost.

 

If you know someone who is employed by Ford(not dealers, they're privately owned) they can now get 4 X-plans which is 4% above A/Z plan and they can give them to anybody. However, dealers are not required to honor them(A/Z/X-plans) and some don't on high demand or limited edition vehicles.

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I'm not sure about the "not required to honor them" on the A/Z plan. They don't have to honor it on a Lim. Ed. vehicles like SVT's but, I believe they do for the rest of them. One dealer up here lost their A/Z plan priv. because they were screwing people on it. Some dealers, that want your repeat business, will do the plans on the SVT's.

 

well scratch that idea

 

IF they alter the set A/Z plan price they can lose their franchise with Ford. The only exception I've ever heard to the honor/not honor the A/Z plan is if you order the vehicle, then they have too. My sister/brother-in-law were turned down on an Explorer purchase years back when you couldn't beg, borrow, or steal one. Guy told them if they waited 8 weeks for an order they could have it. When I was looking at my '99 2 dealers around here said no A/Z plans on the "L" and this is where F150's are made. Of course when one came in and sat 2 weeks the salesman almost fell over himself trying to get me to buy it, but by that time I had put money down on another dealers first arrival so I told him an impossible price for the trade on my '98 4X4 just to get him to leave me alone. You're right about repeat, especially in a town where they're made, a stupid choice on their part not to A/Z plan.




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I have never heard of anyone not getting their A-plan on a reg. prod. vehicle. The dealer I mentioned lost their rights to the A/Z for several years, not a good thing to not have in the Detroit area.
Every dealer I have talked with had no problem getting me a '99 L on A-plan. Just depends on the area and who you talk with.

 

anyone happen to have a spare a/z plan that they weren't using?

 

If you do not know what it is, it is obvious that you do not qualify to get one.