A/Z Plan question, anyone know how much the advertising and holdback fees are?

[BDennis]

I qualify for the Z Plan but I can‘t find these fees anywhere. I know the advertising fees very by region, but they are probably relatively close.
A-Plan Pricing Calculation
Ford's A-Plan is intended for Ford employees. This is often considered to be the best possible deal out of Ford's discounted Plan offers.

How it's calculated: Invoice - Holdback - Advertising Fee + $275 program fee

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[Bobinmi]

Any dealer should be able to give you A/Z plan pricing.

 

[Down]

I qualify for the Z Plan but I can‘t find these fees anywhere. I know the advertising fees very by region, but they are probably relatively close.
A-Plan Pricing Calculation
Ford's A-Plan is intended for Ford employees. This is often considered to be the best possible deal out of Ford's discounted Plan offers.

How it's calculated: Invoice - Holdback - Advertising Fee + $275 program fee

No clue on the regional ad fees but I think holdback is 3% of MSRP.

 

[Probity]

No clue on the regional ad fees but I think holdback is 3% of MSRP.

Correct, except it's 3% of (MSRP - Destination Charge).

A/Z/D plan is hard (currently impossible?) to beat. 4% under invoice at Chapman, 3% at Granger are good great deals currently (even with their higher-than-A/Z/D/X plan doc fees) if logistics/fly-drive cost works out for you, gets you at or close to A/Z plan.

Sadly, they don’t work out for me so I hope to find a local dealer than will do X-Plan (which I qualify for). Used to be negotiating an (invoice minus some portion of holdback) deal was not super-difficult for F150’s, now getting anything at all below MSRP for any vehicle is tough.

Ford Plans:
X-Plan: Invoice – (0.4% of Invoice) + $275 program fee. My understanding is that dealers are not obligated to handle X-Plan, it’s at their discretion.

*Friends & Neighbors, Ford Partner Recognition, Mustang Club of America, others. If you have owned at least 100 shares of F stock for 6 months also eligible.​

A-Plan: Invoice – Holdback – Advertising Fee + $275 program fee. I believe it’s also at dealer discretion whether they participate or not.

*Holdback = (MSRP from window sticker – Destination Fee from window sticker) X 3%​

*Advertising fee (funds dealer’s marketing costs) = ? The dealer knows, you typically won’t.​

*For FoMoCo employees and family members​

Z-Plan: same as A-Plan. Ford retirees.
D-Plan: A-Plan + $100. Dealership employees and families.

Another advantage of Ford Plans - A/Z-Plan limits (caps) the documentation fee (paperwork fee) to $75, X-Plan limits it to $100.

From the example below (post #68, (22) UPDATE 4% under invoice with @dealersider | Page 5 | MaverickTruckClub.com - 2022+ Ford Maverick Pickup Forum, News, Info you could back-calculate Chapman’s advert. fee, but guessing OP's CA dealer may be different.

 

[BlackMav23]

Does anyone have current formula to calculate Z plan?

Is dealer holdback still 3% of MSRP less destination fee? Program fee $275? Any ball park estimates of advertising fee?

Lastly... after calculating my z plan price with this formula, I still need to add the destination fee back on reflect the price I will pay in the end?

 

[todd92]

If you qualify for Z plan, just go on Ford's Plan website and it will show you the actual price, instead of trying to calculate it.

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

If you qualify for Z plan, just go on Ford's Plan website and it will show you the actual price, instead of trying to calculate it.

I just tried that, Ford has still not updated B&P for MY25 with A/Z-Plan pricing. He'll need to have a Dealer run the numbers.

HRG

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