redbirdpat

igcitng, I did tell the date mentioned in post #23 to my dealer. He said that the information that he had was earlier than that. He seemed to think it has changed since then (post #23 is almost 2 weeks old). He even said he thought it would be end of January. Again, not official. Just what one dealer told me 2 days ago.

I don't have anything official, but my dealer said the build date for the 13's are due to start at the end of January/beginning of February. I am going to be ordering a 2013 soon. I have had 2 dealers tell me Ford is no longer accepting new orders for 2012. They are only taking new orders for 2013. So I would think it would be soon.

I personally would not buy a car whose color I had not seen. There are so many shades of red. The name of the color doesn't really tell you what it looks like. I would not like to pay for and drive around in a car whose color I didn't like. That's a pretty big risk I think. But that's just me. I am hopefully going to buy a new 2013 Edge Limited. Sight unseen of course, since nobody has seen the 2013. But since the Limited isn't supposed to be changing, and I'm getting Tuxedo Black, I'm pretty assured of what it is going to look like.

I am required to have a front license plate. Is the standard bracket that is ordered with the Edge good enough? Does it look okay? Or is there a better alternative? Is there an alternative without having to drill holes in the nose? Just wondering if any others have had experience with this part.