I’ve never heard of negotiating on a custom order after it drops. That’s really odd.
I would treat it the same as a non custom order. If they did the build without a deposit, it’s probably not very unique and they must be confident they can sell it even if you back out.
But if you don’t get your numbers, what’s your plan? I ask because you ordered it for a reason.
So the dealer emailed me yesterday with the sale price I listed above. Simultaneously they listed the car on their website at a much lower sale price of $39,842 (7.7% discount). So I’ll be starting there.
Haven’t looked into this for awhile, but would recommend checking out the jeep gladiator forums. Theres some info about pricing and leasing there. Thread lightly membership for an extra affiliate discount pricing also seems helpful. Plenty of 5-7% below invoice on sales price, just not sure how much invoice is below msrp