So many wasted Mavericks

[USMCDandy]

I feel like if Ford wouldn’t give so many trucks to the media, YouTubers, and dealer demos we’d all have our orders by now…just saying lol

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[brnpttmn]

I feel like if Ford wouldn’t give so many trucks to the media, YouTubers, and dealer demos we’d all have our orders by now…just saying lol

They can't sell demos. They're all pre production units. Even if they could, the numbers they produced would be a drop in the bucket compared to the units they're moving now.

 

[Traegorn]

Also, sometimes they're the same trucks moved around.

 

[Shay]

If memory serves the number of pre-production units produced last July was something like 167 or something like that - typical for a new vehicle launch. In the larger scheme it's not that many.

These vehicles are used for a variety of things like sales trainers, display vehicles, circulated to consumer test drive events, validation for software and quality assurance, and also yes....media.

A dozen plus media fleets around the country in various large cities get a vehicle or two that are rotated around once everyone in that city who will test them has had them. It's rare that pre-production vehicles actually get driven by media, but Ford does it more than most mfrs.

With Ford, preproduction vehicles like the Mavericks that we're getting (and I just drove last week) will never be sold, but kept to use as engineering mules for future development, validation testing and eventually crushed.

 

[testa422]

Think of the massive publicity all these guys are giving the maverick…why wouldn’t ford wanna do it?!

 

[USMCDandy]

It was a joke guys, just got done watching hours of YouTube videos with all these “reviewers”. I understand they share trucks and I understand dealer demos, and advertising. I was just trying to be funny…guess I failed

 

[olderbudwiser]

Not sure if it still works this way but there is a plant referred to as the Pilot Plant in Allen Park, Michigan. It's an assembly line that produces (use to) first prototype vehicles. Kinda where engineers squabble over what parts goes in or on vehicles when and where. Kinda who gets the space under the dash. Or under the hood. A build book is created for production plants this way. First pieces are (SP) structural prototype, then 1PP and so on.

PP=production prototype.

 

[vinnymac]

Not sure if it still works this way but there is a plant referred to as the Pilot Plant in Allen Park, Michigan. It's an assembly line that produces (use to) first prototype vehicles. Kinda where engineers squabble over what parts goes in or on vehicles when and where. Kinda who gets the space under the dash. Or under the hood. A build book is created for production plants this way. First pieces are (SP) structural prototype, then 1PP and so on.

PP=production prototype.

Wow Allen park I used to live there Shenandoah and Southfield. A lot of engineering there and a store we shopped at ( Montgomery Ward) thanks for the smile now reside in Florida

 

[shadow76]

If memory serves the number of pre-production units produced last July was something like 167 or something like that - typical for a new vehicle launch. In the larger scheme it's not that many.

These vehicles are used for a variety of things like sales trainers, display vehicles, circulated to consumer test drive events, validation for software and quality assurance, and also yes....media.

A dozen plus media fleets around the country in various large cities get a vehicle or two that are rotated around once everyone in that city who will test them has had them. It's rare that pre-production vehicles actually get driven by media, but Ford does it more than most mfrs.

With Ford, preproduction vehicles like the Mavericks that we're getting (and I just drove last week) will never be sold, but kept to use as engineering mules for future development, validation testing and eventually crushed.

Had a past neighbor buy a ‘bubble’ 2006 Ford truck previously driven by the media. He and I replaced tie rods, brake rotors/pads, scratched rims, worn tires (rears were down to the wear bars) repaired numerous small dents & scratches, eventually repainted the truck and all fluids/filters. As the truck had <30k miles, those guys must have ‘ rode it hard and put it away wet.’ Surprisingly the trans went 150k before we rebuilt it.

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