Visited the home of the Maverick @ Hermosillo Plant

[r8drskullz]

Visited the plant and my truck happened to get built while I was there

Well done!

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[Hardening2753]

Hermosillo is a very very hot city... However, in the winter it is known to get brief overnight cold snaps due to absolutely no atmosphere in the dry winter (nothing to hold in the heat overnight)... That's put pressure on the bermuda grass of that lawn, and it starts to brown out (go dormant)... Ditto for the shrubs in the pots, they begin to yellow. (I have those too in my home in Alamos Sonora (about 5hrs south of Hermosillo) and they yellow out too with an overnight cold snap. Plants that have to survive a constant 120 degF during the summer, don't take kindly to 35-40degF overnight temps in the winter.

That said, Ford definitely is not trying to win a beauty contest with the outside of the plant.... It is very much in line with how everyone keeps their industrial sites in Mexico. Take a visit to Roca Fuerte in Guaymas and a have a look at the BFGoodrich and Intec manufacturing sites or Bella Vista in Empalme and have a look at Tyco or CooperStandard sites (concrete jungles), both just 1-1/2 hrs south of the HMO Ford Plant. I've done work at all four of them. The only company that keeps very nice manufacturing sites in Sonora (trees trimmed, grass cut, gardens weeded, sidewalks clean, parking lots clean, walls painted and in good repair) is Coca-Cola.... They are a model for well kept facilities in Mexico.

Don't even get me started with how manufacturing sites are kept in Reynosa, Tamaulipas...

You don't have to go to Mexico, look at most industrial locations anywhere in USA and they look worse than that

 

[Gray Goose]

Do you think they are using the money saved to increase the quality of the Mav or could bottom line profits be involved??? Probably using the money saved to do R&D on a plug-in hybrid............

Hopefully the money saved is used to fix the supply chain issues. Over 5 months of XL backlog even after last round of scheduling. 59% XL backlog > production 23% limit

 

[OneAlienBoi]

Could you get in my Maverick and drive it inside the train? Thank you!

He'll be the hero you need in your darkest hour .

 

[OneAlienBoi]

You don't have to go to Mexico, look at most industrial locations anywhere in USA and they look worse than that

Yeah, no kidding, my other ford was built in Chicago. Give me this place over Chicago all day long.

 

[NextTruck]

Wow, that picture of the Bronco Sport being swallowed up by some modern art mouth behind two dead potted plants and dead grass is really nice in front of a major auto manufacture's facility.................... Ford is right on top of the situation............... I still love my Mav though.............

Yep, was thinking the same with the chain link fence and the dead ungroomed grass. Maybe it was the back lot entrance or trying to show the Bronco in the wild.

 

[NextTruck]

Well done!

That looks like a different red than HPR.

 

[gwrace14651]

Super cool. You look like you have an ID badge- do they let the public tour the plant? You get any more pics? Maybe a shared album or your YouTube channel?

There are 2-3 Youtube Ford factory tour videos for the Hermosillo plant.

 

[Mike]

Looks like a very low-rent facility. Unwatered grass, bargain basement landscaping and presentation. Yes, it does matter; the Mexican workers walking in absorb the atmosphere and it would reflect in their work. Hopefully, the interior presents better.

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[40caliber]

Very cool! A word of caution: just because its being built doesn't mean you'll have it soon. I'm still waiting for my truck to leave the factory after being built a month ago.

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[Buyerfind]

HA! What he didn't tell you is that right after his picture was taken, he was arrested for trespassing while trying to break-out his Maverick because he was tired of waiting for it!!

 

[CanadaGuy]

Looks like a very low-rent facility. Unwatered grass, bargain basement landscaping and presentation. Yes, it does matter; the Mexican workers walking in absorb the atmosphere and it would reflect in their work. Hopefully, the interior presents better.

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Have you seen many manufacturing facilities in the US or Canada?

 

[ilikebike]

Looks like a very low-rent facility. Unwatered grass, bargain basement landscaping and presentation. Yes, it does matter; the Mexican workers walking in absorb the atmosphere and it would reflect in their work. Hopefully, the interior presents better.

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If you look at the review on Google Maps there's actually a lot of reviews from the workers at the plant and they seem to have nice things to say about it

Google Maps reviews

Also some pics of the inside.

 

[krg]

If you look at the review on Google Maps there's actually a lot of reviews from the workers at the plant and they seem to have nice things to say about it

Google Maps reviews

Also some pics of the inside.

As someone that has worked there on and off for a few years, the plant is clean and has employees that care…..as far as the landscaping it’s good in that as someone said…120 during the day and temp swings of 60-70 degrees at night….and chicago assembly is a s$&thole!

 

[Maverick Grabber]

Visited the plant and my truck happened to get built while I was there

Any free samples?

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