Businesses won't use Mavericks in their fleet???

[AzCactusGray]

Back in the early days of this Maverick board there were pontificating know it alls who said "oh this vehicle will never be used in fleets it doesn't have what businesses need for their fleet vehicles" ... Not enough payload, not big enough... blah blah blah blah blah.... I strongly disagreed with that statement. I said from the beginning, companies that have fleet vehicles that do deliveries, customer service, utility meter reading, and light service work will snap these Maverick hybrid XL's up. The company I work for just took delivery of 10 XL hybrids. The total order is 20. They intend to buy another 20 in 2023. I've said it before, I will say it again, I will continue to say it, Ford hit a grand slam with the Maverick hybrid.

Btw... My wife and I like ours so much we are talking about ordering a 2nd one in Aug for 2023.

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[Pickles]

Cool. Even for the Mechanical and welding work i do… mav specs are good enough like 95% of the time.

 

[JBL14]

I am glad for Ford on designing the Maverick and value pricing it.
The more they make and sell, the better it is for current and future owners. It will have great aftermarket support and part availability.
Kinda bittersweet though for me as I know my one Maverick order means very little to a giant Corp.
Also Ford is apparently incapable of capitalizing on the grand slam because production numbers are fairly dismal.
Hopefully Ford can turn it around soon.
The 1964 Mustang was a hit and they managed to pump out 400,000 and topped a million in two years.

 

[AzCactusGray]

I am glad for Ford on designing the Maverick and value pricing it.
The more they make and sell, the better it is for current and future owners. It will have great aftermarket support and part availability.
Kinda bittersweet though for me as I know my one Maverick order means very little to a giant Corp.
Also Ford is apparently incapable of capitalizing on the grand slam because production numbers are fairly dismal.
Hopefully Ford can turn it around soon.
The 1964 Mustang was a hit and they managed to pump out 400,000 and topped a million in two years.

Oh I very much agree, Ford has totally dropped the ball regarding the ability to produce quantity of these vehicles. Companies like Ford in the past were far more vertically aligned from start to finish than they are today. Companies like Ford in the past were manufacturers, today they're more like assemblers thus dependent upon other companies to provide the products they need to assemble their vehicles.

 

[Deleted member 6544]

Oh I very much agree, Ford has totally dropped the ball regarding the ability to produce quantity of these vehicles. Companies like Ford in the past were far more vertically aligned from start to finish than they are today. Companies like Ford in the past were manufacturers, today they're more like assemblers thus dependent upon other companies to provide the products they need to assemble their vehicles.

Plus you have to account for, 'just in time', low parts inventories, etc etc. It's a different world than days gone by.
BTW in another thread I predicted the Maverick will be the top selling vehicle.

 

[Decayed]

What business? I'd think a lot of businesses would prefer a van that can be locked up in the back. An open bed isn't ideal for a lot of applications. But it's a great value - an xl hybrid would be a trival expense for a lot of businesses.

 

[Gpp]

Terminex bought 90.

 

[LiquidLouie]

Back in the early days of this Maverick board there were pontificating know it alls who said "oh this vehicle will never be used in fleets it doesn't have what businesses need for their fleet vehicles" ... Not enough payload, not big enough... blah blah blah blah blah.... I strongly disagreed with that statement. I said from the beginning, companies that have fleet vehicles that do deliveries, customer service, utility meter reading, and light service work will snap these Maverick XL's up. The company I work for just took delivery of 10 XL hybrids. The total order is 20. They intend to buy another 20 in 2023. I've said it before, I will say it again, I will continue to say it, Ford hit a grand slam with the Maverick hybrid.

Btw... My wife and I like ours so much we are talking about ordering a 2nd one in Aug for 2023.

I work for Delta Airlines, and there are already several hybrid XL's working in Atlanta with more on the way.

 

[Deleted member 6544]

Terminex bought 90.

No wonder we can't get ours !

 

[AzCactusGray]

I work for Delta Airlines, and there are already several hybrid XL's working in Atlanta with more on the way.

I fly Delta. Delta is always my first choice for domestic airlines. Fly Delta Jets

 

[1stNewFordTruck]

What business? I'd think a lot of businesses would prefer a van that can be locked up in the back. An open bed isn't ideal for a lot of applications. But it's a great value - an xl hybrid would be a trival expense for a lot of businesses.

Down here in Florida there are widely being adopted for pool service vehicles, for 1 example.

 

[AzCactusGray]

Terminex bought 90.

Exactly! And it's going to happen over and over with other companies.

 

[Motorjunkie]

Back in the early days of this Maverick board there were pontificating know it alls who said "oh this vehicle will never be used in fleets it doesn't have what businesses need for their fleet vehicles" ... Not enough payload, not big enough... blah blah blah blah blah.... I strongly disagreed with that statement. I said from the beginning, companies that have fleet vehicles that do deliveries, customer service, utility meter reading, and light service work will snap these Maverick hybrid XL's up. The company I work for just took delivery of 10 XL hybrids. The total order is 20. They intend to buy another 20 in 2023. I've said it before, I will say it again, I will continue to say it, Ford hit a grand slam with the Maverick hybrid.

Btw... My wife and I like ours so much we are talking about ordering a 2nd one in Aug for 2023.

I had a gas company worker show up in a new Maverick to mark my gas line near some trees I had taken down. That was 6 weeks ago. So there you go!

 

[johnpbrewer]

Terminex bought 90.

I saw one the other day here in Minnesota

 

[HalfFast]

The dealer that I ordered from in Columbus Ohio had an order for 100 for O'Reilly auto parts for delivery vehicles.

In these cases, I wonder if Ford prioritizes fleet orders because they are such large orders, or retail orders for better profit margins.

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