Like I always say "Less talk, more work!"Too much dreaming and talking, not enough production......................................
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Like I always say "Less talk, more work!"Too much dreaming and talking, not enough production......................................
Same in my area. Unfortunately, they're all going to be headed into the shop soon. Sounds like that engine needs to put out to pasture.I agree with you there. You have to go with the Badlands trim to get the more powerful 4 cylinder engine. I do however see a lot of Bronco Sports in the wild in my area.
Yeah they need to pick my truck up from Tampa and fly it to me on a Chinook at this point!Ford now needs to buy some railroad or trucking companies so they can actually get vehicles delivered.
I get why hybrids are a constraint, but not hitches. They’re not that complex!The two big constraints are the Hybrid powertrain and the hitch. I wonder if they will have them both solved or just the hitch. We may just see a lot more EBs produced.
It is interesting they specifically mention increasing the F150 Hybrid production.
My calculations were a little different but the point is, oh they are increasing production, yea, well by how much, what are their projected production numbers, when will those changes go into effect?My tracking is showing about 35,000 without the extra shift. Assuming only half of the 40,000 are Mavericks and Ford sticks with their 35-65 ratio then that leaves 21,000 unbuilt hybrids.
But a lot of assumptions there. Numbers currently hinting that Ford is going a 50-50 build ratio rather than their announced 35-65. But Ford had a bunch of hybrid cancelled VINs that had to be scheduled as well, which could have made up the difference.
One of two things will happen:
- Ford is gambling they can get extra hybrid parts in before July and can keep the current hybrid throughput while maintaining the overall 35-65 ratio by adding that third shirt.
- Ford runs low on hybrid parts early in the model year and we see a relative drought of hybrids being scheduled in the next few months.
Who knows. If they don't get a hold of more batteries, it'll all be academic for the hybrid orders.My calculations were a little different but the point is, oh they are increasing production, yea, well by how much, what are their projected production numbers, when will those changes go into effect?
Of 80k each?So can anyone decipher in numbers what this actually means for Maverick production? Increase by 80,000 units on top of what they were already planning to make? But that’s Bronco Sport and Maverick combined it appears.
I've noticed this myself. My dealership has 5 on the lot: 3 are Big Bend and 2 are Outer Banks. Thus, all 1.5L. And all with no ADMs. Next closest dealer has 8 on the lot in the same boat.Also, the Bronco Sport sales are greatly slowing down. There are tons of BS's sitting on dealer lots right now. Ford needs to do something to push these out.
The biggest part of it is related to available parts to build from and what suppliers can get to the factory. They build from what they have available.I like this explanation! That begs the question, why is Ford building so many BS's when the demand is so much smaller than the Mav?