Ford Increasing Maverick Production In Response To Strong Customer Demand

[skadizzle]

Ford definitely should've done a better job on the rollover orders. They either shouldn't have taken ANY new orders until November-December and focused on scheduling the rollovers before allowing new ones or they should've given rollovers higher priority. I have both a canceled VIN and a rollover 22. Ford gave the canceled VINs a priority 2 and I was scheduled the very next week as it should've. My rollover still has not been scheduled. They should've made all rollovers a priority 5 or at least somewhere between 2 and 10 so they could at least identify those and get them scheduled over priority 10s at dealers who had none.

If Ford would've just done it correctly from the beginning, I'm sure all canceled and rollover orders would've been scheduled by now, if not delivered, and there would be a lot less pissed off people, myself included.

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[LSchicago]

Of 80k each?

I read it's mostly increased Maverick production. I was told by someone at Ford that they do have increased Hybrid parts coming online, and that much of the increase will be hybrids. They also just added hybrid sales to Brazil this year, so hopefully this makes up for that.

 

[Old Man]

Ford doesn't set order priority, the dealer does. Some dealers set rollovers with a 10 to 14 and new orders to 15. Some set all the same. Still comes down to regional and dealer allocation which priority 10s get built and which ones will stay in the unscheduled queue. And what parts they don't have.

And as I keep saying, it's not just Ford that does this. GM and Stellantis also do. Read their forums and you will see the same bitching of why did someone elses order get built before mine, why don't they make more faster, we should sue them for keeping us waiting. How about they go to a process like Japanese car makers do, here is what we built, take it or leave it.

 

[OmgWeAreGettingOne]

I get a kick out of folks that let us know when they received their Maverick but fail to document when it was ordered. I think that is an important piece of the puzzle.

I ordered mine sept 15 right when the banks opened. Took em an hour to get it through due to system issues. Got scheduled 3 weeks ago for April 10. Xlt hybrid lux 360 iconic silver.

 

[Grumpa]

I'm hoping to get mine before the 3rd shift starts up. I certainly wouldn't want one from the first week of the 3rd shift.

Let's hope it is not the third sh....T! lol

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

I'm just glad I picked up some more Ford Stock a few months ago. It's back over $13 today, and hoping it will get back into the $18 to $20 range. Great dividend, even if it doesn't go up in face value. Ford is doing well.

 

[bc22]

I'm just glad I picked up some more Ford Stock a few months ago. It's back over $13 today, and hoping it will get back into the $18 to $20 range. Great dividend, even if it doesn't go up in face value. Ford is doing well.

That special (and regular) dividend payout on the first of this month was incredible. More than a 6% payout just for one quarter.

 

[CZaugg]

Some good news for those still waiting!!

Ford is cranking up production of some top models | Fox Business

LOL, sure Ford . . . this Sunday will mark 500 days since I placed my order, maybe this means I'll be scheduled for production sometime before it rolls over in to a 2024 Maverick?

511 days for me as of 03/03/23.

 

[CZaugg]

I'll assume this means the supply chain has finally untangled, as that was the main contraining factor for most models.

The supply issue must be resolved. Wouldn't make any sense to add another shift if they didn't have enough parts to complete the job. I'm in the 500 Club still waiting for my Oct. 2021 order to arrive. Constraints was the reason I was told my order is taking so long.

 

[CZaugg]

The truth is that since the prices for the Lightning have increased so much more than a few people are not taking delivery or their vehicle, nor planning to complete the order process when their slot in line finally comes up. I have a friend that reserved four Lightnings when they were only $40k. Then crickets from Ford. Finally bought one off a lot for around $80K and declined two others at the original dealer that were $90-100k range and had been sitting there for weeks at MSRP. Likely will not order his reserved four at the current price points either. And he is not the only one.

I wonder how many tanks of gasoline it would take to justify the cost of switching over to all electric? Need to figure in also the increase in electric bill. Perhaps buying solar panels to get free electric? I wonder how much it would cost to buy solar panels? Huummmm. Wait a minute, I would be charging the vehicle batteries at night when the sun has gone down. So that means I would have to get electric from the grid. Wait a minute . . . forget buying solar panels then. To complicated for me. Perhaps I'll save the $ on the Lightning and just settle for a little Maverick and continue buying gasoline in small amounts. Now when gas gets around $25+ per gallon, maybe I will look into the all electric mode of transportation.

I'm hoping to get mine before the 3rd shift starts up. I certainly wouldn't want one from the first week of the 3rd shift.

Are you concerned about unskilled workers building your little dream machine?

 

[AHarris67]

Dealer told me I am priority 10 above everyone else and now I read this. Getting a sliver of hope that I might see my Maverick this summer!

 

[OrangeBlue]

Where? Show me, please.

The F-150 Lightning is so popular they are sitting on dealer lots priced below MSRP...

 

[OrangeBlue]

Yeah, I'm sure railroads are for sale.
All the time.

Ford now needs to buy some railroad or trucking companies so they can actually get vehicles delivered.

 

[Grabber Rick]

Ford doesn't set order priority, the dealer does. Some dealers set rollovers with a 10 to 14 and new orders to 15. Some set all the same. Still comes down to regional and dealer allocation which priority 10s get built and which ones will stay in the unscheduled queue. And what parts they don't have.

And as I keep saying, it's not just Ford that does this. GM and Stellantis also do. Read their forums and you will see the same bitching of why did someone elses order get built before mine, why don't they make more faster, we should sue them for keeping usxwaiting. How about they go to a process like Japanese car makers do, here is what we built, take it or leave it.

I work in Slippery Rock Pa. and the Chevy dealer there has 4-6 Silverado's on the lot. Seems they have no issue with stock.

 

[Scott Asheville]

I work in Slippery Rock Pa. and the Chevy dealer there has 4-6 Silverado's on the lot. Seems they have no issue with stock.

Yes, inventory is weird right now. Some OEMs have too much, others too little. And it is also model specific. All the OEMs swear they're going to exercise inventory discipline going forward. Here's an example.

https://www.motor1.com/news/654342/chevy-silverado-gmc-sierra-production-pause-high-inventory/

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