I have no idea what your deal is @Seatmandan, but I am entitled to my commentary just as well.
Judging by what I read here nowadays, there are times I personally wonder if it would've just been better for management to swallow the first February 2020 Bronco drip feed leaks and delayed U725...
Yep, but not always at volume. Research and planning is key.
I do blame myself for listing 2015 so vaguely, as formal discussions and planning of Bronco began that year, but engineering work started in 2016 and design work got off ground at the end of 2016, first week of January 2017.
July...
Pre-production vehicle, as production began in May 2021 (regardless of what Wikipedia claims). I don't believe Middle Eastern deliveries are due yet, as that was supposed to be Autumn 2021 just like Africa and Latin America.
I understand this, but it's all dependent on the given configuration I imagine. All First Editions even should have been prioritized as planned, but it gets even stickier for me to touch on that unofficially.
From MIC Tops, to this to that, it's just unfortunate and then now some international...
I am always worried there is a ceiling to what buyers will pay for such a vehicle. There is some more news coming up soon, as new developments for U725 are made, even in the midst of this never ending struggle to bring this product to market.
But I love your idea and recall the 2-door "concept"...
I told you it was coming (quite awhile back)...;)
Sadly though, I keep seeing silly comments on this thread, that don't take into account that we have multiple departments at Ford to be complaining about not receiving your vehicle or status, which has nothing to do with ongoing product...
Africa (LHD) as well:
Europe was rejected due to stringent regulations and much of Asia as well, save for more laxly regulated markets like the Middle East and parts of LHD Africa that market and sell Ford vehicles. No RHD, so counts out a LOT of markets globally.
Thank you, because it has...
As old as this thread is, the claim made by the OP is terribly inaccurate and rather questionable (misleading), because the design was set and frozen quite a long time ago, to be ready in time for testing and launch.
As of December 2020, it most certainly WASN'T in the "design stage". Where...
I have never liked that name for this vehicle and went out of my way to refer to it differently at times, partly for that reason. While it has never rested on my very own desk, to name any of these vehicles, I understand such sentiments in given discussions I've had.
Very, very polarizing...
Not accurate, that never happened. Always been a shared effort and anything U725 has been on target. So many BS rumors between Blue Oval faithful and news media confusing folks.
LOL, that would be me. It was a shared effort between Australia and Dearborn. Dearborn handled tophat without any...
I have tried to search here and confirm if already mentioned, but just wanted folks to know start of production is now May 3, 2021 and no longer March 22, 2021.
This can mean 6-8 weeks to delivery, particularly if our suppliers are able to get back in the groove quicker and the pandemic is...
@Vigor, my brother that is so disappointing to hear, but not surprising.
I strongly commend the understanding many people have shown towards Vigor's experience (based on things they can't hide/change) and I am gravely disappointed at any rather insensitive remarks in response to what @Vigor...
Sorry, but that's not entirely accurate, but close. Out of curiosity, I got in touch with some Toyota contacts in Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Plano, and Newport Beach early this year.
I was curious about the model cadence for TNGA-F vehicles, off the record. Land Cruiser is first, which will definitely...
That is absolutely inaccurate. It doesn't work like that at all, in which at this point in time the interior design would not be finished. Prototype may not represent the exact final configurations (on display), but U725 interior designs have been frozen for more than a year.
These things have...
As I had said before during development, I knew it that 3 years would have elapsed between approval of the final designs in June/July 2018 and market launch in June 2021.
I said to higher-ups for the longest time that trying to cut development time doesn't always work and you'll always need to...