But looks like they're eating through stocks. Production numbers for January sucked. Longitudinal data here in my tracker:
This continues to be a logistical nightmare.
Yep. They just can’t seem to get the flywheel moving to get production up they could probably move 200K units a year right now quite easily, if they could only get the components. Must be driving them nuts. Moving from a manufacturer to an assembler looks good on a McKinsey spreadsheet until you have supply chain problems, inflation, etc.
yes very logical. Ford would be more likely to sell to dealer stock then a preorder if they are making less money on grandfather price over current market price. Probably why I was able to get a dealer order wildtrack last week thats being built at end of the month. Is the build perfect? No but its darn good. For people waiting forever thinking about giving up the "fun stuff" I would say start hunting for something in stock. You can always sell or not take your build if you find something that works.Respectfully, this is most definitely pie in the sky thinking. FORD will make no distinction in prioritizing old orders over new orders when they stand to make more money on them both at corporate and dealership levels. You have 3 years of evidence to support that hypothesis. Look at the nightmares that are occurring with the private offers. FORD is giving the old dog ate my homework. I am over 930 days waiting. I stripped my truck of Lux and SAS and still nothing. Dudes complaining waiting 1 year and getting full Wildtrack build emails last week and today. Good luck with your build.
I agree. Just in time and out sourcing are great until they’re not. One or more hiccups in the system and you have our current situation. Like Farley said, Ford probably left two billion dollars on the table last year. Need more vertical integration, and at least domestic sourcing.
I should be picking up a Iconic Silver Wildtrack in about 6-8 weeks !!!ME looking for Iconic Silver sales:
But down vs. last month, when the plant was closed for a week.
Dealer allocations and build constraints will always trump reservation time stamps.
This data suggests that there is more at play than part constraints. Something else is going at MAP.
That was my point. They’re comparing one month with the previous month, during the holiday season. Not a good comparison.
