Bronco trial production starts November

[sootie007]

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The small Bronco Sport SUV, which Ford will build at its Hermosillo Assembly Plant in Mexico, will be in showrooms later this year.

But the two-door and four-door Bronco will be assembled at Michigan Assembly. The Broncos go on sale in the spring of 2021.

"We have some more tooling in the plant that will be going on the last two weeks of August and first week of September when we're on shutdown," said Erik Williams, plant manager. "Then we'll be ready to start making trial vehicles in November."

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[Compta38]

I wonder if these will be going to showrooms in order for us to see what we're ordering in person.

 

[broncoj11]

I wonder if these will be going to showrooms in order for us to see what we're ordering in person.

I hope so

 

[Big Boss]

Would trial vehicles be whats sent to press for first drives etc? I know when like C&D and MT got their C8 for first drive they mentioned numerous times it was still a pre production model

 

[vrtical]

pre production marketing / show models that eventually get crushed

 

[thenewjs]

pre production marketing / show models that eventually get crushed

And those that will be crash tested.

 

[North7]

The small Bronco Sport SUV, which Ford will build at its Hermosillo Assembly Plant in Mexico, will be in showrooms later this year.

But the two-door and four-door Bronco will be assembled at Michigan Assembly. The Broncos go on sale in the spring of 2021.

"We have some more tooling in the plant that will be going on the last two weeks of August and first week of September when we're on shutdown," said Erik Williams, plant manager. "Then we'll be ready to start making trial vehicles in November."

So based on that, when is the Bronco Job #1?

 

[Desert_6G]

I wonder if these will be going to showrooms in order for us to see what we're ordering in person.

they will likely be for press drives and promo events.

 

[Desert_6G]

So based on that, when is the Bronco Job #1?

Likely no sooner than January/February

 

[shoelessjoe]

I wonder if these will be going to showrooms in order for us to see what we're ordering in person.

i highly doubt it. Probably just driven around and put through their paces.

 

[gentlemanbronco]

I have an inkling with the economy the way it is, Ford might offer employees overtime incentives to pump up bronco production.
If ford can find a way to get all of the orders out as fast as possible, it's going to definitely benefit them.

If I could somehow have mine by April or May, I'd be on cloud 9, or more specifically California for a concert.

 

[The Driving Viking]

They would be smart to start manufacturing the Bronco as soon as possible. Especially with Covid-19 mixing in with Flu season coming up. Shit can get silly really fast.

It would really bad for Ford and the Bronco brand to end up having everything on hold and end up releasing them in late 2021 or even worse 2022. Not good.

Hopefully that doesn't happen but it would be smart to get a jump on them ASAP.

 

[xXChartmanXx]

I know that dealerships have already been able to put in their order for showroom units to have before release. Supposedly not drive-able (Not sure if that meant they are not functional or they are not allowing test drives of these). As for crash tests, they normally happen after the release of the vehicle unless specifically funded by the manufacturer. This is directly from the IIHS:

For the crash tests we conduct, we purchase the vehicles from dealers just like an ordinary consumer. If the test is being conducted at the manufacturer's request and isn't part of our regular testing schedule, then the manufacturer reimburses us for the vehicle.

They do the purchase to guarantee the manufacturer doesn't send them something different then what consumers receive.

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