Halted production on MT82?

[Chief1301]

The MT-82 is the Mustang manual transmission.

Piece of Crap!

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[NotApplicable]

Their made in China anyway, so I don't understand how Ford is suspending production? Ford doesn't make them

Ford has a legal entity in China as well. Ford makes and sells many automobiles and automobile parts in China and other non-USA countries.

 

[Norm A.]

Too late.

As companies in virtually every market grapple with shortages, perhaps no industry is being hit harder than autos. Multiple plants have been idled by a semiconductor crisis that’s costing tens of billions of dollars in lost revenue, while materials from seating foam to metal to plastic resin are also becoming harder to find. The industry, which has long relied on just-in-time manufacturing to reduce costs, is finding it has limited flexibility to deal with supply chain disturbances wrought by the pandemic.


The rubber shortage threatens to further disrupt vehicle production just as demand rebounds and the Biden administration douses the U.S. economy with $1.9 trillion in stimulus spending. And rubber problems could prove particularly thorny because the trees need seven years to mature, making it unlikely the supply will quickly bounce back.


“It’s like paper towels early on during the Covid crisis,” said Steve Wybo, who heads the auto practice group at consulting firm Conway MacKenzie outside Detroit. “If you can get your hands on some plastic, or some rubber, you’re going to order more than you need because you don’t know when you’re going to be able to get it next.”


Carmakers including Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis NV, formerly known as Fiat Chrysler, say they’re monitoring the rubber situation but have yet to feel an impact. General Motors Co., similarly, says it isn’t worried about its rubber supply. France’s Michelin, one of the world’s largest tire makers, is skirting port congestion by using air freight shipments direct from Asia.


But for suppliers reliant on U.S. distribution, rubber is already a concern.

We had no problem getting paper towels during the Covid crisis, with that being said finding Ass Wipe was a MoFo

 

[Chief1301]

Ford has a legal entity in China as well. Ford makes and sells many automobiles and automobile parts in China and other non-USA countries.

Unfortunately, Ford does manufacture in China. But Ford procures the MT82 from Getrag.

 

[Deleted member 18388]

That’s alright, like 8% ordered that transmission.

If you're referring to the MTI550 on the Bronco, it's at 20% order rate per Ford.

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