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A little odd that these arrived private transport to a dealer. Maybe VIP deliveries? Looking forward to your drive reports! Congrats!

Ok, so Oreo sandwich of constructive criticism - good/bad/good Kudos to Ford for getting in front of what is clearly a major cluster with hardtop Bronco's. Webasto is officially not just a mess but clearly a cluster F. I feel for Ford, as Webasto is generally a good supplier, and I'll extend...

In the automotive space, that ship has largely sailed. Yes, if a manufacturer gives you embargoed materials with a promise not to publish them till a given and date, and you break that embargo, then there could be consequences. However, spy shots have been published in magazines long before the...

As someone that has worked in the automotive PR world, Ford’s handling of this with TFL was petty and shortsighted. Usually a simple phone call to an outlet to express your displeasure is all that is necessary. Let’s them know people were unhappy on your end, scares them a bit, and keeps the...

I’ve worked in the automotive business my entire life at the corporate level just for perspective. Every single manufacturer is affected by the current supplier issues. Financial projections put everyone at significant sales losses this year. This is the reality for every company right now even...

Might need to adjust our expectations on MY 22 Bronco changes. Chevy did something similar with the new Corvette (which is also in high demand with waiting lists) and mostly carried over 2020 model mixes and colors to 2021. This made it easier on suppliers and the factory, plus it reduced mass...

One of the You Tube videos from the Tennessee Bronco gatherings talked about wind noise too. This demo has the roof rack which probably doesn’t help, but it will be interesting to see what owners with MIC say about noise. Thanks for the quick review! Obviously everyone here is hard up for more...

The thing to keep in mind is that numerous manufacturers and suppliers are falling back on force majeuere clauses and the normal penalties and potential legal action is not an option. Plus doing that to long term supplier relationships is counterproductive. The headline of this post is...

In the end people need to set expectations that these supplier issues will continue through the summer and even potentially into the end of the calendar year. That’s not to say some things might improve while others decline. But overall all manufacturers are having major supply chain issues.

Right now both PP and PE plastic resins are facing two major issues - not enough product and very high prices. Here is the pricing trends and you can see it is more than doubled... ] The supply issues largely stem from the cold snap in Texas shutting plants down at a time when they were...

I think realistically everyone needs to adjust their expectations. I work in the automotive industry at the corporate level and things are currently a giant mess for nearly every single company. Everyone is having issues getting parts to build cars and there are mass constraints on numerous...

Offset the impact Q1 maybe, but if you had to cut production 50% at times, then it impacted you. Typically bad headline… Glad to hear the factory in Japan is back up and running. Things will get worse before they get better, but good news long term.

Cat Yellow… More colors the better. Keep them coming…

And that's why you are a headhunter/recruiter and I'm not. :) Interesting it talks about temporary wages through launch and that things may return to "normal" wages at a later stage. Supply constraints restricting hours of operation? The Indeed ads are 30+days old, but make it sound like they...

Good point. No production postings though (at least not as of today).

For what it's worth, the Webasto jobs portal lists very few job openings at the three Plymouth locations and none of the portal listings show salary or hourly wages. The highest amount of required experience was 3+ years on 4 out of 5 open positions (HR, 3 engineer and 1 manager). Also, that...

I like your attempt to try and use some logic to try and find a positive in this. Keep it up! I enjoy these even if they make some people's head hurt. I've worked in the Automotive industry my whole life on the manufacturing, product planning and marketing sides. I don't know Ford's specific...

Hiring and training plus the ongoing plastics/resin shortage. Good news is the plastics and steel shortage should correct itself sooner than later. The chip shortage is more of a problem as building new manufacturing facilities is both expensive and time consuming.

Patience?😁 Seriously, can’t wait for all this craziness to finally level out and seem normal again.

Were all of you using the same dealer? Should be a blackball list of any dealer that does this so no one else gets screwed.