Thread regarding Ford layoffs

High cost to dilute F150 market even further

Who will buy this hot mess of a mini-truck? We can’t build small cars efficiently so who thinks we can do small trucks. Won’t do 50,000 annual. Another place to lose money in a segment that attracts no one else.

From AutoNews: Ford Motor Co.'s upcoming compact pickup, expected to be called the Maverick, has been caught testing near the company's Dearborn, Mich., headquarters.

The automaker has not formally revealed the small truck, but it is expected to go into production in July, suppliers have been told. A prototype was spotted in January on the assembly line at Ford's Hermosillo, Mexico, plant, and the company last month reported building 21 models there of a "C pickup" on a production chart sent to investors and the media.

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What's the MSRP? People tell me the F150 is to expensive and Ranger is not much better on price

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This is a strategy to distract the investors after the catastrophic F150 2021 launch

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Further dilution of the misguided Ranger platform. Will just current customers down the platform ladder at great expense to Ford. GM Colorado at 96k vehicles annual with one cost base. We will be at same volume for two platforms produced in two plants. Duh

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Niche vehicle with 21 models available? Complexity at its best and you can bet it will be costly to build (and recall).

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