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I suggest you take a look at this if you can make some time. Love to hear your thoughts afterwards.

¡Hecho en Mexico! Primer y segundo lugar... ? ? ? Chicago... LOL the place is a dumpster fire ? 4 years into the model cycle and the quality is spiraling down into the toilet? That's um... not normal. No wonder Ford won't commit to bring the Explorer and Aviator EV to Chicago.

Tucker is a poor example. Forget the Francis Ford Coppola movie. Tucker failed because: "Rather, the collapse of the Tucker Corporation can be attributed to two problems. First, lack of financial planning and refusal to utilize conventional loans scared away venture capital. Second, the S.E.C.'s determination that preselling car features was illegal left the Tucker Corporation financially bankrupt." https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/econ_pubs/3/

Well hopefully your date holds and you get built on 12/13!

I wholeheartedly disagree with this premise. The biggest driving force has been politicians forcing this down our throats.

Yes sir Stray Kat. You are correct that negative media attention for Tesla has been and continues to be at a level far beyond that for incumbent automakers with similar safety and quality issues. Though much of it is Tesla's fault. Sadly, Tesla has adopted bad habits from the traditional American auto industry regarding quality (or lack thereof), and Tesla really shot itself in the foot with how it has promoted Full Self Driving to customers. But I agree with you, Tesla will get this right eventually. Their continued expansion in China and Europe depends on it.

Tesla will get this right eventually. Make no mistake there are forces in the industry and the media lined against Tesla because they are a disrupter. Remember the Tucker?

Thank you for sharing this video Stray Kat sir. Munro has always been one of the most brilliant minds in the automotive industry, and his checkers vs. chess analogies in the video is a great way to explain the current and future state of that industry to laypeople. Explanation of Altman Z-Score. Munro mentioned this at 5:21 and 21:45 in the video. Altman Z Score - Z TABLE Scores for Big 3 U.S. automakers as of November 2021. General Motors, 1.32 Ford, 1.10 Tesla, 23.18 Scores for Big 3 European automakers. Volkswagen, 1.22 Daimler, 1.54 Stellantis, 1.20 Scores for Big 3 Japanese automakers. Toyota, 1.81 Honda, 1.81 Nissan, 1.38

I believe Ford's offices are closed for the long Thanksgiving weekend and won't reopen until Monday morning. Orders requiring regular allocation won't be reviewed and selected for next Thursday's scheduling until next week with the initial selection results showing on Tuesday's AM Preview Scheduling Report. COVP verified orders with incremental allocation and priority scheduling can schedule at any time but aren't reported, that I've seen, in advance to Dealers.

IMO The one issue I see is that they are blending EV and HEV sales together. I think that it will take at least another 5-7 years for the general public to actually completely embrace getting an EV and the associated infrastructure to be there to support it, even though the way you live with it is different then an ICE car. Tesla's biggest issues are this: Trouble launching new products Keeping current products updated, esp. when the competition is launching similar products and if legacy makers keep the 5 year MCE cycle. Toyota is late to the EV game and GM seems to be making promises without coming out with product and they to me seem to be hurting in the HEV market-Ford seems to be able to add HEVs to its current lineup without much trouble and I'm expecting them to offer a HEV in every product by 2026.

Thanks for the correction. 98% of vehicles today are generally reliable and can easily go 10 years with just routine maintenance. The exceptions tend to be specific issues like the I4 ecoboost coolant problem, PTU failures, assembly issues, etc that are specific to one model or part or plant.

Well it finally arrived, 11/24!!! 9 days earlier than expected on Ford tracker (12/3/21)!! I pick it up tomorrow, 11/27!! Original order: 4/20/21 (XLT Tremor 6.7 F350) and confirmed Order changed: 7/13 , F350 Lariat Value 6.7 Tremor w/blackout Notified production scheduled: 9/16 Production Scheduled : 10/18 week Production changed: 10/25 week Production changed: 11/8 week Production: 11/8 Built: 11/10 Shipped: 11/11 ETA to dealer: 12/3 Arrived at Dealer (WI): 11/24 Final delivery for pick up: 11/27 Note: warn winch has not arrived. Dealer will install upon arrival. Dealer advised they are backordered

here’s the sport vs the clay model. They look pretty similar. Even has the line that makes it look like there’s a separate bumper there.

Shrug. My '18 has been trouble free. I have noticed the shifting issue mentioned a couple times, but have had it reflashed and it's helped.

BTW... love the basic Ranger XL. Those steelies ? Looks like the trim levels in most market will be: XL XLS Sport XLT Wildtrak choose files... Click to choose files.url

I did get a software update to my Ecoboost Mustang at around 45,000 miles. Made a huge difference. It shifted fine for for a long time. Then I started noticing that certain downshifts were getting harsh and it slowly got worse. The soft update fixed the problems.

I'm a CR member and have been asked. This is the largest survey of auto reliability available to the general public with a huge sample. CR's statisticians know their stuff and if a sample is too small or the data is unreliable they won't report it. So unless you've got big $$$ to pay for other data which may be no better, this is the most reliable data in the business, even if the data tells us that Ford and especially Lincoln have real reliability problems.

You know what it is? Those black bars running under the grill are basically straight on the clay model. Which fits the squared off design. But the production version has those bars almost making like an hourglass shape, which looks out of place.

They’ll need it if they want to pursue commercial fleet sales but that really depends on volume at MAP between Ranger and Bronco. Personally I’d like to see a crew cab 6’ bed but doubt that will happen.

There was a photo of a 6G camo Regular cab running around Detroit a few months back. We may not see a production version in NA, but ROW Ranger is the #1 pickup in several other markets where the compete with reg. cab Amroks, Hiluxs LandTreks etc as well as ROW versions of small PU's sold here.

Yea, I forgot about that spy photo of regular cab. Another interesting observation... all the articles and even Ford's own press kits said production will begin in Thailand and South Africa next year, followed by US. No mention of Argentina. It's almost as if Ford is hedging its bet on whether new Ranger will really be build there. Despite the investment in Argentina... Edit: Ford Ranger reveal/press release and videos are not on the Argentina or Brazil section of media.ford.com but is on the Australia, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, South Africa, and Thailand sections. Draw your own conclusions...