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3 hours ago, iamweasel said:
The Fuso brand is pretty tarnished in the US now as the trucks at the end of their run were very problematic, so I think part of the reason for the new brand name is to disassociate themselves from the "old" Fuso.
Plus, also note the new twist where DTNA is giving up ownership of the distribution network. I don't recall any other arrangement like this in the truck business.
It is interesting Velocity will be handling distribution. They are large and located in the right places for something like this.
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3 hours ago, bzcat said:
Looks like they are taking Fuso eCanter and rebranding it for the US market.
Exactly. It's Daimler Truck's response to the Isuzu and Hino BEV LCF's.
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Ford needs to offer something like this:
https://www.truckinginfo.com/10197740/daimler-announces-rizon-medium-duty-electric-truck-brand
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I can't believe Ford spent the money to bring the E-550 to market only to drop it in about 6 months. Don't think they gave it much of a chance. Either that truck had a serious problem or it was the victim of some internal fight within Ford. Very typical Ford.....
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12 hours ago, SoonerLS said:
Looks like an F-250 or F-350 4x4 with an F-150 bed.
Looks like an old test mule that has not had the camouflage removed. Now awaiting crash testing or scrapping.
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The drawing looks like it would represent a logical design for a BEV pickup that is not a compromised conversion of an existing ICE truck.
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1 hour ago, GearheadGrrrl said:
Does look a bit weird. But of more interest is the customized mass production abilities of this plant- Ford has an amazing asset here that could be profitably cranking out whole series of medium and heavy trucks. Taken together Ford is already building more trucks in this size range than Volvo or Mack and with a flexible cab unique to medium and heavy trucks Ford could sell over 100,000 a year... Why isn't Ford jumping on this opportunity?
Because there just isn't much money in it.
Volvo offers no medium duty trucks and the one Mack builds is an oversized expensive tank that doesn't sell too well. Good chassis for a 5 yard dump but that's about it.
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2 hours ago, rmc523 said:
I hope you're not saying that based on that orange image on the youtube thing that's fake.
Are you sure? Does look photo-shopped. Wonder why would they stick a shopped image in that video?
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The updated E eries looks like it has a longer nose.
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12 hours ago, akirby said:
They’ve been saying this for years then they only make minor changes. Escape trims are just stupid.● EscapeBase(100A) AWD/FWD. 1.5
● EscapeActive(200A) AWD/FWD. 1.5/HEV
● EscapePHEV(700A) FWD PHEV
● EscapeST-Line(300A/301A) FWD/AWD 1.5/HEV
● EscapeST-LineSelect(400A/401A) AWD 2.0/HEV
● EscapeST-LineElite(500A/501A) AWD 2.0/HEV
● EscapePlatinum(600A/601A) AWD/FWD 2.0/HEVI would cut it to this
● EscapeActive(200A) FWD. 1.5
● EscapePHEV(700A) FWD PHEV
● EscapeST-Line(300A/301A) FWD/AWD 1.5/2.0/HEV (2 trim levels)
● EscapePlatinum(600A) AWD/FWD 2.0/HEVThat is ridiculous. Why not dump the Escape altogether and build more Bronco Sports?
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On 3/31/2023 at 10:17 PM, 7Mary3 said:
Well, throughout all this ongoing turmoil at Ford I am NOT presently hearing any rumors of the 650/750's demise. Maybe they are making a bit of money on them, and/or someone sees these medium trucks as a necessary part of 'Ford Pro'.
Hope I didn't speak too soon:
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57 minutes ago, GearheadGrrrl said:
Ford's agencies can be just as dumb, any tractor in a Ford ad should be a Ford tractor but I've seen tractors in Ford ads that weren't even blue. The real pros in ad production get every detail right, for example only Case IH tractors from related company IVECO will appear in Ram ads. Heck, Stelantis even offers classic IH red as a Ram color option!
Ram also offers 'New Holland' blue too! Why? Because New Holland is part of CNH as well. No such thing as a Ford tractor anymore, the Ford agricultural legacy belongs to CNH.
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1 hour ago, silvrsvt said:
I'm not sure what is going on, but the whole Bronco top has been a shitshow that shows no signs of getting much better. They are still a constraint at times.
Currently constrained from what I understand.
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Well, throughout all this ongoing turmoil at Ford I am NOT presently hearing any rumors of the 650/750's demise. Maybe they are making a bit of money on them, and/or someone sees these medium trucks as a necessary part of 'Ford Pro'.
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Might not be there yet, but I think with advancing battery technology a BEV Super Duty will be reality in 10 or so years. Even California has set 2045 as a TENTATIVE date for a zero-emission truck mandate. Who knows, if BEV's passenger vehicles are widely adopted in the next few years there may be less emphasis on abandoning ICE trucks altogether, particularly if advances are made in fuels.
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I'll bet the vehicle spec. writer for the Abington FD purchasing department will write Ford out of any future ambulance purchases. Once those customers like that are gone good luck getting them back.
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FWIW, GM is developing a hydrogen fuel cell medium duty. From what I understand about it, the truck will be offered in both fuel cell and straight EV versions. Covering their bets....
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5 hours ago, zipnzap said:
Instead of going electric, Ford will be transitioning the Super Duty to hydrogen fuel cells:
Maybe...
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I just received a catalytic converter assembly for a 2016 F-250 6.2L that I ordered in early October. These situations are all too common with Ford these days.
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Did the guy here who ordered a Bronco only to have the dealer slap a huge ADM charge on it when it arrived ever get one? I think he got Ford involved in the issue.
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I think Farley is drawing inspiration from Roger Smith at this point. Reorganization is the answer to all problems.....
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On 3/13/2023 at 6:15 PM, Bob Rosadini said:
This brings back memories. Not sure of date but timeframe was like 66/67 and I was assigned to a terminal in Buffalo. The new Ford heavy truck dealership (Bison Ford) held an open house at their new facility. This was before the Louisville era so the featured trucks were Super Dutys (F, FT), N's, C's and W's. Just as you described the same "cookie cutter" design over the next few years showed up in a lot of Northeast cities. There were plenty of established dealers who still sold heavies out of their existing facility but these new locations were part of Ford's plan to become a serious player.
One of the older Ford dealers in Los Angeles was City Ford near down town. Sometime in the early 70's they opened up a medium/heavy truck facility on Alameda Street on the industrial side, a few blocks away from the GMC factory branch and a big International dealer (and a short distance from the Los Angeles Mack plant, but that's another story). The showroom, offices, and parts departments were on the south end, the rest was a row of large service bays with doors on both ends. It may have been one of those Ford specific designs, pictures of that service facility actually appeared on the back of several Ford truck sales brochures. City Ford eventually bit the dust but the truck dealership lived on as Alameda Ford Truck. By the late 80's it became the Alameda Truck Center, a Volvo/WhiteGMC dealer along with Ford (the GMC dealer had moved to Sante Fe Springs). That too went under but eventually it reopened for a while once again as a regular Ford dealer when Sopp Chevrolet of Huntington Park aquired a Ford franchise. Sopp closed it's doors around the time of the banking crises in the late 2000's, and since then the building has been 'repurposed':
New Bronco Models, Trims Will Keep Coming
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It would be nice if you could at least order some of the trims they already have.