Biker16

Everything except Ford's Launch and Leave program.

who writes a press release about not Fleet dumping? does a PR equal Fact? Does a PR mean never?

do you have source for this?

Honda has Indiana and 2 lines in Canada making the Civic. Ford is not going to grow without maintaining investment in products, what happens after the new generation of small car come out, and they are forced to wait another 7-8 years before replacement? this company like it's peers has to be able to maintian a consitand replacement cycle for ALL CARS AND TRUCKS. ford is doing nothing to reduce the cost to develop new vehicles, which makes it easier to sustain the replacement cycle. you invest in true cost reducion not vague Bumper Sticker cost reductions. you can bend the cost curve for product development, and break the cycle of launch and abandon.

Sounds more like a bumper sticker than an actual strategy.

Prove that the Gm isn't profitable. If not how about Honda and their 2 plants in the USA making civics?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/ford-to-idle-four-factories-as-slowing-sales-increase-inventory

A: Then why Bother It is problem When your competitors can make a profit on Small cars while investing in them and Ford from the 1990 Mazda based Escort has never been able to make a consistent profit on small car. B: The delay and new(er) platform ensures the new car will not be profitable for at least another generation. (why) because the new tooling isn't free, and the losses being incurred from an under-performing product, stick and reduce the willingness to invest in it's replacement. (where we are today) I am willing to bet Ford will continue to invest where it sees the least effort and risk, I.E. the F-series and Mustang, everything else is an afterthought.

I think it becomes a self-fulfilling Prophecy, We wont invest in product because people won't buy the product, which leads to Fewer sales which makes the original concept true. the Newest entrants in the segment are selling Well art the expense of the older entrants.

they wanted tocarry over the hard points from the old model, and that prevented a better RHD solution from being used.

The question I would like to ask is how much capacity do you build for the all new car in 2019? 150k? 180K? 200K? any number will surely be far less than the focus sold prior to 2014.

This is the difference, FCA will move from cars to trucks in 12 month ford will take 3 years from announcement to conversion. during those 3 years they will move from 3 shifts to likely1 shift idling workers paying them not to work, during this time the 600+ million in Capital will sit underutilized. while ford will bleed red on every vehicle sold. . https://uaw.org/app/uploads/2015/11/reducedFINAL-FORD-HOURLY-11-9-15-1229p-FINAL-with-numbers-p24-headings-page-6-charts-p25.pdf 700 million dollar investment for the 2019 Ranger. Ford spent 550 million to completely gut and refurbish MAP to build the focus. this included new final and chassis lines from the Floor to the roof.

This is the difference, FCA will move from cars to trucks in 12 month ford will take 3 years from announcement to conversion. during those 3 years they will move from 3 shifts to likely1 shift idling workers paying them not to work, during this time the 600+ million in Capital will sit underutilized. while ford will bleed red on every vehicle sold. . https://uaw.org/app/uploads/2015/11/reducedFINAL-FORD-HOURLY-11-9-15-1229p-FINAL-with-numbers-p24-headings-page-6-charts-p25.pdf 700 million dollar investment for the 2019 Ranger. Ford spent 550 million to completely gut and refurbish MAP to build the focus. this included new final and chassis lines from the Floor to the roof.

Who said that? How would you know if the new car would need anywhere near the tooling that will be required to build the ranger?

how is that any different than ford and MAP? the only difference is FCA will complete it's conversion next year and Ford won't be done until late 2018.

They are not going out of business.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/10/05/ford-bronco-suv-making-slow-speed-chase-back-into-lineup/91591336/

it not looking good so far, and there is another 18 months left in this product drought.

Yep. Silver Lining? I couldn't agree more.

Are Ford's cars competitive? There is an issue that Ford is being left behind in a contracting market. It is never easy to regain market share once it is lost.

If Your are losing money on every one Sold, it really does matter. We have been though this before in the early 00s with the languishing of the Cars in favor trucks and it failed then and it will fail again, because in a complex market it Flexibility is more important than the ability to anticipate. How much money is Ford losing by not producing cars and idling multi-billion dollar factories? you relized the Fiesta and Focus Represent ~1.2 million units in 2016 or 25% of Ford's Global volume. without This Volume Ford Would potentially fall behind Honda and FCA in Sales Dropping from #6 to #8. reducing the ability of Ford to compete in markets where Sales growth is. (I.E. not North America) Model 1H 2016 1H 2015 Difference % difference F-series 478,384 424,884 53,500 13% Focus 367,479 439,584 (72,105) -16% fiesta 240,447 302,850 (62,403) -21% escape 184,153 179,504 4,649 3% Fusion 159,698 168,340 (8,642) -5% transit 159,247 120,690 38,557 32% Explorer 152,820 144,652 8,168 6% edge 144,150 92,184 51,966 56% Kuga 132,774 134,032 (1,258) -1% escort 128,107 106,687 21,420 20% ecosport 115,901 129,554 (13,653) -11% Ranger 105,860 102,312 3,548 3% mondeo 76,700 66,880 9,820 15% kuga/escape 238,634 236,344 2,290 1% modeo/fusion 236,398 235,220 1,178 1%

You can not just keep repeating something false expecting to eventually to be true. Could we say the focus is simply a short fusion? It really difficult to make product larger with out a redesign. Every redesign gives you an opportunity to improve the product. When you let a product languaish you have given up on being competitive by making your product better. If the focus and fiesta were on the same interval as the F150 we would have had the larger focus and fiesta by now.

So what, do you know the difference I width between the focus and the fusion?

nothing can chage until they are redesigned, the biggest issue right now is that they are old.