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  1. fuzzymoomoo
    Are you suggesting sabotage? That would be fucked up if that turned out to be true.
  2. fuzzymoomoo
    Unless both Tier 2 remain AND there remains a cap on the percentage of tier 2 workers in future contracts.
  3. fuzzymoomoo
    Doubt it, there's approximately 603810205730248689 different things that could have caused that fire.
  4. fuzzymoomoo
    That one surprises me less. FRAP was having panel alignment issues, as well as panel thickness issues, in the very early TT stage all the way up to Job 1. AFAIK, many PP builds were scrapped because of it.
  5. fuzzymoomoo
    That doesn't really say much, other than the tour opened in 2004 and the plant itself dates back to 1915
  6. fuzzymoomoo
    I would like to hear Ironhorse and ice-capades' thoughts on the subject as well.
  7. fuzzymoomoo
    Was it? I thought they gutted the old building and installed all new equipment. Obviously not on the grand scale they just did, but over a period of several months.
  8. fuzzymoomoo
    Thanks, that's exactly why I'm asking, I've only ever been at MAP
  9. fuzzymoomoo
    ok pretty sure you're trolling us now!
  10. fuzzymoomoo
    Yes, but so was Dearborn Assembly when the Mustang moved to FRAP and it was converted to F-150 production as DTP. Not to mention the company is doing way better now than it was back then. It would have made more sense to hang on to Twin Cities rather than the money losing Behemoth that was Wixom.
  11. fuzzymoomoo
    Is Ford really falling behind? They update their products as frequently or more frequently than Toyota does
  12. fuzzymoomoo
    No, I know that there are Fords sold that way, but not through Ford Credit, and not at as high of a rate as some others, I'm looking at you Kia.
  13. fuzzymoomoo
    Until the people with at best questionable credit default on their gaurenteed approval 7 year financing.
  14. fuzzymoomoo
    I think you missed my point. I know Rawsonville and Sterling don't count toward the cap, I'm merely speculating on how things might change with the next contract based on what the classification of those jobs are.
  15. fuzzymoomoo
    Where is production going to be added? I'm not sure of the status of the ROW plants, but in NA, there really isn't many places to add production without building an all new Facility. Makes you wonder if they should have mothballed Twin Cities instead of demolishing it.
  16. fuzzymoomoo
    Thank you ice-capades, I'm glad someone on the dealer level can give us good insight on how things work on that level. It sounds like Ford has a transportation issue bigger than its production issues. I know that nationwide, there is a shortage of rail cars (and locomotives amongst class I railroads) which contributes to the delayed shipping times. I think part of the delays coming out of Flat Rock have to to with the city of Woodhaven's battle with Canadian National and their track that feeds into Flat Rock Yard. It's a single track that crosses over a major road and trains routinely block the road for an hour or more sometimes. They've been putting massive pressure on the Railroad and the State/federal governments to help that. Combined with the rail car shortage it's a perfect storm of fail. It's amazing they aren't building more Fusion S models, yet they're building more Focus S models than I've seen since I started working at MAP almost 2 years ago. Also, the new full size transit is built at KCAP, not OHAP.
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    I'm amazed at how much power they can squeeze out of the EB engines with relatively few adjustments and no beefed up internals.
  18. fuzzymoomoo
    We've been building some plug in versions for Europe on and off since October. Weird since the 2015 body for NA is different than Europe.
  19. fuzzymoomoo
    I just had a similar thought. Could this be a precursor to that rumored C-Max Hybrid/PHEV replacement coming for MY2019? A dedicated platform certainly makes perfect sense in relation to that particular rumor.
  20. fuzzymoomoo
    It might help Focus sales, I'm far less optimistic about the C-Max. The FE rating changed absolutely killed it. I doubt that unless the MCE for the European gas version makes it over here that there is a snowballs chance in hell it ever gains year over ever again.
  21. fuzzymoomoo
    If the Fiesta inventory is sitting at around 20,000 right now, my guess is Cuactitlian is going to have to be idled for a while to trim that down. I've heard rumors at MAP over the past week that we will be idled for a few weeks soon if Focus and C-Max sales keep tanking. This report doesn't ease my fears at all, combined with the sea of cars just sitting in the holding lot not moving and then intrepidatious posting his month old car was actually build a year ago tells me there's still a TON of 14s out there unsold. My money is on MAP being idled for at least a total of a month this summer, maybe more.
  22. fuzzymoomoo
    Which is why I was wondering why market share is even being brought up, when in the end, ATP drives profit more than Market Share does
  23. fuzzymoomoo
    That would certainly explain why the Focus BEV didn't get a very thorough refresh for MY2015. Literally the only thing that changed is the tailgate, tail lights and rear bumper to accommodate the shorter lights. The front clip is entirely unchanged. I thought it was strange but it makes sense now.
  24. fuzzymoomoo
    I completely missed that. Why is market share being brought up like its the end all-be all again?
  25. fuzzymoomoo
    What if he's just been trolling us this whole time? I would laugh
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