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I’ve always liked the lifted sedan concept ever since Lincoln came out with the navicross concept. If Volvo made the S60 cross country still, I’d definitely consider buying one.

I kinda think it’s the opposite. Car fans in general are probably the only ones who even pay attention to where a car is built. Your average car buyer has no idea. If it weren’t for this site, I’d have no idea where the explorer, or bronco or ranger were built. Think of other brands too. I couldn’t tell you where the Silverado, tacoma, crv, Santa Fe, Prius, etc are built.

If there weren’t any supply issues, I don’t think you’d be seeing ADMs on mavericks or used mavericks selling for more than new ones either. With that said, I don’t think the fusion would demand ADMs even if it had supply issues. Nautilus is coming from China and I don’t think anyone cares.

Exactly. Think of how much money would be available to give the good workers raises if ford wasn’t forced to continually give more money to the bad workers. Top performers would be making a ton by now but that’s not possible when everyone gets a piece of the pie. In a non-union job, the bad workers don’t get raises. They would need to either work harder, move on to a different job, or accept their lower wage and be fine with it. All of these are better for both sides than having the union involved. If they work harder, they will see a raise and ford will see increased output. If they quit, ford has got rid of a bad employee, and that employee can find a job that better suits their work ethic. If the worker accepts their low wage, ford gets a role player at a lower cost and the employee gets to work at the level they want to.

I know what you mean. It seems like every day I see a new facelift for a Hyundai. The Santa Fe has probably gone through three iterations during the same timeframe.

This sounds ridiculous. First, why would you hire someone back that you fired, and second, why would you pay them back pay if you did hire them back? The more I hear about the UAW and the manufacturers, the more I feel like I’m in La La Land.

There’s no way 200k happens, especially if one of those models is a Lincoln. Lincoln doesn’t even sell 100k as a company, so that would mean the ford version would probably need sales around 160-180k to meet the 200k goal. With the controversial styling, that doesn’t seem likely. Besides f150, the explorer is the only vehicle ford sells that pulls those numbers. Also consider that the more budget friendly escape and bronco sport only sell slightly more than 200k a year combined.

I’d like to know more about these vehicles too. It’s been a few months now since that photo came out. I’m surprised we haven’t seen more spy shots yet. Boxy off road designs are the “in” thing right now. I’m a big fan of the new Lexus GX. I wish ford would come out with something similar.

As prices go up, “Buy American” goes out the window, and the younger generations probably don’t care about buying American anyways. I myself have no problem buying an imported vehicle if the quality is there and the price is right.

Let’s not forget the cost saving measures are pretty easy to spot on the maverick too. Black plastic body panels, exposed metal behind the seats, not getting the “real” version of sync, just to name a few. It’s easier to get away with this on a truck.

Sounds like the GM gave in on the battery plants. I’m not sure how that is even allowed to be part of the negotiating process. It doesn’t seem to be a valid reason for a strike since it’s not related to unfair labor practices or economics.

GM has 8 SUVs that start under 30k Chevy has 5 Buick has 2 GMC has 1 Ford has 1 under 30k and it comes in at $29.5k. Why can GM make so many inexpensive SUVs and ford can’t? Ford’s problem is they can’t seem to design a vehicle that’s affordable. If ford had some cheap SUVs, no one would be asking about sedans.

Mach E’s also have quite a bit of money on the hood too. Every single one of the 11 on my local dealers lot are discounted anywhere between 6-12k. They have GT’s for sale for 53k. Also, the edge, which is 500 years old nearly doubled the Mach e’s sales.

You are right, I misread another article. So now the flash costs the same as the 2023 extended range xlt, but has more features. So what does that mean for the extended range xlt? Maybe it’s a goner? Can’t see the need for both.

Never mind

This is a timed race right? Mach e has a range of what, 300 miles? That’s at least 5 stops during the 1500 mile race. That’s a lot of time wasted charging.

I can’t imagine having to do this every 4 years

Why is the NLRB not investigating the union? Seems to me they are the ones not bargaining in good faith.

As prices continue going up, less and less people will care where a vehicle is made. If the quality is there, it gets really hard to justify the increased price just because something is made in America.

This is one of the craziest things I’ve seen. So much money wasted manufacturing and installing these fake parts. If you aren’t installing the sub, you’d think that whole area would be empty. Why include fake parts and the enclosure?

I consider a temporary worker as someone who is contracted through a temporary agency. They get paid by the temp agency, not by the employer, and come at a substantial cost savings to the employer because they don’t have to pay any benefits. What you are describing sounds like the employment status within ford changing from part time to full time or vice versa?

I understand COLA and the tiers, but what’s the issue with temps?

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ford-strike-deadline-canadian-auto-workers-21fb4529?siteid=yhoof2 can’t read the article (paywall), but from the headline, sounds like unifor came to an agreement.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gm-president-fires-back-flow-100527572.html

At my employer, most raises are based on performance and merit on an individual basis. The very best employees might get a raise every other year and average employees might get one every 3-4 years. If you aren’t performing, you might never get a raise. We got a COLA raise this year, but it’s been a decade or more since the last one.