Peugfan Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I converted my Mach E reservation to an order. Premium trim, Extended range battery, AWD and Infinite Blue Metallic with space gray interior. Now it remains to be seen how Ford will set production order. First Edition will be among the first produced and Premium trim prioritized over Select trim. How will they schedule higher reservation numbers who order early vs a lower reservation number who waits to convert his reservation to an order? Also where in the schedule will they make the European model? I have a 331xx (higher) reservation number so do not know if that means late 2020 or early 2021. The Cuautitlan plant should be able to produce the 50,000 cars in much less than 12 months if batteries and parts can be supplied in a timely manner. The plant is rumored to start full production in August. I'm starting to get excited! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 12:44 AM, Peugfan said: I converted my Mach E reservation to an order. Premium trim, Extended range battery, AWD and Infinite Blue Metallic with space gray interior. Now it remains to be seen how Ford will set production order. First Edition will be among the first produced and Premium trim prioritized over Select trim. How will they schedule higher reservation numbers who order early vs a lower reservation number who waits to convert his reservation to an order? Also where in the schedule will they make the European model? I have a 331xx (higher) reservation number so do not know if that means late 2020 or early 2021. The Cuautitlan plant should be able to produce the 50,000 cars in much less than 12 months if batteries and parts can be supplied in a timely manner. The plant is rumored to start full production in August. I'm starting to get excited! Congrats on the Mach E order! I haven't seen a definite JOB1 start date stated as of yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, robertlane said: Congrats on the Mach E order! I haven't seen a definite JOB1 start date stated as of yet. Ice-capades posted it a few days ago. It's in October. Edited July 5, 2020 by fuzzymoomoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Per Friday's FDNB (Fleet Distribution News Bulletin), here's the production timetable for the 2021 Mustang Mach-E. 06/22/2020 - 2021MY Order Bank Open Date 08/20/2020 - 2021MY Scheduling Begins 10/26/2020 - 2021MY Job #1 Date 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 With a Job #1 Date on 10/26/2020 and the usual slow production ramp up with a new model, especially with all the media attention expected for the Mach-E, vehicles probably won't start to arrive at dealerships until at least mid-December or later. As such, I'm surprised they don't introduce the Mach-E as a 2022MY which would be easy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 6 hours ago, ice-capades said: Per Friday's FDNB (Fleet Distribution News Bulletin), here's the production timetable for the 2021 Mustang Mach-E. 06/22/2020 - 2021MY Order Bank Open Date 08/20/2020 - 2021MY Scheduling Begins 10/26/2020 - 2021MY Job #1 Date I understood that it was in October, just didn't have the 26th as the start date. Thanks for claifying that. 6 hours ago, ice-capades said: With a Job #1 Date on 10/26/2020 and the usual slow production ramp up with a new model, especially with all the media attention expected for the Mach-E, vehicles probably won't start to arrive at dealerships until at least mid-December or later. As such, I'm surprised they don't introduce the Mach-E as a 2022MY which would be easy. Ford is bad about new model JOB1 and dealer fulfillments. Ford generally holds the first batches produced back many weeks - sometimes even months. I hope that's not the case for the Mach E. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peugfan Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 What does Job1 date mean? Does that imply all production glitches have been worked out and they are ready for full scale production? They must have done a few test runs before then. Just curious and anxious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Peugfan said: What does Job1 date mean? Does that imply all production glitches have been worked out and they are ready for full scale production? They must have done a few test runs before then. Just curious and anxious. The Job #1 Date is the production start date for the new Model Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Peugfan said: What does Job1 date mean? Does that imply all production glitches have been worked out and they are ready for full scale production? They must have done a few test runs before then. Just curious and anxious. It’s just the start date. The factory must build for 5 straight days with no major errors before they start shipping. Might take 5 or 6 days, might take a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin19687 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Infinite Blue Metallic this is a Great Color ! Please post the production dates and pics when you get it. Gonna be one fast puppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasingCoral Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Definitely getting excited! Grabber Blue First Edition here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleuve Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 On 7/5/2020 at 8:17 AM, ice-capades said: With a Job #1 Date on 10/26/2020 and the usual slow production ramp up with a new model, especially with all the media attention expected for the Mach-E, vehicles probably won't start to arrive at dealerships until at least mid-December or later. As such, I'm surprised they don't introduce the Mach-E as a 2022MY which would be easy. The sad part is your right...I mean i'm not sure how they plan to win any awards for best SUV, best electric etc...media outlets won't know what year to plot it in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Fleuve said: i'm not sure how they plan to win any awards for best SUV, best electric etc...media outlets won't know what year to plot it in? Who cares? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleuve Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 17 hours ago, akirby said: Who cares? I'd imagine Ford cares about the awards they win and media attention...??♀️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Fleuve said: I'd imagine Ford cares about the awards they win and media attention...??♀️ Not really. I mean, they're nice but in the end they don't sell vehicles. Ford realized this years ago which is why they don't put much effort into their press fleet or which vehicles they provide for comparison tests. F150 and Bronco might be the exceptions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleuve Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 4 hours ago, akirby said: Not really. I mean, they're nice but in the end they don't sell vehicles. Ford realized this years ago which is why they don't put much effort into their press fleet or which vehicles they provide for comparison tests. F150 and Bronco might be the exceptions. It's possible these are the last two brands they care about but I think they want all their ICON brands to get a lot of good press. Especially since the Mach E is chasing the Tesla Model Y aka Tesla stock price to show investors they can do it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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