silvrsvt Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 https://fordauthority.com/2023/10/next-gen-vw-transporter-to-be-based-on-ford-e-transit-custom/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Another example of how VW is happy to follow Ford’s Transit platform and the e-Transit variation. It should be abundantly clear that VW sees no point in developing its own larger vans. Conversely, VW Caddy is being used as the basis of the new Transit Connect which makes perfect sense to Ford not to continue with C2 based van. I wonder if Ford will change it’s mind in a year or so…….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AM222 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 16 hours ago, jpd80 said: Conversely, VW Caddy is being used as the basis of the new Transit Connect which makes perfect sense to Ford not to continue with C2 based van. I wonder if Ford will change it’s mind in a year or so…….. When Ford realizes, if this was our own small van, we could manufacture it in our other regional plants. Ford's current vehicle lineup outside North American and Europe can probably be considered as very incomplete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, AM222 said: When Ford realizes, if this was our own small van, we could manufacture it in our other regional plants. Ford's current vehicle lineup outside North American and Europe can probably be considered as very incomplete. Outside of North America, Europe and China, Ford’s vehicle production is limited to Ranger, Everest and Amorok for VW. Any other Ford vehicles for the Asia Pacific, Africa, South America must now come from those three regions listed above, that’s not really a thing anymore as supply is down to a dribble. Edited October 13, 2023 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 hour ago, jpd80 said: Outside of North America, Europe and China, Ford’s vehicle production is limited to Ranger, Everest and Amorok for VW. Any other Ford vehicles for the Asia Pacific, Africa, South America must now come from those three regions listed above, that’s not really a thing anymore as supply is down to a dribble. I think there is a Transit assembly operation in Uruguay for South America. But yea... Farley's view is being full line manufacturer in these markets are not worth the trouble. He seems to think these markets are destined to be dominated by Chinese companies so he doesn't want to even engage. Just pull the plug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, bzcat said: I think there is a Transit assembly operation in Uruguay for South America. But yea... Farley's view is being full line manufacturer in these markets are not worth the trouble. He seems to think these markets are destined to be dominated by Chinese companies so he doesn't want to even engage. Just pull the plug. Correct, I missed that one in Uruguay but Ford chose achieving 8% return over saving production in ROW. Ford Europe continues struggling with production for its own market, surely, there is a case for specific C2 products to be manufactured in Thailand or Brazil or perhaps building that third plant in Mexico for global sales. Edited October 13, 2023 by jpd80 Correct typos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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