To be clear, reducing Ford to only these vehicles would not increase profits but would increase margins.
This could only be true if every vehicle Ford produce except these lost money.
I am talking about maximizing through shared body panels and interior items. I am sure they do share parts, but by sharing panels and interiors, it spreads out the economy of scale significantly.
Bronco pickup only makes sense if Ranger gets replaced by a unibody version. I don't see how Ford can make all new affordable pickups at TTC unless they're small and midsized unibodies to replace Maverick and Ranger.
Interesting discussion point:
If Ford was completely about profit, it would shrink the business to just F Series and large SUV plants
and skip the rest…….maybe keep Explorer/Aviator, Transit and T6 products.
The business would be highly profitable with a very small manufacturing and engineering footprint
so why don’t they?