The concern for me are the three row compacts that usually puts the third row
in what is normally the luggage compartment area - the back of the seats is barely
six inches from the rear hatch……that sort of thing has been going on for years.
Some people have been called back. MPL drivers, incoming quality and some leaders have been called back. So as for myself if all goes well maybe April may? Ford still hasn’t given us full details as to manning levels or a concrete return to work date. We were told that calls will be made 2-4 weeks before anyone is called in departmentally or by job classification. Job 1 is slated for August.
It’s not weird, it was a condition of deal for the MEB Toolkit from VW that Ford use VW supplied parts in the construction and fit out- probably caused too much disruption to change to non-VW switches.
Ford Europe has been through this before when it sourced a minivan from VW back in the 2000s.
Also same sort of thing going on with VW Caddy sourced Transit Connect.
Reports back in September were saying that as of January, Cologne is down to one shift
https://www.carscoops.com/2025/09/fords-vw-based-evs-bomb-in-europe-forcing-production-cuts/