I think it's got to be done by a Ford rep. A dealer can request a higher priority, we can even put in "01" as the priority, but Ford's system will reassign whatever number it wants. It might keep that, it might not.   Anything with a 5.0 right now is tough. Don't think it showed up in a specific commodity list, but I thought I heard the 5.0 plus Tow/Haul is bogging down, which makes no sense. Half the time, what goes on that list you can look at and just go "Wait, what? That makes no sense. Why would those things combined cause an issue?".

What a Mustang Sedan current platform or moving it to CD6?   I'm guessing the calculus on the Mustang sedan changed-the coupe market is shrinking and well prior to the current administration, CAFE was rearing its head and longer overall Mustang would make CAFE requirements "easier". Spending money on the mustang and spreading it between two products on a platform that is more or less paid off and would hopefully double current sales seems like it would work.  

FWIW, some Borg tidbits:   I guess I should say Ford is down to 13 nameplates with Lincoln, unless Corsair returns in a few months and it'll be 14 by year's end. They are adding the Skunk Truck, Skunk Escape, Skunk Corsair, the Ohio built Transit Custom Van (not the Maverick Van apparently), Bronco Pickup, 4-Door Mustang, and possibly a Maverick SUV and Van. I think the Maverick models have been dropped because they had plans to import Bronco Sport from Spain and free up space at Hermosillo for the added models, but now it looks like the expansion plans in Valencia are off so that probably means Mex BS stays put. Hopefully this means they can give us the Bronco Sport HEV, and not just the PHEV they planned to import. The HEV had Tariff issues weirdly enough that the PHEV didn't. That would at least give Ford a Hybrid SUV, even if it wouldn't be as cheap and efficient as the larger Maverick SUV. So they will be adding stuff through 2030, and continue investing in Mach E with refreshes. Some of these are just expansions of existing nameplates, but Ford is moving into new categories it will really only share with Jeep/RAM...once again. And hey, RAM is responding to Maverick at least. Ford and GM continue to duke it out over Full-Size stuff of course. I guess the Explorer and Aviator Hybrid isn't returning to retail as I was lead to believe. I think Ford is struggling to decide its next move on 3-Row, but it's advancing redesigns of Explorer and Aviator to extend its life.

We've just heard forever that it wasn't worth it, but somehow now it is?

The 2026MY Balance Out Date information should have been available at about the time the 2027MY Super Duty Unscheduled Order Bank opened, when the 2027 Super Duty Order Guides were released. FYI... A 2027 order can't be placed without being submitted to the Unscheduled Order Bank. 

I could be mistaken, but I believe there was a notice several years ago regarding dealers being able to assign retail priority codes below "10" as part of an updated/revised retail order process. At a minimum, the Dealer needs to review the commodity restraints specific to the order. It's then a simple process of contacting the Regional Office to have the order reprioritized. It's not unusual for Ford to make exceptions to commodity restraints. 

10-4. Mitsubishi Outlander school of design. If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.

Looks like the Windstar from hell.

Correct, that would be the expectation for doing all of this. They need to because about $5 billion is being spent on UEV and Louisville.

Maybe like a case of getting the sedan and crossover out at a lower cost, seeing how well they do, and if they sell well, justifying moving the coupe, crossover, and sedan to a shared platform at some point in the future.