Retail orders use 03-19 priority codes and stock orders 20-80. The scheduling system looks at priority codes first and selects orders with the lowest priority codes first based on commodity constraint compliance. You know better!
When I worked at Ford & Visteon, high volume Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln sedans were considered loss leaders. Profit margins on Ford trucks, vans, and SUVs more than made up for that.
Ford's profit margin on F-Series is much higher than BMW and Benz on sedans and coupes.
and sometimes we dont have a choice....they get changed dfrom outside sources ( Ford ) quite often...may/ may not be to do with commodity issues...my OWN Bronco orders priority codes were a bloody roller coaster and were NOT changed by our Dealer principle whom is in control of that....
Yeah, I was thinking of Ford and not just Lincoln. I suppose Ford's heritage is more geared toward value priced passenger vehicles and, of course, trucks. That would different than the manufacturers that I mentioned. The profit margins are likely higher on BMW and MB sedans and coupes than they ever were on high volume sedans like Ford sold.
As a 2013 Fusion Titanium owner I agree it was a great vehicle. Only downside was weight and mpg compared to the imports. The problem was not many people were willing to pay a premium for a Titanium. I hardly ever saw another Titanium model. They were 90% cheap SE models. Same for Escape. Nothing but SEs. Cheap transportation.
BMW’s heritage is performance cars. Lincoln’s heritage is Town Cars. BMW and MB are mfrs. Lincoln is a small division of Ford. Huge difference in resources and potential buyers.