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.
I understand the business case and Ford's decision to kill Ford and Lincoln sedans. The reason that I moved to BMW was because they still make a full range of desirable (to me) sedans and coupes. My question is how do they do it profitably if Ford or GM cannot? I guess the same question would apply to Mercedes, Audi, and other upscale makes that offer sedans. Is it brand loyalty, more desirable products, higher prices, what? Or are they profitable? In the case of BMW, one would have to think so since sedan sales are a large part of their business.