Chip shortage forces Ford to cut production of Bronco and other important vehicles

Garemlin
Feb 05, 2022
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Standing Grumpy Face

Feb 05, 2022

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KEY POINTS
  • Ford is cutting vehicle production next week of several key products due to an ongoing global shortage of semiconductor chips.
  • Impacted products include the F-150 pickup, Mustang Mach-E electric crossover, Bronco SUV and other vehicles.
  • The cuts come a day after Ford significantly missed Wall Street’s earnings expectations due to supply chain issues, sending shares to tumble 9.7% on Friday.
Poindexter_d, Deano Bronc
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Rank II

Feb 05, 2022

#1
Possibly a good time to buy F then ? Looks like it. PE ratio of 4 vs. Toyota's 10, decent dividends. Was recently 24, now about 18.

Looks like a decent buy. Just make sure you have a 6-12 month stockpile of cash when the super bubble pops :D
AcesandEights

Rank VI

Feb 05, 2022

#2
ford needs to stop taking orders until the chip thing is solved permenantly.

my 2022 has less features than the car i ordered a year ago because of this.
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Standing Grumpy Face

Feb 05, 2022

#3
ford needs to stop taking orders until the chip thing is solved permenantly.

my 2022 has less features than the car i ordered a year ago because of this.

They should have stopped taking orders a while ago.

It's funny how things go one way for other Ford products, but not for the Bronco.

They halted orders for the Maverick because they couldn't keep up with demand. But kept taking Bronco orders.

Ford is cracking down on dealers charging ADM on EV vehicles. But turning a blind eye to dealers marking up Broncos.
AcesandEights

Rank V

Feb 07, 2022

#4
Wanted to put this little tidbit I got today on the chip delay situation. I surprisingly got an update to my vehicle detail this morning that had an estimated delivery date of 2/28. The progress bar still showed "in production" and delivery was "TBD". I shot my salesperson a quick text and they confirmed my Bronco was built but it was waiting on a chip. I asked if they thought the delivery date would get pushed and they said that as far as they understand, all the people who's delivery date was pushed to May have been notified and if your delivery date is still in Feb/Mar then you can expect that to hold.

Fingers crossed.
Velocity Blue, Black Diamond, Soft Top, 2.3L, Auto, Tow, Mid. In production since 2/1. Rotting on Ice Mountain.
TK1215, jamtra

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