No Ford F series pickup trucks for a while
Once existing stock is sold, until Meridian Industries in Eaton Rapids gets back online (or Ford finds another supplier for it's magnesium alloy components, the F series is out of production. They ...
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Atlee wrote:
That's good on Meridian.
As for the 84 day supply of F150's, How many of those are useless for anything but grocery getting? All F150's on the lots aren't useful for towing.
It will put more pressure on F250 sales.
Guess I have to disagree with you. Even the N/A base engine V6 is rated for 5,000 lbs of towing. That's better than the majority of the crossovers on the market are rated for. I'd think any F-150 on the lot could handle my 21 foot tandem axle TT no sweat.
I'd say Ford has about 1-2 months before the pickens get real slim on the lots, but I'm pretty sure Ford will arrive at a solution for the part shortage by that time...speaking of:
Word is Meridian is moving the tooling for the parts production to a plant in Strathroy, Ontario. The IP support and an internal seat component are made by Meridian.
