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I am sitting at home not working with plenty of time on my hands. This is primarily for us in UK but some of what I say may be significant to those of you in the US.
According to the Ford (US) website the Select and GT versions of the Mach e are preorderable but have always stated that they are not available until 2021. Going by what has been said on this forum it would seem quite a few have been preordered but we don't know firm numbers. California Route 1 is the same but I don't recall seeing anyone on here saying the have preordered one. I am sure I will hear to the contrary if this assumption is wrong. The First Editions were available both in US and Europe to preorder and it would seem that they were 'sold out' by the end of November. Once again we don't have exact numbers. I did hear varying estimates, some said 1500 in Europe, some said 1500 in UK. I would guess the former with possibly the same number in the US.
Now that just leaves the Premium. I think we can safely say that this is the same model in both markets with different level of specs so it is easier to stick with the one name. Someone on here said that the thought that the first 4000 cars to come of the production line would be for Corporate,staff and possibly dealer demonstraters. Ford would have to provide some for crash testing as well. Don't know whether these would be included in this number or not.
Now for the purely guess work. We have been told that Ford intend on producing 50000 in the first production year. Would like to know what the timescale of 'production year' is but depending on where you look, a car can come to the end of a production line between every 30 secs/2 mins. Allowing for 2 x 8 hour shifts per day for 5 days a week this would mean when at full speed Ford could make, in theory, approx 900 Mach e's a day. Therefore the full production run could therefore only take 55 days. A bit unrealistic I think but there you are. Anyway, if you take of the 4000 that leaves 46000. Guesstimate the Select, GT and CR1, 5000 and First Editions, 4000 that leaves 37000 for the Premium. When production starts one would assume that the corporate,staff and dealer demos will be made first and then First Editions to be shipped. The next ones in production would then be the Premiums.
If the launch is to be the same time in both Europe and the US then the delivery logistics get complicated. On a direct route from Mexico, (Altamira or Veracruz) to UK can take about 30 days. On a scheduled round robin route, which could possibly include US ports, can take up to 60+ days. So, to get any cars into the UK, (for those of you in the rest of Europe I apologise) for an October launch the vehicle carrier would need to leave Mexico at the beginning of September at the latest or beginning of August at the earliest depending on the route taken. Once demos and First Editions have been delivered on launch day the Premiums will hopefully be on their way.
Now crunch time. For this to happen my thoughts are that Ford would need to reopen tha Cuautalin plant and start production by the end of June. ??
As I said earlier, this is purely fiction. It is not based on any facts, apart from the shipping journey times so is only meant to be a subject for discussion (or ridicule if that is what floats your boat). Until information comes my way to the contrary I am still expecting my ER RWD Mach e sometime in November.
Now I hope that all on here are keeping well and if there any Ford employees (especially any from Mach e teams) lurking undercover stay safe and well and keep up the good work.
My next wish is that this dreadful situation resolves itself soon so that I can get back to work so I haven't got time to write this awful drivel
According to the Ford (US) website the Select and GT versions of the Mach e are preorderable but have always stated that they are not available until 2021. Going by what has been said on this forum it would seem quite a few have been preordered but we don't know firm numbers. California Route 1 is the same but I don't recall seeing anyone on here saying the have preordered one. I am sure I will hear to the contrary if this assumption is wrong. The First Editions were available both in US and Europe to preorder and it would seem that they were 'sold out' by the end of November. Once again we don't have exact numbers. I did hear varying estimates, some said 1500 in Europe, some said 1500 in UK. I would guess the former with possibly the same number in the US.
Now that just leaves the Premium. I think we can safely say that this is the same model in both markets with different level of specs so it is easier to stick with the one name. Someone on here said that the thought that the first 4000 cars to come of the production line would be for Corporate,staff and possibly dealer demonstraters. Ford would have to provide some for crash testing as well. Don't know whether these would be included in this number or not.
Now for the purely guess work. We have been told that Ford intend on producing 50000 in the first production year. Would like to know what the timescale of 'production year' is but depending on where you look, a car can come to the end of a production line between every 30 secs/2 mins. Allowing for 2 x 8 hour shifts per day for 5 days a week this would mean when at full speed Ford could make, in theory, approx 900 Mach e's a day. Therefore the full production run could therefore only take 55 days. A bit unrealistic I think but there you are. Anyway, if you take of the 4000 that leaves 46000. Guesstimate the Select, GT and CR1, 5000 and First Editions, 4000 that leaves 37000 for the Premium. When production starts one would assume that the corporate,staff and dealer demos will be made first and then First Editions to be shipped. The next ones in production would then be the Premiums.
If the launch is to be the same time in both Europe and the US then the delivery logistics get complicated. On a direct route from Mexico, (Altamira or Veracruz) to UK can take about 30 days. On a scheduled round robin route, which could possibly include US ports, can take up to 60+ days. So, to get any cars into the UK, (for those of you in the rest of Europe I apologise) for an October launch the vehicle carrier would need to leave Mexico at the beginning of September at the latest or beginning of August at the earliest depending on the route taken. Once demos and First Editions have been delivered on launch day the Premiums will hopefully be on their way.
Now crunch time. For this to happen my thoughts are that Ford would need to reopen tha Cuautalin plant and start production by the end of June. ??
As I said earlier, this is purely fiction. It is not based on any facts, apart from the shipping journey times so is only meant to be a subject for discussion (or ridicule if that is what floats your boat). Until information comes my way to the contrary I am still expecting my ER RWD Mach e sometime in November.
Now I hope that all on here are keeping well and if there any Ford employees (especially any from Mach e teams) lurking undercover stay safe and well and keep up the good work.
My next wish is that this dreadful situation resolves itself soon so that I can get back to work so I haven't got time to write this awful drivel
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