Agreed, lots of wishful thinking on the 2023s. If anyone reads the quarterly reports or analyst writing this won’t get better until at least the 2H 2023.I wouldn't be surprised that the date of the Order Bank opening might be pushed back even further. I know that we all, myself included, have been frustrated with the slow processing and build timelines, but I'm sure that people at Ford have been more frustrated. After all, they are in the business of building and selling vehicles in order to make a profit. I'm sure that Ford doesn't want to continue to partially build vehicles and put them in parking lots. They don't get any revenue for that until those vehicles are delivered to customers. If I were Ford, I would make sure that the nightmares that occurred for MY2022, won't perpetuate into MY2023. People in these forums think that once the order banks open and order guides appear for MY2023, that everything will be okay. I don't think that will be the case for at least 2 more years.
As for people being pissed at ford. I can agree with the lack of communication being a gap. The actual product delays or feature removal, that’s caused by lack of parts, not ford desiring to sell less vehicles.
Also. The latest I’ve see basically pointed to expedition was the lowest priority of part allocation. Essentially, commercial, super duty 1 ton, 3/4, and mid size SUV were all priority, essentially where they sell the bulk of volume, the 60-80k of expeditions is a much lower volume sell than an Explorer (200k+) or f series (800k+).