Ford Ranger production to ramp up again as wait times grow

Waiting instances on new 2023 Ford Ranger utes array from six to nine months on most well known models, but some Ranger Raptor shoppers have been advised the hold out is up to a 12 months or additional.

Details on the Ford Australia web page on waiting around situations design-by-model attempt to get rid of some of the guesswork, but delays fluctuate based on colour, choices and model grade.

Fleet and 2.-litre variants appear to be ready to go at lots of dealers, as desire for the new Ranger has skewed extra intensely to major-conclusion types than Ford experienced predicted.

Now the business has confirmed it is operating overtime in an attempt to shorten queues.

“We’ve added shifts in each Thailand and in South Africa,” Dianne Craig, Ford’s boss of international markets, explained to Generate. 

“Whilst items have undoubtedly enhanced – and Ranger has been usually shielded from a corporation standpoint, because we had to guard it for the launch – the even bigger obstacle (is) the offer chain … it’s been so unstable. 

“Offer around the last few of many years has been such a problem just for the reason that of the (semiconductor lack). 

“So then you pile on that with this desire we have for (new Ranger). What we’re performing is we’re performing genuinely intently with our suppliers mainly because it’s just not the producing capacity. 

“We have received to make certain that we can meet that demand over the future couple of decades (by upgrading) the production capability, which we’ve completed.”

The boss of Ford Australia, Andrew Birkic, claimed the business was undertaking almost everything it could to provide customer vehicles quicker, but also pleaded for persistence.

The organization was also ordering much more parts for ‘Premium Pack’ editions of the Ford Ranger Wildtrak and authentic towing kits for the Ford Everest.

“Genuinely, it is in our greatest interest to get as lots of (vehicles) as attainable, but … it has to be at the proper quality.”