2024 Rangers fresh off the production line (milestone units just ahead of Job #1)

Friend sent me some photos from yesterday figured I’d share here.

Are these considered pre production?

Scole31 said:

Are these considered pre production?

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I do not believe so I believe these are review and executive lot models

Well at least we know Ford is making moves despite the impending doom of the UAW strike. Hopefully things continue to run smoothly.

ThickGatorade said:

I do not believe so I believe these are review and executive lot models

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Essentially these are for their quality control team to review? That’s what I’m interpreting.

pilot runs for quality, media, shows, trainers, etc.

Yeah none of these trucks will be for sale. Most (if not all) will be crushed after they fulfill their purpose over the next few weeks or months.

Scole31 said:

Essentially these are for their quality control team to review? That’s what I’m interpreting.

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Wayfaring Ranger said:

Yeah none of these trucks will be for sale. Most (if not all) will be crushed after they fulfill their purpose over the next few weeks or months.

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These are part of the Production Process Prove-Out Program. By requirement for all purposes they must be saleable units. These are milestone units just ahead of Job #1 called Integrated Build

ThickGatorade said:

These are part of the Production Process Prove-Out Program. By requirement for all purposes they must be saleable units. These are milestone units just ahead of Job #1 built through Integrated Build

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Does that actually mean they will eventually be sold? Or is it just a requirement that they be sellable for QA or media purposes

Wayfaring Ranger said:

Does that actually mean they will eventually be sold? Or is it just a requirement that they be sellable for QA or media purposes

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I am in development so I’m just going through the definition terms on explaining it. I don’t know how the process works. I do know that our pre-production units in testing are not built at the factories, cannot be sold, and get crushed at the end of their life. I think how these work at least from going through the VIN’s background, these are built by the plant to be sold to Ford. I know that might sound weird but this is just how it works even for us. These carry a real actual VIN but will likely never be sold publicly. Media reviewers will get them as will Leadership Level Ford employees for company lease vehicles. For all intents and purposes these are a production vehicle, just not mass production (Job 1)

Cool, thanks for the insight. Always enjoy the details you can share with us.

There is a slight possibility that they 'could' end up at Dealer Auction sites once their original purpose is done.
I'd venture the Lease and Leadership level are the ones that could possibly, with the media flog vehicles being crushed once they've been thrashed and then gone over.

Just my uneducated guess.

Well this is exciting

I must say that first pic that cactus gray is making me want to change my mind

coldconfession13 said:

I must say that first pic that cactus gray is making me want to change my mind

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That's the color I ordered for my Raptor. It's making me quite excited!