Retail. MSRP Ordered 10/25/23 vin issued with a build week 02/12/24
This was the first of his videos that I've seen where he gave Ranger production numbers for a month.
After visiting my wife's family for Christmas, several of whom work for General Motors the past 30-40 years, their comment was: "If it's a new model, let them practice the fit and finish on the first 1000 before they build yours".
Well, that’s something I’ll deal with when the time comes. Also the truck is only new to the U.S but not totally new, it’s been being produced in other countries for almost 2 years.
The kinks should be worked out from the get-go. The Ranger has already been built for 2 years overseas. At least that’s what I’m hoping.
You have absolutly no idea what you are talking about. Non of the tooling being ran on ranger has been ran before, it is all brand new. Kinks will happen and get resolved. The savings grace is many of these major subassemblies (drivetrain components, wiring harnesses, frame) is already in use today. Expect issues to be present on the first ~1000
Why do you feel the need to degrade this guy’s comment?
Look man, I've been in manufacturing on the engineering and tooling side all my life. There are ALWAYS unforseen problems that get caught off tool. Panel gaps, bushing clearances, gear lash, adhesive retention, connector pinning, and about a million more potential problems. The possibility of the first 1000 trucks coming off the line with no issues is so close to 0 it is barely worth mentioning. It is preposterous to believe that a device as complicated as a modern vehicle with a quality requirement north of $32000 will run flawlessly through assembly the first time through, or the 100th time through or the 500th time through.
I personally understand and somewhat agree with what you’re saying about mechanical and quality control issues and tooling. But I think you’re missing the point.
I never insinuated they were unintelligent, I said they have no idea what they are talking about, which is true. For all I know, @Pac987 is a brain surgeon, someone who would be extremely intelligent, much more than myself, but may still not understand manufacturing. Regardless of intelligence, they still spoke out of turn and showed no knowledge on the topic.
