Ford Motor Company celebrates new truck launches in Dearborn

Ford Motor Company stopped the assembly line at the Rouge truck plant for about an hour Thursday for a party. It's celebrating its 2024 truck launches and sales, especially the Maverick and Ranger pickup trucks.

[@isaac198428]

The funny thing is that Ford will still be recalling these trucks in a few months.

[@2417icelandgoblin]

Great, more trucks no one can afford.

[@cwqrpportable]

Live within your means then. I have no problem affording them

[@2417icelandgoblin]

Lmao

[@theturtle2121]

Make a truck like they were in the 70,s and 80’s…SIMPLE! 😂

[@lawtonsfinest8622]

Even 90s SMDH. Even I can run a company better than this it's common sense when u run a business who iz these infidels 👊🏿

[@DiaperSNiFFER]

These trucks are waay better then any of those be for real

[@americanhotdog]

No thx's

[@mikldude9376]

@@DiaperSNiFFERyes and no , these things for people in general are lot like smartphones bud , you can buy top of the line smartphones that cost an arm and a leg often with way more features than the majority will ever use ( they look pretty though), or you can buy a budget model that still does all the basic functions you need to get done in daily life for half the price . I know which one I’d pick.

[@chrisfrank8413]

All lies. they held the 2024s because they couldn't sell the overpriced '23s and even '22s clogging dealer lots. Now, 6 months into the 2024 sales year (24's appear in Oct prev year) they have to release them. what a load of Bull.

[@CP-pb3pj]

You’re right. He makes it seem very believable when he speaks. Very nice trucks though besides the price.

[@josipdolic6391]

Probably yeah

[@encinobalboa]

And no mention of Lightning that Ford can't give away because no one wants them.

[@JMac85X]

Very true. They're padding the numbers through fleet sales, they have thousands of 22 and 23's just sitting in lots in different states which are rotting away so if you do buy one chances are it will break down or have electrical complications.

[@jasonmurdoch9936]

💯

[@dwnrange7812]

Mavericks are where Ford needs to put all its efforts into

[@spyder000069]

Ranger in XL / XLT trim as well. What did they do? Prioritized Ranger Raptor.

[@SideShowOnTheGo]

Less technology equals more reliability

[@ryanphillips5688]

Appreciate that they're taking the time for proper quality control.

[@ongkondeb3928]

It’s not necessarily that. It’s just that they would loose more money through recalls so they are just fixing them now. Trust me if it would be cheaper for them to sell them now, they would

[@chrisfrank8413]

they held the 2024s because they couldn't sell the overpriced '23s and even '22s clogging dealer lots. Now, 6 months into the 2024 sales year (24's appear in Oct prev year) they have to release them. what a load of Bull.

[@Ornelas11B]

@@chrisfrank8413You can still find brand new 2022 Ford’s on lots for sale. I looked on autotrader. Terrible.

[@shanedillon9117]

More American Planned Obsolescence, with a high price tag. You know to take care of the share holders.

[@timothywilliams9569]

What about all those unsold trucks on lot

[@spyder000069]

Shhhhhhhh !!!

[@indy69541]

Good to see they are taking time to inspect them before they release them everyone whining about the price news flash dodge toyota gm all the same price. Allways had good luck with ford vehicles anyone ive had has been very reliable

[@Dfgbuiiyyyybb]

Maverick isn’t made in America it’s made in Mexico.

[@WCghost05]

Not 100% true

[@brettjeppesen4098]

quit making more complex pickups and get back to making some quality.

[@encinobalboa]

Correct. Ford should copy the previous gen Tundra and make a big displacement V8 truck that is port injected, has no cylinder deactivation, and minimal interior electronic gizmos. Not interested in leather interior or Blue Tooth either.

[@boondocker7964]

@@encinobalboa Yeah, and at a reasonable price.

[@HuckThis1971]

Free commercial for Ford.

[@DTWave81]

The words quality and Ford do not belong in the same sentence 🤣

[@falcon4548]

Ashes to ashes dust to dust… if it wasn’t for Fords … me tools would rust 😜

[@jp6614]

Dodge??

[@cwqrpportable]

Well, that’s a cute little lingo but it’s not accurate. I own a fleet of Fseries trucks and just this past winter did some thorough cross shopping between truck brands. I leased and purchased Ford trucks again. The most disappointing of all? Toyota Tundra. My F150s have been stellar.

[@jtomtl]

Ford is okay, better than GM and RAM😂

[@cwqrpportable]

@@jtomtl Ford F150 has higher quality than the Toyota Tundra hands down

[@Suzanne-f4x]

Why did Ford STOP making the little Ranger truck? That's what I need and want!

[@chrisfrank8413]

Ford brought the Range back in 2019. I ownwed a 2020. they have a nice redisign for '24. Best midsized out there. check it out

[@theturtle2121]

@@chrisfrank8413he said LITTLE Ranger. The new Rangers are huge compared to a 90’s ranger. And the smaller Maverick is a front wheel drive biased unibody and not as capable as an old danger Ranger

[@chrisfrank8413]

@@theturtle2121 Yeah, I hear Toyota has something coming along those lines, 20k price tag.

[@tonyfulford3175]

Because of government mandates. Ford could not integrate the air bags (side air bags, not just front) without a major redesign. This is the same thing that killed the Crown Vic and Grand Marquis, stupid government mandates. All of this leads to higher prices for vehicles. Blame the lawyers really, nothing but ambulance chasers. They are the reason why we can't have nice things.

[@boondocker7964]

I had an '04 and an '08 Ranger, both new off the dealers lot, last week a local dealer had a 2011 Ranger on the lot, it disappeared in a couple of days.

[@davidreed3165]

Make a truck that looks like a truck. Two doors, six foot bed. Not an Explorer with a tiny bed welded on the back.

[@DiaperSNiFFER]

Then get the f250 or f1-50

[@whatitis99]

They make a truck that looks like a truck that has two doors and a six or eight foot bed!

[@kerrygibbs8198]

Sparrows the Speech. You’re already going to be number one for recalls for 2024.

[@moeal5469]

Waste Management has a new truck. Can’t wait for those recalls. I mean new truck’s, to start delivering to dealers. There’s a free AAA included with every truck. Because you’ll need a tow truck. But Fords got you covered.

[@joemyatt3253]

Nobody is going to buy a $75k f150 so they will sit.

[@mikldude9376]

That’s it , car makers have priced themselves out of the market.

[@brandonmoore1930]

I’ve owned GM Toyota and ford trucks . The ford trucks were hands down a better truck for me

[@mark-1901]

Sales are up for vehicles that people want....

[@HershelSchneider]

They can keep them

[@carloswells8469]

Too many smiles per gallon.🤙🏾❤️

[@toddprater14]

They are gonna store these 24’s to try to dump out the 23’s tgat are stored…

[@jamesweidenfeller2699]

What was the quality issues? Oh yeah 2024 union employees 😂

[@chrisfrank8413]

Ok, back to making my Frys for you!

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Misspelled greedy bosses and owners.

[@chrisfrank8413]

@@centredoorplugsthornton4112 You shud Bee ust two wit.

[@jordash9992]

Are you jealous or something?

[@rayellebishop8168]

I will not buy a new UAW made vehicle because of Shawn Fain.

[@anderander5662]

The only pickups selling well are the Maverick

[@masterkinglee]

Grand opening, grand closing!

[@garyszewc3339]

They are launching 2024s, 2 months after Ram launched their 2025s. Of course Fords been building them for months but they just couldn't sell them due to recalls.

[@virgilpalmer2427]

Wouldn't buy a new vehicle if they took off 30% ... 😂

[@JMac85X]

Brand new F150 XLT went for $36k in 2019

[@arthurtomczak8474]

Why soo complex ?

[@dtomaz1]

Any good ones that last past warranty?…Ford quality has been a dumpster fire lately.

[@JonathanbradleyT]

All companies have recalls , but I applaud ford making my 10 yr 300k miles f150 v8 reliable , and for making v8 in the age of lies that turbos will save the butterfly’s

[@futurebalance6134]

Perfect he said 😂

[@kbolosan4024]

Good hook story line. Quality…yeah right. Ford needs to establish high quality standards across its entire supply chain first.

[@bobwilson758]

Electric bad boy …? Cool man zap !

[@andrewmcroy9482]

First of all: abandon the electric trucks Secondly: since when has the ford C.O.O. not been a family member. Times are a changing 😥

[@moeal5469]

You hire a Curry Monkey 🐒. As COO expect a circus 🎪 🤡

[@michaelmunizsr-yh6yq]

False park death the 2001 ford 150 took her life in this ! We took them to court but lost in the case ! For as long as I live I will never own a Ford vehicle! Rip Mom love Michael Muniz

[@JMac85X]

They're lying, those trucks are sitting because nobody wants to pay $70,000 for a truck. Probably thousands of 22 and 23's unsold. They're padding their numbers through fleet sales.

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Lessee, they docked the line workers pay to have and pay for this party.

[@bobwilson758]

Damn right they did - union break ! Thing is - when they stop a line , it takes quite a while to get it Going again ! 😅

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

Easy to get them right or righter ... don't make them EVs.

[@joeysworldsewer]

That hybrid Maverick is looking really nice right now, gas is 3.25 down here. I might have to visit my dealer. Just need something to carry a few bags of mulch, nothin too heavy.

[@brianhazelwood9078]

Powerboost,when you grew up with 351 -400m , Hybrid and Turbo are A-OK,11-13 mpg compared to 27

[@TheNuzzman]

Ford keeps talking about quality,but they have the largest recall by far then any other car maker.

[@lotus956]

How many recalls do these come with? Over/under 12?

[@MonteVistaWV]

No one wants an EV truck who actually uses the vehicle like a truck

[@kimle2796]

quality and Ford doesn't come in the same sentence.

[@alfonzodavis1446]

Did he just say they are prioritizing quality…..😂 oh nah they brainwashed this fool.

[@tyle6591]

THANKS FORD OVER PRICE

[@hqoffroad]

My 2019 f150 3.0 diesel was made in this factory. 102502 mile recurring problem but one day they will do better no😂

[@SuperFastmover]

80 grand! no thanks.

[@davetomlinson9063]

Keep your ev crap build it simple inexpensive reliable you know like a hundred years ago.

[@eutimiochavez415]

More junk trucks 😂😂 we need more simple trucks like the 50s and 60s 😂😂

[@robertconville6269]

Not paying $50,00 plus for a vehicle!

[@nyleslehnen4751]

Why even make new ones until u sell the multitudes of trucks sitting on lots everywhere all over and repo lots packed too

[@cub1009]

All these employees need to be fired and replaced by machines. It's 2024 we don't need to deal with unions anymore. Quality will increase. A truck shouldn't cost 80k and fall apart in 100k miles. These employees are to blame for high prices. They make way too much money. People in Mexico would build these trucks for $10 a day.

[@christopherkeene3647]

Dodge and gm builds trucks in mexico, but they are not passing the savings to the customers

[@monkeyhunkeytunkey]

Yeah that sounds completely reasonable, lets just tank the dwindling economy even quicker so executives get a fatter quarterly bonus. Quality starts at the head, top-down. The foundational basis of any vehicle is proper engineering and simplification. Vehicles are comprised of parts that are purposely made to fall apart by engineers, the engineers are not to be at fault because this mandate comes from the top. The lifecycle of parts are carefully engineered to usually break after warranties so that manufactures can double dip from selling these vehicles to dealerships but also sell the parts to fix these shoddily made parts. The dealerships don't care either because they're in bed with MFG's and make a killing from their service departments. If you want proper quality vehicles then people are going to need to demand it. There is no need to stop-start ignitions, electric parking brakes, 20-60" inches worth of touch screens, electric climate control, hybrid power packs (laughable performance) that are not reliable, ect. Honestly these features should be offered on premium brands and not integrated into baseline trim levels. These creature comforts come at a great cost by raising the MSRP from the base trim level onward, MFG's want to recoup their money anyway for all that R&D and retooling. For goodness sake there shouldn't be a reason to have all this bloatware on work trucks, its counter intuitive to what a truck represents. Honestly at this point if any of the big 3 made a separate truck line that embodied quality and ruggedness with simplicity it would be a smash hit but executives would never approve of this because it would cannibalize into F-150/250's and 1500/2500's profit margins. As far as the union thing goes I'm sure there are QC issues that are permitted because of union protection but how bad can it be if you really think about it. Most of the critical components are pre-packaged from suppliers. The workers are simply loading in these parts in their respective work line. Do you think a factory worker from Mexico will produce a higher quality vehicle if they were non-unionized? I don't think so, I think it comes down to quality parts, quality control and a monumental shift in company ethos to place an emphasis on quality, after all their reputation is dependent on it.

[@JMac85X]

That's not a good idea, you're just giving away the economy to a different country. You're what we call a smooth brain.

[@jamesnunez1703]

We do not want e cars. Give us a v8

[@FlameBlue9016]

They are now in process of shipping them to a holding because we have major amounts of quality issues.

[@slomotrainwreck]

Ford is giving the customer what they asked for, something that looks like a truck, loaded with a ton of unreliable electronic garbage that breaks just past the warranty. SMH

[@mikldude9376]

I certainly wouldn’t buy an EV in anything , And if other people think like I do , then something that is less loaded with gimmicky stuff and an old school drive line that the average joe can reliably drive and if need be service myself. Do I want hi power , higher stressed smaller complex turbocharged engines ? The answer is no , I want a nice simple big lazy under stressed engine that makes reasonable power and will last for many years( it does not need to do 0 to 100 in 3 seconds) , and I’d be happily prepared to pay for the slightly extra fuel used. That’s just me though. I don’t think most people want to put deposit for a house money to buy a dam dual cab.

[@chrisolbrycht9858]

Ta quality is there no more

[@falcon4548]

Ford… found on road dead 😜

[@Unleaded93]

Junk products, I have 4 family members whom work at Ford,and I still will never buy one!..........

[@fredwilliams7893]

What's better?

[@jp6614]

They can celebrate 🥳 bankruptcy all they want. 🏁

[@John-yf4ie]

A better idea that would really sell!!! Start building quality!! It use to be" Quality before the name go on. The same saying was advertised by Zenith TV's except they also forgot and cared less-they just wanted the sales and now Zenith is no longer made.

[@dforest4746]

“prioritize quality” like the trucks that ended up at dealers with 2 different headlight assemblies?.. 🤨

[@panthermartin7784]

Oohh is that where all the recalls and defective parts come from?

[@americanhotdog]

Fix the Mustang engine ticking problem

[@michaelking6895]

😂they better be affordable otherwise they gonna be eating them

[@jacqueslemieux6235]

EV is not a good choice. Buy hybrid. You won't regret it

[@petebusch9069]

Junk, how about making reliable trucks. This is disgusting.

[@carlosnuckols8470]

Ford might want to slow down on this truck and sell the inventory that isn’t being sold.

[@JamesBlake_7171]

Junk

[@spscorse]

Don’t they have to sell the 2023’s first

[@johnwalbridge2430]

Nobody can afford them. My last tee Ford trucks blew engines. I'm a Honda driver now.

[@purpskurp8737]

Hybrids are growing only because we are getting less & less non hybrid options.

[@michaelmunizsr-yh6yq]

Ford! Fix or repair Daily! Junk and Dangerous truck ! In the yr 2008 my mother lost her life in an

[@lonnieopp8198]

nothing like celebrating a failing company

[@anthonyguida913]

Ford motor company has lost me as a customer I have a 2020 Ford Ranger which has had a boatload of problems from day one quality control is garbage. I had more problems with my brand new ranger than my 5-year-old previous vehicle.

[@Thomas_Paine1286]

They were held back due to floor plan financing bankrupting dealers cause of no buyers 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jtomtl]

Super expensive for F-150, sit and rot in parking lots

[@munkeybonz589]

Let me explain in plain english.....nobody wants an ev.....nobody wants a 70k f150, it's almost time to roll out the 2025s, so keep ur trucks ford

[@elir.torres8642]

Mr. Kumar is confusing American indian car quality with Japanese. No American car company has a quality product thats like calling the U.S. a Democracy when infact we are a republic.

[@bmwlane8834]

Looks like more emotional support trucks for the fragile ego guys!

[@nobodyspecial-ct4ic]

and are now celebrating their latest recall......450,000 vehicles this time. Poor quality over priced junk

[@pascalouellette8516]

Ford has overpriced a majority of their fleet and they will not sell with high interest rates...out of touch with their customers...

[@marcogonzalez3893]

F1500 the Engine no good to muchMoney For Fix

[@Ornelas11B]

Another bailout for automakers is on the way.

[@dittohead7425]

Garbage trucks for outrageous prices. May Ford go down the tube's. Toyota is what I've been eyeing, but the one truck I want is only sold in Thailand...

[@user-vv2wd9vm4l]

Celebrating ripping people off and completely getting away with it

[@dannyhuckabee9695]

Again hastag not me movement..by nor buying you tell them nor me.. nit us..hold the line..prices will fall..

[@DavidLittle-y3e]

Yeah ,When are you going bring back Quality is job #1 saying 🫤