Ford Delays Crossovers

Ford Delays Crossovers
Ford Motor Co. will delay delivery of its new Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX crossover vehicles as it irons out problems at its Oakville, Ont., manufacturing complex, company officials said Tuesday.

The company initially said it would deliver the car-based crossover vehicles to dealerships in November, but that now has been delayed until sometime in December.

Several thousand of the vehicles have been built and all meet Ford's quality standards, but Ford wants to make sure all of its manufacturing processes are working correctly before delivering the vehicles, Joseph Hinrichs, vice-president of North American manufacturing, said in an interview.

"The product's ready. We want to make sure that our process is equally ready to deliver, on a consistent basis, the quality and the timeliness of the deliveries that our dealers and our customers expect," Hinrichs said.



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EL34EL34 - 11/16/2006 12:57:54 PM
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What are those problems, Union workers?

If they could just get CNC machines and robots to build the entire car and have a few Union hacks standing around to watch the machines the reliability issue would be gone.


mstangpny07mstangpny07 - 11/16/2006 4:48:26 PM
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No, it's not workers.
They just want to make sure that the Edge and MKX launch solidly. They can't afford to have any relibility glitches.

Just wondering, who in the world would buy the ugly MKX?


jt716jt716 - 11/17/2006 5:57:16 PM
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I know the MKX looks ugly at first but you kinda get used to it lol. Thee interior is the only good buying point otherwise exterior is wierd...


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