What does it actually mean when a car is bucked? Is this differnt than Scheduled for Production?

 

Bucked means your order has begun production:

Dealer Status Inquiry Glossary

 

If your not scheduled for production then your......(rhymes with bucked).....

 

 

yee haw

(bucking bronco)

 

I believe it is an old term that goes way back to the early production lines which were based on adding parts to a frame or chassis

When a frame (which was simply a part at that point) was "kicked" or "bucked" onto the assembly line conveyor belt it became a "car" and obtained an identity at that point. So production of a specific car started when the frame was "bucked".

Of course modern product lines operate completely differently. A car is created in a computer database which then is used to co-ordinate the arrival of parts on the assembly line. As is often the case, the old term stuck as a way to describe when a car actually starts production.

 

Funny you should talk about old terms sticking. In the Air Force many years ago, F-4 Phantoms had a system called RHAW (Radar Homing And Warning). Us military types LOVE using acronyms when referring to anything that we can turn into an acronym. On the F-16 Falcon, the system that comes close to the same idea is called a RTWS (Radar Threat Warning System). They don't operate exactly the same, but the old term still sticks with us whenever the older pilots want to complain about that system not working properly.

 

And let's not forget Two Live Crew made a heap of songs based on this great word too