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Old May 13, 2014 | 09:23 PM
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Plant retooling

Do we have a rough idea of when production of the current car is gonna end (if it hasn't already)? I ask because Ford keeps saying 'fall 2014' for when the new car is gonna be on dealer lots, and they obviously have to retool the Mustang line at Flat Rock (assuming the Mustang and Fusion are built on different lines, I have no idea one way or the other). For the sake of reference, I believe it took GM about 4 months, give or take, to retool the Bowling Green plant after C6 production ended, so I believe it would take Ford about the same length of time.
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Old May 13, 2014 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Captain Spadaro
Do we have a rough idea of when production of the current car is gonna end (if it hasn't already)? I ask because Ford keeps saying 'fall 2014' for when the new car is gonna be on dealer lots, and they obviously have to retool the Mustang line at Flat Rock (assuming the Mustang and Fusion are built on different lines, I have no idea one way or the other). For the sake of reference, I believe it took GM about 4 months, give or take, to retool the Bowling Green plant after C6 production ended, so I believe it would take Ford about the same length of time.
There is still no official time frame yet. Lots of speculation and he said she said.
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Old May 13, 2014 | 09:39 PM
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There is still no official time frame yet. Lots of speculation and he said she said.
Really? That's odd. You'd think there would have been a definite date set by now. Hell, the last of the SN95s were built in May 2004, and the first S197s in June of that year (granted, they were built at two different plants).

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Old May 13, 2014 | 09:44 PM
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Production is supposed to start August 11, 2014.
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Old May 13, 2014 | 09:59 PM
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Production is supposed to start August 11, 2014.
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Old May 13, 2014 | 10:00 PM
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http://www.phharval.com/home/news-an...ord-fleet-cars

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/20...led-75629.html

http://www.worldcarfans.com/11401276...may-production
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Old May 13, 2014 | 10:08 PM
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Ah, okay.
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Old May 14, 2014 | 12:03 PM
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Maybe it's time for the 2015 section to get an order tracking thread started... pre-orders opened yesterday!

"05/13/2014 – 2015MY Mustang – Order Bank Opens"
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Old May 14, 2014 | 01:17 PM
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How can they take orders for something they haven't announced the price of yet?
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Old May 14, 2014 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AWmustang
How can they take orders for something they haven't announced the price of yet?
If the order banks open on the 20th (or thereabouts), I imagine that we'll know the pricing (and the weight), by the end of the month.
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