Den helt nya F-150 kommer snart

 

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Det går bra med omställningen. I måndags den 22 sept körde de en testgrupp på 13 trucks genom monteringen. Det som fattas är målningsdelen. De blir klara först om någon vecka. 26 oktober är officiellt startdatum för den nya F-150 med Sintercast CGI i blocken. Detta datum är nu ( 30 sept) ändrat till den 20 okt. Det har tydligen gått bra med omställningen av Dearbornfabriken. 

http://www.phharval.com/home/news-and-media/build-out-start-up/ford-fleet-trucks

The plant will recall two of its three crews of workers Sept. 22 to make pre-production models.
När de är i full drift gör de 63 trucks i timmen. Dygnet runt. Veckan runt. Inte alla har dock CGI i blocken. Det finns tre olika att välja på och bara den ena har CGI i blocket.

http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2014/08/27/no-hiccups-midway-through-ford-f-150-body-shop-overhaul-/14707919/.

Produktionen håller alltså redan att varva upp. Sintercast bör vara förbi 2 milj-målet. Skall vi gissa på en annonsering en vecka in på Q4 ?

 
Idag 25 sept skriver man:
 
About 3,000 Michigan workers went on temporary layoff last month. About 1,200 are returning this week where they will began to assemble pre-production trucks in the new body shop. Those truck bodies will go through the paint shop and final assembly beginning next week.
 
Det drar ihop sig. 

2.7-liter EcoBoost engine: The 2.7-liter is the latest in Ford’s EcoBoost family of turbocharged, direct-injection gasoline engines. It offers stop-start for the first time in a pickup. And it is Ford’s first use of a compacted graphite iron cylinder block in a gasoline engine, the same material Ford uses in its 6.7-liter PowerStroke diesel.

The engine’s cylinder heads have cast-in, or integrated, exhaust manifolds to reduce turbo lag and cut weight. Variable valve timing boosts torque. On Texas Hill Country roads near here, the pickup felt quick and responsive.

The 2.7-liter EcoBoost, which cranks out 325 hp and 375 pounds-feet of torque, is priced $795 above the base 3.5-liter V-6, but Ford is offering a $300 spiff during the launch, bringing the premium down to $495. Ford says the 2.7-liter engine gives the F-150 a payload rating of 2,250 pounds and that the F-150 can tow a maximum of 8,500 pounds. The Ford Edge Sport, coming in 2015, will be the second vehicle to get the 2.7-liter EcoBoost.

 

http://www.autonews.com/article/20141005/OEM04/310069978/ford-f-150-comes-loaded-with-high-tech