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Frying Pan Into the Fire -- Chip Shortage
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<blockquote data-quote="Weather Man" data-source="post: 16655045" data-attributes="member: 137766"><p>Bronco's waiting in line for their chip ration.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1716327[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p> The <em><a href="https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/07/02/ford-sales-f-150-semiconductor-chip-shortage/7836909002/" target="_blank">Detroit Free Press</a></em> is reporting that Ford has received a new batch of chips that will allow it to ship thousands of <a href="https://fordauthority.com/fmc/ford/ford-f-series/" target="_blank">Ford F-Series</a> pickups to eager customers.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1716328[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>“We’re working to get chips into F-Series pickups and get them out to dealers,” Erich Merkle, U.S. sales analyst at Ford, told the <em>Free Press</em>. “That’s our first priority. We’ll see our inventories improve. It’ll take time but stock will gradually start to improve the second half of the year. Merkle added that the automaker’s inventory is at “<a href="https://fordauthority.com/2021/04/ford-new-vehicle-inventory-plunges-to-60-day-supply/" target="_blank">record lows</a>,” which “is having a near-term impact on our sales.”</p><p></p><p>As <em>Ford Authority</em> reported recently, Ford doesn’t expect dealers <a href="https://fordauthority.com/2021/05/ford-dealers-wont-be-getting-meaningful-new-vehicle-inventory-until-august/" target="_blank">to receive “meaningful” amounts of inventory until August</a>, though Merkle noted that inventory levels may not return to normal until 2022. These shortages have had a major impact on the automaker’s sales, which <a href="https://fordauthority.com/2021/07/ford-motor-company-sales-numbers-figures-results-june-2021-usa/" target="_blank">decreased 27 percent in June</a>, as <em>Ford Authority</em> reported earlier today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weather Man, post: 16655045, member: 137766"] Bronco's waiting in line for their chip ration. [ATTACH=full]1716327[/ATTACH] The [i][URL='https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/07/02/ford-sales-f-150-semiconductor-chip-shortage/7836909002/']Detroit Free Press[/URL][/i] is reporting that Ford has received a new batch of chips that will allow it to ship thousands of [URL='https://fordauthority.com/fmc/ford/ford-f-series/']Ford F-Series[/URL] pickups to eager customers. [ATTACH=full]1716328[/ATTACH] “We’re working to get chips into F-Series pickups and get them out to dealers,” Erich Merkle, U.S. sales analyst at Ford, told the [i]Free Press[/i]. “That’s our first priority. We’ll see our inventories improve. It’ll take time but stock will gradually start to improve the second half of the year. Merkle added that the automaker’s inventory is at “[URL='https://fordauthority.com/2021/04/ford-new-vehicle-inventory-plunges-to-60-day-supply/']record lows[/URL],” which “is having a near-term impact on our sales.” As [i]Ford Authority[/i] reported recently, Ford doesn’t expect dealers [URL='https://fordauthority.com/2021/05/ford-dealers-wont-be-getting-meaningful-new-vehicle-inventory-until-august/']to receive “meaningful” amounts of inventory until August[/URL], though Merkle noted that inventory levels may not return to normal until 2022. These shortages have had a major impact on the automaker’s sales, which [URL='https://fordauthority.com/2021/07/ford-motor-company-sales-numbers-figures-results-june-2021-usa/']decreased 27 percent in June[/URL], as [i]Ford Authority[/i] reported earlier today. [/QUOTE]
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