Ford Bronco Production Start Date Allegedly Pushed Back to May 3, 2021
30 Dec 2020, 12:26 UTC ·
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Aurel Niculescu
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The Blue Oval has started building up hype for the reinvented 2021 Bronco years in advance of its official arrival in July this year. Sadly, for both the company and above all the model’s fans, trouble with a crucial supplier moved the expected first deliveries to the summer of 2021.
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That means reservation holders might have to wait for the first units of the 2-Door and 4-Door Broncos (probably of the First Edition variety) an entire year or more. Clearly not the greatest news, but according to the latest report on the matter, here’s hoping there will be no more changes to the scheduling.
According to a tip from the bronco6g.com forum, Ford has allegedly updated the order acceptance, scheduling the start of production dates. When we first reported on the matter, the “initial order acceptance” was booked for December 7th, 2020; the “scheduling” should have begun on January 14th, 2021; and first series-produced units would have been taken off the factory lines starting March 22nd of next year.
Now, the readout stands a bit different. The initial order acceptance – which is when Ford gives dealers the green light to place orders – has been rescheduled for January 19th, 2021. Moving on, scheduling (which is when the company starts laying in all previously received orders) has been bumped to March 18th.
Most importantly, the actual production has been relegated to May 3rd, next year. Now, it’s a bit of a déjà vu, but we have to rewrite our initial call to faith from the previous report too; Ford would better not screw this one up as well because we now know exactly how Bronco fans will react to the company not keeping its promise.
For example, some will shed the last bit of patience and go out spending their cash either on a previous-generation Bronco or (even worse for Ford) give the competition the edge.
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