RUMOR: Tipster Sets The Record Straight On Ford's Timelines For Bronco, F-150, Mustang, Ranger

• Bronco: Debut slated for Spring 2020 — commenter here says March timing for debut
• Bronco: Production starts December 7
• Bronco: First arrivals happen in January/February 2021

• F-150: Refreshed for 2021 MY, not all-new
• F-150: Pilot production underway at Kansas City factory, standard production begins in August
• F-150: No word on timing for an official reveal — 2020 Detroit Auto Show in Summer?
• F-150: Raptor returns Summer 2021
• F-150: Next-gen truck due in 2026

• Ranger: Next-gen truck due in late 2022 as 2023 MY vehicle

• Mustang: Refreshed car will arrive in 2022 as 2023 MY vehicle — expect a late June 2022 launch and will live for about five years

Here’s some juicy Blue Oval insider news to start your week. Motor1.com received a tip outlining Ford’s future production schedule for several notable models, including the next F-150 and Mustang. The anonymous tip also gives us interesting insight for the Bronco and Ranger, as well as long-term F-150 development beyond the new truck debuting this year. The information can’t be confirmed obviously, but it comes from a reliable source familiar to our staff and it does line up with previous tips we’ve received, as well as recent leaks from Ford proper...

Tiberius1701A - 2/11/2020 7:51:50 AM

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These are all speculative at best. By the time Bill Ford snaps out of it, the Hackster/Farley drilling machine may well have put the Blue Oval over the brink.

Carmaker1 - 2/12/2020 2:20:38 AM

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Not speculation, all 100% factual coming from me. I have proof of all these things, but someone has mixed up things that I stated privately.

Either Motor1 or Agent00R did that. A number of bullets are rewritten differently from my own provided text.

Bear in mind that the recent S650 Mustang leak came indirectly from me, via spotting a publicized version of my privately held knowledge and passing it onto a Mustang owner cousin.

This time I chose Motor1 instead of my cousin, as my mouthpiece.

The minute I leak out any Ford documentation or IP, which was not previously accessible by unrestricted means, I risk termination and prosecution.

And as a side note, all of the listed programs above are already set in stone and adequately funded. Your own cynicism and skepticism doesn't really negate that, I'm sure you know.

MDarringer - 2/11/2020 8:45:35 AM

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There's also a management shake-up brewing.

The "no cars" policy has not translated into people buying Ford crossovers and dealers are not happy.

The launches of the Explorer and Escape are also sore points. The Explorer was a full-on botch job and sales--for us--are running short of the previous edition which the new vehicle looks too much like. The Escape is dull and generic and a good $3K overpriced. People are not enthusiastic about it. Additionally, the Ranger (overpriced gas hog) has been a bit of a sales dud too.

Ford has very unhappy dealers at the moment.

Conspicuously absent from the "expert's" supposed "insight" is the 2022 Fusion crossover that Ford is rather open about being in the pipeline.

Carmaker1 - 2/12/2020 1:44:05 AM

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Because I am the insider and I don't give a fuck about that program nor reporting on FWD programs altogether.

Wish Auto Spies hadn't (copied) posted this yet, because I was getting ready to send info to Agent001 specifically with attached evidence.

MDarringer - 2/12/2020 8:15:51 AM

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Then maybe you're not the insider you say you are. Do you little rage dance, but you're the type of guy who expects others to kneel and bob at your supposed superiority. NONE or your "leaks" are really new news. So cool your jets. PS I truly hope someone gets your IP and fires and prosecutes you. You deserve it.

ctsang - 2/11/2020 12:33:11 PM

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trust no Found On Road Dead

Carmaker1 - 2/12/2020 1:58:00 AM

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I really don't like it when people misconstrue my statements. I have specifically told Motor1's Adrian Padeanu in an email, that the P702 is a redesign, NOT a refresh.

Yes it will still use T3, but there are ways to redesign a vehicle via tophat (new body, interior) and revised underbody.

As for Motor1, I am quite disappointed Adrian did not write that article himself and gave the information to one of their editors I dislike the most, Christopher Smith.

Adrian being an excellent journalist, with a 99% record of accuracy got that email from me for a reason, so next time I am going to be specific with my directives or go to another page.

Auto Spies, I really wish you hadn't copy-posted this, as some details I provided them are missing and I would've sent you a different version with more information added, to Agent001.

For some reason 00R carries this site and is always on the lookout, aside from Agent001. 009 is like Jimbob's drunk, bitter annoying uncle with his passive aggressive, snarky and cynical hitpieces.

Carmaker1 - 2/12/2020 2:08:19 AM

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And from what I can tell some of my wording has been changed around by either Motor1 or this site. It's never good to put words in someone's mouth.

F-150 production is July 2020 at River Rouge, as stated in my email. KC is a secondary plant, so why omit that here? It's Gen 14 too, not a refresh.

I never called it just a refresh. You should expect this, as with the 2009 model and 1987/92 MY trucks of yore. Not every truck generation will be from scratch. It's every 2 or 3 generations that happens.

I have not referred to any reveal date for the 2021 Bronco, as my fiance is the guy behind 70% of what I know and is at risk being a T6 leader. I'm T3.

Let me get to contacting Agent 001, so he'll correct this info. I assume he's the man in charge here? Even I made some mistakes in my email in haste, such as P702 PP. It's still TT, shifting to PP units.

MDarringer - 2/12/2020 6:40:12 PM

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Ahh pillow talk....

MBCLS07 - 2/13/2020 11:02:40 PM

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Any future ICE vehicle is already obsolete. Ford needs to go 100% electric within the next 4 years to survive.