amk91
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I am still skeptical of that April 2023 reveal, because although things can change, media said the same stuff about the S550 and boy were they wrong. December 6th had no significance to Ford and yet they chose it anyway as a reveal date in 2013.According to latest informations MY2023 order banks open on October 17th. This would match the Gen 7 reveal in April 23 with launch as MY2024 later. So we could get a full MY2023 S550 with the renamed black accents package.
Only thing that don't add up is that export models S550 will end by end of the year. But pausing export models while US models continue for a while wouldn't be a big surprise and even for the 18 refresh there was quite a gap before export models continued
2010 Mustang was revealed in September 2008, despite the 45th anniversary coming up. Yet Ford also stupidly called the 2009s 45th anniversary cars, even though they were all sold and produced in 2008. Mustang production beginning March 9, 1964 negates that. Ford got the 50th anniversary right at least, after years of cheating with truly 39th and 44th anniversary cars.
I hope there is no 60th anniversary until 2025MY and midway through the 2024 model year.
Outdated? My information is from April 2022, so that's as good as it gets for now. I really do hope someone else can back it up, because Ford is a large organization.but how out of date is your 'internal' information? I guess MY designations are just as much fiction as Hogwarts' incantations, but to call a March/April '23 car a MY24 is stretching the truth/credibility even more than salt-water toffee.
If March '23 is J1 then obviously the orderbooks have to be opened by Oct/Nov'ish which means a reveal no later than Aug.
I guess I'll order my Mach 1 late July?
As for your theory, well Ford has done this before, notably in fact right here. I am often annoyed by pre-July "next year" cars myself, but Ford pioneered this themselves clearly. The March 6, 2023 date might be very deliberate.
March 9, 1964
Just 18 months after they reached this point in September 1962.
Easily could've given themselves a full 2 years and launched production in September 1964 for October 1964 street date and not April 17, 1964 release.
Ford has done plenty of "next year" new models or redesigns early in a new calendar year, mostly when development runs later than planned or for ultra competitive reasons. Such as the 1997 F-150 in January 1996 and 2008 Super Duty in January 2007. 2011 Super Duty in early 2010 or 2012 Ford Focus in early 2011.
This is nothing out of the ordinary, even if I respect intros like the 2009/2015/2021 F-150 being December and the Bronco being a 2021 model in 2021.
In terms of reveal date preceding order books opening, I wouldn't count on it too much. Easily could cut it close to orders opening up. Now that's my only speculation here.
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