Ford F-150 vehicles are assembled on the Ford River Rouge Complicated on Jan. 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan.
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DETROIT — Ford Motor mentioned Wednesday it is persevering with to extend manufacturing of its essential F-Sequence full-size pickup vehicles after fires at an aluminum provider severely impacted output over the previous 12 months.
The Detroit automaker expects an inflow of pickups anticipated to reach on dealership heaps over the approaching weeks and months, mentioned Rob Kaffl, Ford’s head of U.S. gross sales.
“We’re rising manufacturing. Sellers will begin seeing within the subsequent 30, 60, 90 days that ramp-up in manufacturing,” Kaffl mentioned Wednesday. “We now have a wholesome chain of in-transit and in-system.”
Ford reported Wednesday that manufacturing of F-Sequence pickup vehicles, together with the F-150 and its bigger siblings, have elevated each month this 12 months to being in step with, or barely above, historic ranges. F-150 manufacturing of 57,504 models in August was the very best month-to-month manufacturing in two years, in line with Ford’s information.
The rise within the provide of pickup vehicles comes as Ford skilled its eighth consecutive month of year-over-year U.S. new automobile gross sales declines in August. The automaker reported Wednesday that gross sales had been down 10.3% for the month in contrast with a 12 months earlier.
“Our gross availability of merchandise coming in, I’d say, is returning again to normalcy – the traditional ranges our sellers would have,” Kaffl mentioned.
Ford mentioned Wednesday F-Sequence gross sales stay off 10.9% by way of August in comparison with a 12 months earlier, together with a 1.2% lower final month.
Ford sellers presently have a roughly 40 days’ provide of pickup vehicles, which is about half of what the {industry} has sometimes considers a wholesome stage for these automobiles. Kaffl reiterated that Ford is focusing on a days’ provide of the vehicles of between 50 days and 60 days, in contrast with historic {industry} ranges of 75 to 90 days.
“We’re being very intentional to verify the manufacturing is assembly the demand,” he mentioned.
To fulfill that pent-up demand, Ford has been rising manufacturing to increased ranges than it had final 12 months in an try to make up misplaced manufacturing. The F-Sequence was hit when two fires halted operations final 12 months at a New York plant of aluminum provider Novelis, which is predicted to value the automaker $1.5 billion this 12 months.
Along with decrease manufacturing of pickup vehicles, Ford mentioned its gross sales have been impacted by the discontinuation of two automobiles earlier this 12 months that makes comparisons more durable to fulfill in addition to deliberate decrease gross sales to each day rental fleets.
Ford additionally mentioned Labor Day — which is traditionally a significant gross sales weekend — was a contact comparability because it falls in September this 12 months in comparison with August of final 12 months.
U.S. automakers general are experiencing slowing gross sales, with Ford estimating an industry-wide decline of 6% in new automobile gross sales.