Ford Motor Co. started shipping its Edge and Lincoln MKX to dealers Thursday. It can be recalled that the distribution of the mentioned Ford vehicles were delayed due to unspecified manufacturing problems at the Oakville assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario. They are engineered to assuage the enduring health of the ailing reputation of the automaker. From the meticulous designing, to production and distribution, the automaker ensures that the workflow is no less than efficient.Ford is counting on the mentioned vehicles to replace sales doldrums of Explorers and other SUVs. They noted that the automaker has to make good this time to save is declining sales and popularity among car purchasers. Mark Fields, Ford's president of the Americas, has been promoting Edge as the most important vehicle of the automaker that could act as the saving grace of the company. Analysts further noted that the automaker cannot risk bumping into even slight quality problems with its new crossovers because it would be detrimental to its ailing reputation.
Observers in the industry say that there is nothing unusual about the delay because the crossovers will be using new engine, transmission, and body shop. For instance,
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