manny102968 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 HEllo to everyone my car is in production now and the dealer gave me the vin number. Is there any chance of monitoring the progress of it. I'm getting excited every day thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenST13 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 No as I'm aware only the dealer can see what stage of the build the car is at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 You can't really monitor it, but you can check it on ETIS, and see the build info. The build date is usually the projected one and will keep moving until it is actually complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDRX Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Surely they build it in a day don't they? Toyota build the Auris in 58mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Mine took a couple of days to go through, at least on the dealer's system. I don't think they can paint and finish in a day can they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDRX Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Toyota can, but then they do churn out more cars than anyone else in the world, way more than Ford. I'm actually going to Japan in October, would love to be able to visit the factory, we're in Nagoya for a few nights at the start of November, perhaps if I ask the wife nicely it will be ok?! Google suggests the average time is 18hrs, however in the UK it's probably longer due to !Removed! breaks, having a spotter ( can't work without someone to watch you right?), ball scratching etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manny102968 Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 Thanks for the info guy's can't wait for the delivery date. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford_Man Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 What you ordered mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I watched a show recently about Fords F150 plant over in yanksville, they knock out astonishing numbers of cars, I think they were knocking thousands out a week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarksST Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Surely they build it in a day don't they? Toyota build the Auris in 58mins. 58 minutes? What they hanging about at, lol Although I think it means they have one finished and ready to go out the door in 86 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarksST Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Toyota can, but then they do churn out more cars than anyone else in the world, way more than Ford. I'm actually going to Japan in October, would love to be able to visit the factory, we're in Nagoya for a few nights at the start of November, perhaps if I ask the wife nicely it will be ok?! Google suggests the average time is 18hrs, however in the UK it's probably longer due to !Removed! breaks, having a spotter ( can't work without someone to watch you right?), ball scratching etc. It would probably take Ford a long time to build a car here in the UK, only a few mass produced cars are built here and they'll be as efficient as their home country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarksST Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Wouldn't let me link to the YouTube vid, "how to make a fiesta in 86 seconds" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philf1 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Surely they build it in a day don't they? Toyota build the Auris in 58mins. That's why Toyota are always recalling their cars Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manny102968 Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 Ford_man I ordered a zetec s with navigation and street pack in deep impact blue. I got a triple r splitter sit in the corner of my living room waiting for my new car to arrive.the first mod I am going to do with it.and then a bluetooth reversing camera 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troy45 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 I'd seriously like to see how Toyota claim to build a car in 58 minutes! Exactly what do they define as the start and end points for this? Speaking with a lot of experience here, generally the speed at which cars come off the line at a factory is determined by the complexity of the build and how much labour they throw at the assembly lines. Certain tasks can be automated especially in body construction but once you get into Trim & Final, i.e. after paintshop then the processes soon become too small and fiddly for automation to help, or the systems don't justify the investment cost compared to manual labour. Running more than 1 production line will increase the factory output and obviously double build frequency but this introduces a massive extra cost and would need capacity in the whole plant to be able to support - it's not much use if you double the capacity of Trim & Final then continually suck your paintshop and bodyshop dry of bodies then have to stop while they catch up again. If you were to say Toyota can build a car in 58 seconds then I can see that - line speeds of that order are achieveable but not 58 minutes to build the car. That 58 seconds would be better described as build frequency in truth. As comparison JLR Evoque/Disco Sport runs 80s line speed, with approx 190 build stations on their main line gives in theory 4.22 hours to build. But then there are stock buffers to account for plus break times you're easily looking at around 6 hours and that's purely going from raw painted body to a running car on it's wheels, not a fully built, tested and sold car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 They don't refer to a full car being built in that time. What they refer to is a new car rolls off the production line every 58 minutes, or at least that is the only feasible answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troy45 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 They don't refer to a full car being built in that time. What they refer to is a new car rolls off the production line every 58 minutes, or at least that is the only feasible answer. Lets hope they mean 58 seconds or going to watch the factory production line in action will be like watching paint dry but more boring ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manny102968 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 19 more days to go....my new zetec s 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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