This article from CNN is interesting and helpful to understand what is going on in the Industry that FORD is part of.

Auto production was supposed to be getting better. Then came the covid surge - CNN

 

also news reported ford, toyota and others are slowing down production or even idling plants for week at time


meanwhile used prices just jumped again

 

A family member manager a very large fleet and he's already hearing to expect difficulties with deliveries for another 6 months at a minimum. The issues seem to be across basically every brand, regardless of country of manufacture.

 

We were told next year before we see any of our fleet vehicles that should have been here now. retail before fleet

 

We are telling our customers don't expect things and lead times to be "normal" until end of Q1 or Q2 at the earliest.