Inside the F-150 Shortage: What Ford Dealers Are Facing

Inside the F-150 Shortage: What Ford Dealers Are Facing

Author: Jim Fitzpatrick May 13, 2026 Duration: 17:07
On this episode of Inside Automotive, Nick Anderson, General Manager of Chuck Anderson Ford and Chairman of the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association, discusses how Ford dealers are navigating ongoing F-150 inventory shortages while adapting to growing FTC scrutiny around pricing transparency and advertising practices. Anderson explains how supply disruptions tied to aluminum supplier issues have significantly reduced truck availability during peak selling periods, forcing dealers to rely m...

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