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https://fordauthority.com/2025/07/this-data-point-about-ford-maverick-buyers-may-surprise-you/

its amazing what happens when they get stuff right...nice to see once in a while lol

This is not surprising. 1. It is the cheapest Ford you can buy 2. It has no real competition 3. Ford doesn't have an alt-sedan to compete in-house for these same buyers 4. It is a very good idea and executed well... shocking competence from Ford all around

Agreed, but as someone who has used a Supercharger WITH an adapter, it's not a big deal.

Yea, I have an adapter for both my F-150 Lightning (complimentary from Ford) and my wife's MME GT ($200 extra). While it's not a big deal to use the adapter, a built-in NACS port for the vehicle is better, and as twintornados mentioned Ford was the first OEM through the gate to join the NACS revolution. Yet Hyundai/Kia has built-in NACS port on several EV now while Ford customers are still waitin'

I don't really see anything 60-ish about that image posted, but it does look more exotic. It'll be interesting to see where they go with it - they'll have to get more modern without pissing off the traditionalists. I'd imagine the 4-door will usher in a refresh for the 2-door, and that'll be the impetus for the refresh. I think it's a few different factors: price, practicality (lack thereof), styling Price and practicality go hand in hand.....with everything becoming more expensive these days, buyers are looking more for jack of all trades vehicles, and 2-doors just aren't that. Most can't afford a second "fun" car. I also think the styling while not "bad" isn't as visually striking as the 2015 was, and there are certain angles that I think were a downgrade looks wise. I think the 911s are an enigma styling wise, and have their own built-in market at this point, so they've come to expect small changes. Mustang has to appeal to a broader audience, and especially one that increasingly leases and therefore wants changes more often, not less.....we see that issue too much across Ford's lineup - refreshes pushed past 3 years, so customers come back to the same model they're getting out of. With the S550, they went new in 2015, refresh in 2018, and redesign for 2024, so 3 and 6 years!, 9 overall before a full redesign, only to go with a mild redesign, even reusing much of the interior. If Ford stuck to that arrangement, we'd be due for a refresh for 2027MY, which would also align with a 4-door arrival. Except, design generally works in "trends". Things are in style for a while until they aren't, and something new (or old) comes along. I guess the question is what trends you should follow. If done right, any "trend" can theoretically be fine, it just has to be done in a well thought out, visually appealing way that speaks to buyers.

If enough people complain loud enough, they will bring those things back. Case in point, the keyless entry keypad on the Super Duty trucks. They made it a DIO on 2025. It came back from the factory in 2026 because they saw it was very important to the customers. They'll continue to get rid of "fluff" if it doesn't impact sales or doesn't get enough negative feedback from customers.

That's a crazy statistic, and good for the brand. Hopefully they can retain those customers now.

Well, I could see Explorer/Aviator continuing on CD6 for some time, just getting updates, and maybe rebody/new panels. I don't see a midsize coming off of it, as they started down that path, and apparently it didn't look right, with it getting cancelled. I see midsize being filled by C2, like it has been with Nautilus......they just need to do something with Edge....either just bring over the Chinese one (I'm not a fan of its design, nor do I think it fits the traditional Edge design, but at least it's something), or rebody Nautilus with Ford styling (unique panels all around). I could also see them just going to C2 for Explorer/Aviator for platform consolidation, though obviously that could harm Aviator's "premium" image. Explorer could do fine without CD6/RWD, as we saw with the '11-19 model. Interesting thought.....hadn't considered that before, as the PHEV is already around, and could more or less be plug and play. Regardless, Farley has publicly stuck to the "everything electrified" by 2030ish path (for now anyway with how they change plans), so we'll see some sort of hybrid eventually.... I hate this excuse. While it makes things simpler/cheaper for manufacturing, I view it as cheapening out. The same excuse was given for say multi-color interior lighting, rear door handle proximity key sensors, etc......allowing Ford to shave costs off, give customers less, and still charge the same or more.

Finally chance to stuff 7.3 Godzilla in Explorer. Just kidding. Seriously though, regardless of which party controls government, we need to think beyond CAFE and regulations that are somewhat ineffective. IMO there are too many loopholes and unintended consequences which defeat primary goals of reducing fuel consumption and emissions. We need a much simpler approach because existing rules are too convoluted and not working as required.

I don't believe so, I think they're separate models. If you can get over the pig snout look it has lol.

You make a valid point in that much of the investment is already a sunk cost. Unfortunately we don’t know what overall costs are to Ford so we can only guess if profitable at all. Something else to consider is that perhaps marketing is trying to set the stage for future models that will only have fixed glass by preemptively eliminating features on present vehicles that will be compared against later. If a feature has marginal demand and or generates minimal profit to start with, marketing may sacrifice pano now in order to make future vehicles not appear lacking when compared. My guess is that if they are eliminating pano roof now, it’s unlikely future models will have them. Just suggesting Ford may be thinking ahead — or not; hard to say what’s actually behind decisions when we are not privy to all information.

Apparently they are now repealed https://reason.com/2025/07/02/under-the-big-beautiful-bill-car-companies-wont-be-fined-for-failing-to-hit-arbitrary-fuel-efficiency-goals/ The issue is long term-what happens during the next administration if leadership changes. I think the prudent course is just keep what your doing mid term so your not caught with your pants down when things change

Well, they can start with factory install of NACS connector so customers can use Superchargers without an adapter....seeing as Ford was the first OEM through the gate to join the NACS revolution....are they waiting for a mid-cycle refresh to do it?

I agree with you the 90’s styling wasn’t notable and I think it pays to evolve the retro styling. Hopefully Ford reverses course on the screens control everything trend. Though they needed to incorporate a bigger screen into the s650, they didn’t need to be that drastic.

I hope I don't jinx myself, but weirdly we've had almost zero issues with most of our FoMoCo vehicles over the last 10 years. The only one that gave me a lot of headaches was my '01 Lincoln LS V8, which started having a lot of issues after 100K. But my '07 MKZ that I kept until 140K never had anything major fail on it, and our '17 Edge 2.0 now at about 130K had the turbo wastegate valve recently replaced but otherwise we've had no issues with it. My Continental also has been great so far, but it only has 65K on it. I probably spent more on the LS for mechanical repairs than I have on the last three vehicles combined. We'll be replacing the Edge in the next year, but kinda nervous looking at newer Fords with all of the recalls going on lately. I'm glad Ford is being proactive, but it is not a good look that these issues are getting shipped out and not being caught at the factory or during testing when they have supposedly been lased focused on quality the last couple years.

The Federal Tax credit for EVs is dead as of yesterday, so should be interesting how that all shakes out.

Because they hired a lot of outside talent from Tesla, Luckd, Rivian and Apple. These aren’t typical Ford engineers.

Kia’s EV9 and EV6 sales dropped nearly 50 percent in the first half of 2025 because those models underwent a shift in production location from South Korea to the Kia plant in western Georgia. It took some time to revamp the plant for EV

I used to drive with my sunroof open all the time when I was younger. Sunroof was one of the things that I must have in any car. Now I occasionally tilt it open to vent out hot air while parked under the sun and rarely ever have it open while driving. Most of the time, they just produce too much noise compared to my old cars. I have a theory that as cars got more aerodynamic, car companies are finding it more difficult to keep the noise of air turbulence down which is leading to consumer dissatisfaction. Basically the cars are so slippery now that air flows are sticking very close to the roof and a hole in the roof is producing too much noise. Whereas when cars were not as slipper in the old days, the air flow further above the roof so a hole doesn't cause so much disturbance. The noise is then causing consumer dissatisfaction in things like JDP survey. Also, I'm pretty sure open sunroof causes a dent in the fuel economy. CAFE target is calculated using the most popular configuration so even a tiny 0.1 MPG hit is going to have significant consequences for CAFE target calculation. So getting rid of open sunroof scores two positives for car companies... less noise complaints and better CAFE results. And like I said, because new car sunroofs are generally more noisy than old car with sunroofs, more people keep them closed anyway. It's an easy win from car company's perspective which is why they are all getting rid of it and offering fixed glass roof instead.

Lets not forget all the cheap-o cars that BYD and other Chinese firms are currently dumping in the EU.....

I don’t really understand why Ford bailed on their Rivian investment so quickly. Money was already spent. They have solid underpinnings that could have merged with Ford efforts to saves costs.