Sherminator98

In a former life I was a Bradley Automotive systems mechanic and I have still nightmares over a M577 I worked on at Fort Sill over 30 years ago. Got a company grade article 15 out of that vehicle to because I did something stupid. Did a trip to Germany and Bosnia after that and went into the Guard and got out just as 9/11 happened and finished up my commitment before that happened. Quickly discovered that I didn't want to be a mechanic full time and went into IT (was working as a contractor for the Army-thus the annual trip to McCoy for Patriot Warrior), now cybersecurity and work for the Navy now.

https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2026/maverick-hybrid-awd-upgrades

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2001-ford-explorer-8/ Don’t remember this concept. Can see some styling cues that where on the 2002 Explorer

Oof I had to work at Fort McCoy at an old job for 25 days or so over the summer about 20 years ago....yeah there is lots of NOTHING out that way. I live in an area where there is 5 Ford dealerships with in 30 minute drive or so, so it was a bit of a culture shock.

https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2026/2027-ford-super-duty-carhartt

But what about an overseas? You'd think they'd be planning something for China, since that is the biggest EV market

From a post on that ranchero forum

That is one way of stopping having duplication of effort too. Plus you've heard zero information about the CE1 going to the EU or even China at this point. You'd think Ford would be saying something at this point about that.

The thing is with the Maverick's price is that got driven up by COVID demand and Inflation. The Bronco did the same thing, just an example-I bought a loaded '22 Big Bend Bronco (which has options you can't get now like the 2.7L V6) and I paid like $48K for it 4 years ago. I think with the 2024MY it was up to $58K for similar options (sans V6) then it went back to $48K or so in 2025. The Maverick is still selling at its higher price points with little to no incentives on it. I fully expect the CE1 pickup to be actually closer to 40K with extended range battery and the one closer to 30K is the one with shorter range etc...

Your attached images are broken...at least on my end.

Yep it was because the horrific quality tops coming out at launch https://thebronconation.com/general-bronco-discussion-n.139/what-is-the-dirt-mountain-i-keep-hearing-about-t.7690/ Knock on wood my almost 4 year old Bronco doesn't have any cracking in its MIC top.

Yeah that happened back in 2023 I want to say

I'm guessing they are going to concentrate on just Ford Pro products in the EU vs passenger car products. Everything else will be either imported or rebadge/based on other manufacture platforms.

I took it as existing products-we aren't getting anything "new" till the CE1 EV Truck hits IMO We still have lots of rumored new product that is supposed to come, but like you said, good luck with actually seeing them.

https://fordauthority.com/2026/05/global-ford-lineup-to-get-substantially-refreshed-by-2029/

Midsize Ford EV Pickup Customer Orders Will Begin This Year So I guess we will see what it looks like in a couple of months and most likely be able to order one in the next 6 months.

The Escape is still on the market for another 60 days or so depending on supply. Lets see how the Year end numbers are for the Bronco Sport before coming to that conclusion

There is a Lincoln Corsair at work and noticed that the roof is body colored, but the drip rail area is in black and it looks strange.

They modified them from the people who did this stuff:

in a perfect world for EVs, the T3 would have replaced the ICE F-150. Instead I'm thinking what was learned with the T3 will be applied to the next gen F-150.

Having the CE1 almost the same size as the Ranger puts a lot of pressure on whatever they are planning to do at TTP and how to make it different and cost effective. Not sure how that would work basically having a gas powered CE1 that is like the Ridgeline.

lots of good info there-it looks like its getting a 5 foot bed also and a new steering wheel that is similar to how Tesla does things with thumbwheels. Some complaining about the location of the charging port, that appears to be the rear left hand side instead of up front like Lightning.

The styling is pretty conventional looking to me that we can see from the cover over it. I'm guessing that most of the aerodynamic improvements where with improving gap tolerances and underbody improvements

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a71204448/ford-ev-truck-future-details/

https://fordauthority.com/2026/05/ford-ceo-jim-farley-says-new-models-will-start-at-40k-or-less/ Couldn't find the other thread, but not much new here.