Harley Lover

Anything that takes the ugly, abysmal rear away from the sedan is an improvement.

Will the new vehicles be BOF ala current gen Lightning, or a more bespoke 'true' EV chassis (or is that too much info to reveal)?

Maybe for Ford Pro customers exclusively?

What became of the OP, PREMiERdrum?

In a word, no:

The current generation Sienna is a rebuttal of the statement above. It has been significantly decontented (no power third row seat, etc.) of features that its repeat buyers are missing. It might be argued the Sienna is a reflection of its American development (versus Japan) but that's an argument for another thread.

I decided to find info on the Shark Hybrid truck mentioned in the article, it's not what I expected (some Subaru Brat type thing), it's a real BOF truck:

Looks like BYD is full speed ahead for Mexico and South America, regardless of whether it can import into the U.S.. Full story: https://mexico-now.com/byd-to-create-10000-jobs-with-its-new-plant-in-mexico/

It appears from your signature that your MKZ is not a hybrid; interesting that Ford appears to have moved away from using ANC in hybrid applications, and as Akirby noted earlier, seems to be using it as a Lincoln feature (quiet flight?).

That makes sense, the drivetrain was the same as the C-Max. Ford probably had a single group of components it deployed at the time for its hybrid offerings.

As I mentioned in the OP, the C-Max definitely had it. Not sure about any other Ford product.

Does that imply that perhaps Ford moved it to be a Lincoln-exclusive feature? Which specific Lincoln models have it?

Okay, this admittedly is an obscure topic, but does anyone if Ford still use ANC (Automatic Noise Cancellation) in any of its current products? I had (and still have the most recent) a trio of different C-Max's in the teens and twenties (2 hybrids and one PIH) and I can testify that ANC makes a material difference in a positive way in the NVH inside the car. We also own a '21 Escape hybrid without ANC and the NVH difference with regard to engine noise is notable. So - do any current Ford products have ANC, or did Ford cost cut the feature into oblivion?

Is that basically a decal applied to the surface of the glass? How did Ford Europe do the glass on their Explorer (I thought I read somewhere it's etched)?

Agree, I don't think my taste necessarily represents a majority view - there's just something about this gen's higher belt line that makes the body appear too 'fat' and causes the whole production to look like it's on stilts - to me. Ultimately the market decides.