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Agreed, I hate the swoop behind the back door. I hate it in every car that uses the swoop or kink behind the rear door. Why?

Because a lot of people don't need the capability of the Midsize Ranger, the Maverick is certainly capable enough for those not needed to tow more than 4000 lbs and is more maneuverable in an urban environment.

It might have small impact, but US regulations don't impact what other countries have to do. The rise of the SUV/CUV worldwide is just getting more space and utility for your money. The old style SUV (jeep and Bronco) were clumsy beasts for day to day driving, the modern SUV/CUVs can haul the kids, haul lots stuff and still not unpleasant to drive.

Most of the 30 something friends of my 30 something twins are not reproducing. Long term relationships and homes but no interest in bringing more people into this world. I am afraid we are heading to scenario envisioned in the movie Idiocracy. Interestingly they also have little interests in new cars either. They feel they have better things to do with their money then put it into a depreciating asset. Anecdotal at best.

I don't think it's pricing, it is not enough people want a two door a daily driver to sit in urban traffic going nowhere fast. Baby boomers are not able get into a mustang like they used to . Corvette went up market even further and rear engine. The two major Japanese brands have hot hatches available specifically marketed to the go fast crowd. There will always be a market around the world for the Mustang, it just a smaller niche market.

Sales races with who, no Camaro, no dodge , it is a shrinking segment. If the can’t win sales race in segment with competitors, it might be time to go away. All the Ford dealers I see around here have tons of trucks and CUVs. I see more hot hatches around here then mustangs

Proof that they raised prices to pay for electrification on or is just conjecture? I think they raised process because they could when cars were scarce post covid. Then inflation reared its ugly head and that raised them again. Now the trick is getting the the genie price back in the bottle and still make money. I think the 10% margin wish may just be that for awhile, a wish.

This forums is not the EV's main target audience, it is more of echo chamber for ICE stalwarts. After driving an EV for year I can say categorically that I would not replace it with ICE vehicle. The problem with any social media is they tend to aggregate like minded folks.

What is the breakdown of fleet vs personal vehicle I wonder for the F150. I know that a sale is a sale but I bet that a good percentage , especially the higher rated F series , are to commercial accounts. I live in residential neighborhood in Boston and there is only one full size pick up parked on my street during weekends and evenings. During the day there are many Pick ups from contractors going about their business. I believe for most consumers the Maverick or Ranger are all they need. The guy across the streets uses his truck to commute less than 5 miles to work and back and pick up his daily "dunks" in the morning . Honestly, I have never seen him do single thing with that truck he could not do with Fiesta.

When I purchased my Tesla the price, range and super charger combination couldn’t be beat in the US. A year later that is changing with access to the supercharger network expanding and other Manufactures bring more better priced products to market. In Europe, cheaper competent Chinese EV’s are entering the market along with other lower cost European brands making it a tough market for Ford using the expensive Volkswagen platform. The high end of the market in the EU is well covered by the premium brands leaving Ford of Europe stuck in the middle.

Remember for the most part you only hear the bad things on the forums, very few people take the time to report boring non issues. Can you imagine a forum with “ yep, everything is great, just filled up the tank and nothing happened”. Check all the different Car forums and you will stick riding a bike instead because nothing is perfect.

And for these folks we have the Maverick, the Truck that most people need, but don’t know it.

Didn’t choose the Y, chose model 3 over model y as range was more important than capacity. I have Mav for that.

And as of today they get the 7500 tax credit and in my state an additional 3500.tax credit on the model Y. The model Y was the best selling car world wide and the fifth in the US. Around me there are 5 Super Charger sites within 5 miles of my house. While the NACS adaptor and eventual conversion to NACS will help, closing the cost gap and the source of the battery materials will be more important . The funny thing is that after the the tax credit and trade in, my out of pocket for the Maverick and the Model 3 were the same. I was considering the LR MME but the out of pocket difference was deciding factor. With home charging the need for the super charger network is a nice to have for long trips. In the three months I have had my Tesla, I have used a Super Charger twice. I will use it more this summer when we go to Maine for the Weekend but will perform most of the charging in my garage

I love driving my Model 3, the most fun I have had driving a car since I was 16 driving around in a 67 Cadillac deville convertible. I think the media is over playing the hate for EVs. As has been stated many times, the biggest hurdle is the cost.