akirby

I think you guys will be very surprised at what comes out of TTP based on what's been said and how Ford is currently thinking about new vehicles.

Pretty sure they expanded the skunkworks quite a bit recently. I think you'll see them taking on more and more as new vehicles are developed and the legacy teams and processes wither and die. They do need the legacy institutional knowledge on production logistics but you don't want to dilute the new thinking and have the legacy processes and mindsets take over again.

Bronco pickup would support significantly higher ATPs and the new pickup should be significantly cheaper to build. May or may not be unibody but I would expect it to replace T6 Ranger globally if it's successful. It's about innovation and cost control, neither of which apply to T6 Ranger.

A Bronco pickup would be significantly higher ATP and the new type of truck at TTP should be way cheaper to build and more flexible.

In the $20ks probably means $29K.

I still think Ranger gets replaced by a new TTP truck and MAP gets a bronco pickup and a Lincoln hardtop.

AWD with open diffs is really just 2 wheel drive (one front and one rear). Ford's system compensates by braking the spinning wheel(s) to force traction to the other wheel and it works pretty well in most use cases. Having a locking rear differential really helps.

That doesn't answer my question. Seems to me a 3 roller test would be standard for any awd system on road or off road.

That's great but the real question is why they weren't already doing that type of test,

The starter and battery were beefed up to handle the extra load if that's what really concerns you.

But one would think they had similar suppliers lined up for T3 at BOC. Probably just a timing thing.

I think there will be a new Mach-E but after the ICE mustang sedan and suv and the other lower priced ce1 models.

And almost half of the 9M this year was a software error for trailer lights that will be fixed OTA. When they catch up on all the old problems you'll see a dramatic dropoff.