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akirby

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  1. Volume didn’t drop that much so the margin reduction was probably a correction from the super high post covid prices.
  2. Ok, Lincolns and EVs.
  3. Doubtful. That’s a Lincoln only feature as far as I know.
  4. Not exactly. Farley just said 2 row utilities were a commodity now.
  5. It’s been said over and over that short wheelbase is a huge CAFE liability.
  6. This is most likely the replacement for the current Bronco Sport - making it larger for CAFE compliance. So calling it Flex would kill the Bronco Sport name.
  7. So you want to ditch a 50+ yr old Ford Iconic name that exudes toughness for a great but quirky vehicle name that only lasted 10 years?
  8. This will make a much better edge/escape replacement.
  9. This. And going too far by trying to ban ICE altogether.
  10. Ok I’ll give you that one but isn’t it possible that 2024 was an outlier for some reason.
  11. Yep. It might actually have a small 3rd row like the Chinese edge.
  12. Which is still far higher than 100 which was the norm for decades. Seems to be a combination of the larger studs, and larger aluminum wheels.
  13. That might be the most ridiculous thing you’ve said here. Fleet sales are intermittent and one slightly down quarter means nothing. It’s still on track for over $5B profit for the year .
  14. Ultium offers 3 motors - 242 hp, 371 and 83 hp AWD assist. Larger more expensive vehicles use 1, 2 or 3 of the two more powerful motors. Cheaper vehicles (which was the subject at hand) would use the 242 hp motor and the AWD assist motor which goes in the rear. So deleting the rear assist motor leaves you with FWD. Not worth changing to RWD in that case.
  15. I still think doing both ICE and pure EV compromises both but we’ll see. It worked ok for F150.
  16. That’s probably dictated more by the AWD setup which uses a smaller motor in the rear.
  17. For a pure EV platform I see no difference in single motor fwd vs rwd. The batteries don’t move.
  18. Been that way for years. I think it’s because they switched to larger diameter studs and/or larger heavier wheels.
  19. Ford had to prepare for the EV onslaught especially with pending government mandates. Where they screwed the pooch was sacrificing hybrid expansion, Edge and Nautilus to do it and choosing the wrong products (3 row utilities) as well as failed partnerships. They should have hedged their bets more.
  20. It would be fun to hear him spin what’s happened the last 2 years. For a few minutes. 😂
  21. It’s still readable on my ipad behind the pop up. Here is a different summary.
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