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  1. akirby
    It’s only a priority when it starts affecting sales and/or the bottom line.
  2. akirby
    I think there is a 2.0L cap in some countries that adds financial penalties above that size.
  3. akirby
    Nobody is getting carried away. Were just cautiously optimistic.
  4. akirby
    A - they didn’t hire rejects. B - they were working on this for over 2 years before they made an announcement. If they did not have a high degree of confidence they wouldn’t have said anything.
  5. akirby
    Not the point.
  6. akirby
    Powerboost would be better for riding out a storm for sure.
  7. akirby
    And I don’t want to hear how cheap entry level cars creates brand loyalty. It doesn’t. Those buyers will buy whatever is on sale at the time regardless of brand.
  8. akirby
    Well duh it takes time to put all new vehicles and processes into production. But considering there are apple, Tesla and Rivian alumni all working together there is no reason to think they won’t have some great new ideas and innovations.
  9. akirby
    Remember when they did the first “mild hybrids” that were complete failures?
  10. akirby
    It still comes down to what buyers want. Nobody is forcing Toyota buyers to buy more RAV4s over Corollas or Honda buyers to favor CRVs over Civics. The Koreans have plenty of cheap cars for sale. MFRs are simply giving buyers what they want. Whether that’s affordable is on the buyer not the mfr.
  11. akirby
    It won’t crash but there will be corrections and prices will come down if necessary.
  12. akirby
    Car sales were dropping for years before any of them got cancelled. But don’t let facts get in the way of your narrative.
  13. akirby
    I’ll stick with my 750 mile range F150
  14. akirby
    Because people are buying far more per trucks and SUVs and far less cheap cars.
  15. akirby
    Thats inventory and market mismanagement. If you’ve been paying attention it’s not just about high ATPs. Maverick is a perfect example. Lower ATPs but no big discounts.
  16. akirby
    Building and selling an affordable EV is one thing. Making a decent profit while doing it is something else entirely and this is where I think the skunkworks team will pay off big for Ford.
  17. akirby
    Well of course you can’t only look at ATPs. Where did you get that idea? All we’re saying is there are multiple aspects to a business case beyond volume and higher ATPs and lower volumes CAN be a good play u dear the right circumstances.
  18. akirby
    What you’re not understanding is that lower volume also gives you less overhead. Less capital, less expense and in some cases even fewer factories. Thats a huge advantage.
  19. akirby
    Any time before B2B runs out. $100 more after 12 months
  20. akirby
    718 ICE is dead next year for sure. Macan ICE only gets 2 more years. Then it’s EV only.
  21. akirby
    True I should have said ICE. But that EV Macan and boxster won’t come close to ICE volumes but should bring more profit.
  22. akirby
    Limited and Platinum were always redundant. One was just a loaded version of the other. I think they already did that on F150.
  23. akirby
    It is if the niche model generates more profit with less resource commitment. Porsche is discontinuing their best seller the Macan because the volume is all base models and they have to discount them to sell them. They’d rather sell 1/4 as many Cayenne’s and 911s.
  24. akirby
    I don’t think they ever sold very many titanium fusions.
  25. akirby
    That was sarcasm because that’s not what Ford is doing.
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