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Shouldn't be any different than the black B pillars.

Black Label Nautilus is finally a fully loaded trim with Jet package being the only option. Reserve has two levels but only the jet package as an option (other than towing). It's a good move.

Should be enough sales in Canada to support the factory especially if they add F150.

Not that I remember.

Doesn't mean they didn't embargo journalists from publishing videos/first impressions. They like to give everyone time to prepare them so they all get published at the same time. Or nobody else cared since it was just a refresh.

It's possible there is an embargo and they broke it.

Good video showing the new stuff and a much better look at Frosted Fig. Goes from brown to copper to purple. https://youtu.be/FXBvu-h060w?si=4q0YTvNN1Y6cIGs_

I didn't think they totally revamped Cuautitlan for Mach-E. I thought it was built on a conventional line but I could be wrong.

Maybe they think it will cannibalize a lot of BS sales?

I've always criticized GM for looking at vehicle business cases individually and not as a corporation. Can you make individual positive business cases for having 3 different versions of the same vehicle? Probably. But somebody higher up should be asking what if we just made one? Would that be even more profitable? I realize there were dozens of factors but in hindsight dropping the other cd6 vehicles seems to have been a misstep.

It makes sense to replace it in Hermosillo but I don't understand dropping it completely when Cuautitlan is darn near empty.

It better look more Land Rover-ish than Everest or Bronco.

With no engine upgrades which was my point.

Depends on what they do to the platform to make it more affordable. There is a reason we don't have a Bronco Sport Raptor or Maverick Raptor.

It's T6 but is supposed to be a different kind of truck and affordable. That's really all the info we have. Several of us think it will be more fleet focused for Ford Pro with multiple cab and bed configurations leaving bronco pickup and maverick on the retail side.

The advantage to having a safety executive is he's outside the chain of command so the managers can't kick things under the rugand threaten their subordinates with punishment if they don't play along. This was a GINORMOUS problem at Boeing if you watched the documentary. What they did was criminal and they basically got away with it.

I doubt there will be a Raptor f100 because it's focused on affordability.

I agree TTP will be more fleet focused with lower end options but also have retail versions. But I think Bronco Truck Raptor will absorb all the Ranger Raptor buyers plus some. I'm guessing at least 75k.

I could see it next hear as a 2028 model but not this year as a 2027 model.

Zephyr. Or Evos.

Why waste all those resources on a vehicle that might break even. Too expensive to make enough profit here. A lower cost version based on the upcoming maverick SUV which is presumably on a much cheaper platform has a chance.

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Flat Rock (with a remodel). TTP. Chicago? It will be relatively low volume.