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Maybe they made them orange to stir speculation and gauge excitement for a PHEV model on the forums... yea, like that would really happen, lol!
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5 hours ago, fuzzymoomoo said:
Are those orange lines just in front of the rear tire what I think they are?Sure are... have those on our Aviator GT!!! They seem to confirm this: https://www.tflcar.com/2020/08/2022-ford-bronco-hybrid-leak-news/ Time to start saving and selling off some of our old fleet!
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15 hours ago, jsnfla said:
Just an update -- My aviator has been inoperable since 8/16 and at the dealer since 8/18. Closing in on 30 days without a repair status. Is anyone else having these proeblems -- i understand 47 avaiators have the same problem nationally.
My suspension is working great so far... what is the part on backorder that failed? Where did you find out about the 47 with the same problem?
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3 hours ago, rampagex7 said:
Got the two side covers off and some more photos for you, also tried to shine my fla shlight at the same time to make everything more visible.
rampagex7... what's the electronic module thats velcroed to the engine bay cross bar?
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No room in the GT for the catch can or the clean side separator...
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14 hours ago, rampagex7 said:
Not sure if there are any changes to the 2021 wheel designs, but of all the 2020 designs I like the 21" ones I have on my 2020 Aviator GT the best (see below). They go really well with the Blue Diamond paint, but I understand they are getting rid of Blue Diamond and changing to a new blue color on the 2021's. The 22" wheels on the Reserve with the alternating black spokes are kind of cool too.
My GT is Blue Diamond also and I agree with rampagex7 that the 21" GT wheels are the best... IMO they're nicest looking wheels I've ever seen! Going by the 2021 Order Guide it looks like all the wheels are the same except the 22" Reserve wheels are available in black with the monochromatic package. The 21" GT wheels are also now standard on all GT trim levels.
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Seems to be a common problem with many brands... best explination I could find is large panoramic sunroofs require much bigger drain tubes in the A pillars than regular sunroofs.
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4 hours ago, Froggie said:
You are right Akirby, hopefully it doesn’t matter now, but I’m sure I was unlucky with my order. The plant received the order on the 3rd of June and the production started on the 12th of August.
Froggie, except for the bad communication I don't think you were that unlucky. I ordered my Grand Touring on July 6th 2019... it was then built on December 5th, released for shipment on December 28th and wasn't delivered to my dealer until March 3rd 2020, even though my estimated transit time was only 11 days... 22 days less than yours! It was stuck in ramp jail at the plant for nearly two months and my dealer couldn't explain why. GTs take longer to produce because painted bodies are transported from CAP to a special hybrid assembly line several blocks away for final assembly, then they go back to CAP for QC.
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On 8/23/2020 at 7:52 PM, Froggie said:
I ordered an Aviator in May. The car was built August 12th 2020 in Chicago. Now I have an etadate of 2020-09-17. That's 16 weeks !!! on the lincoln site the estimated delivery is still 6 to 8 weeks. It's obviously a false advertising. Do you think my dealer has something to do with this and gave my order a very low priority ?
Froggie, you're getting a Grand Touring and they have been taking quite a bit longer from ordering to delivery than the standard Aviator models. Other than poor communication from your salesperson, it looks like everything else is legit so far... you have a retail customer order and a beautiful Aviator GT is currently in transit to your dealer! It also looks like you did your research and ordered it in a way to get all of the options and still get the 2nd row bench seat. The GTs couldn't be configured that way when I ordered mine last year, so I chose the deluxe 2nd row consol instead.
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The 2021 Lincoln Ocean Drive Blue color is just a fancy name for Ford Infinite Blue... they are both Color Code AB. The 2020 Lincoln Blue Diamond color was also just a fancy name for Ford Blue, which really needed a fancier name anyway, lol. Infinite Blue (Explorer)/Ocean Drive Blue (Aviator) is also one of Mach-E colors and looks like this:
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15 minutes ago, jpd80 said:
Both were started but the story goes that they looked awful so they went back to Plan A
Could the real reason be that costs were starting to blow out and C2 was the easy answer?
A shortened Explorer probably wouldn't look that good without some major restyling, but a shortened Aviator should look just like a shorter Aviator... or longer Corsair, lol!
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2 hours ago, Froggie said:
Maybe the transit time (33) has to do something with the state.
Froggie, transitdate: "33" is the approximate transit time in days from the shipment date to the final delivery date to your dealer. It's just an approximation, so it could arrive sooner or later depending on rail delays along the way. The tracker doesn't always show some of the updates... like it may miss showing the shipment date but still show that its in transit. Hopefully Fuzzymoomoo will be able to locate it for you!
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Here are some pics...
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On 8/20/2020 at 2:26 PM, akirby said:
It would be really great if Ford would just release some details already......
Just found this... confirms Powersplit gas/electric hybrid drive powering the front wheels plus an additional electric motor with single speed gearbox and differential for the rear wheels:
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The next gen Edge/Nautilus should have been easy... just make shortened two row versions of Explorer, Explorer Hybrid, Aviator, and Aviator Grand Touring and call them Edge, Edge Hybrid, Nautilus, and Nautilus Grand Touring.
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Our 09 Expy Limited AC still works great for all rows... has never been recharged.
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13 minutes ago, akirby said:
The rear is definitely EV only but it wasn't clear whether it had 1 or 2 motors. 2 would explain the power difference.
Pretty sure the front wheels are powered by a typical Ford powersplit hybrid drive system like in the Escape hybrid, but maybe with a bigger electric motor for the PHEV models. Then the Corsair adds another electric motor at the rear for AWD.
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2 hours ago, akirby said:
They must be using a larger motor in the Corsair. Escape also has the additional electric motor but it’s connected to the transmission.The way I understand it is the Corsair has a second electric motor at the rear differential... so the rear wheels are EV only.
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1 hour ago, FordBuyer said:
Isn't the Corsair GT going to have more hp than the plugin Escape? The Escape has about 220hp and the Corsair is something like 260 hp. Maybe I'm wrong, but I read it somewhere.
The Escape PHEV is FWD only and the Corsair GT adds the additional electric motor for the rear wheels... so the combined horsepower and torque is greater.
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The Corsair GT drivetrain is a combination of the Escape Hybrid/PHEV FWD system and EV rear drive... according to this article the setup has several additional benefits, not just elimination of the driveshaft to a rear differential to make room for the battery.
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1 hour ago, akirby said:
I believe that was subsequently debunked as invalid data.
It was debunked by other outside studies, not the health systems own internal results. Henry Ford never claimed it was highly effective, but their statistics were significant enough to show it helped save some lives... so IMO it should remain on EUA status as an option for doctors and their patients to consider. I don't look for Google results that meet my expectations, but their top results are ALWAYS from the same places for some reason... and that's not good enough for me. Now Back to talking about Ford vehicles... not Ford health systems, lol.
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2 hours ago, timmm55 said:
Apparently I am not supposed to use Google to search for actual information! Too bad.
And a simple google search, worded to get past the higher ranking results they want you to see, also gives this actual information... from a reputable health system and dated this month:
https://www.henryford.com/news/2020/07/hydro-treatment-study
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5 minutes ago, rmc523 said:
Trust me, I've poured over everything that's been put out. But some things keep changing, and we don't know full options lists or pricing, so that makes it tough to decide which trim on some aspects. I have a Wildtrak reserved for now.
When should the order guide be released...
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They must be able to build rivited aluminum body models on the same line as welded steel body models because Super Duty converted to aluminum for the 17 MY and Expy/Navi didn't convert until the 18 MY.
Did Ford make a mistake killing its sedans?
in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
Posted · Edited by CoolScoop
https://www.autospies.com/news/WHICH-Best-Selling-Sedan-Is-DYING-FASTER-Honda-Accord-Or-Toyota-Camry-102938/
All sedans are losing ground including the top two... and even with greatly reduced competition!