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Sure, in theory that works........except Ford is great at having a plan until they don't have a plan....that's all I'm saying, just one of those back of the mind sort of "what if" things.

Agree regarding the wheels. Kia's wheels are HORRIBLE these days, and these four spoke ones are along those same lines......gross.

Perhaps it has that ugly split light look? Or a stacked light similar to F-150 or Super Duty. The videos show the turn signals active: I think it's too new for that.

I'd agree that Lincoln isn't likely at those levels perception wise, even if it deserves more. They also should put more effort into adding features that competitors have, though.

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It's already behind the paywall. Here's the FordAuthority version: Ford F-Series Aluminum Supplier's Plant Back Officially Back Online

Right, my point was just that we couldn't tell the exact level from the photos I was able to grab. There wasn't an obvious "there's the door panel" line to reference. Sure....mine was a crude line version. Like I said, I want to overlay the two images when I get home later this evening to see what comes of that... The headlights are definitely different than that based on the spy shots, but at least gives some sort of reference. It definitely looks to have a bigger cab than Maverick....the midgate feature will help with longer items.....we'll see if the glass is fixed or not. Yup......that confirms my suspicion that those handles are fake. They just didn't look right to the eye, plus with all the aero talk, those are a major aero sticking point in the industry right now....didn't make sense for them to do all this other aero work and leave the handles. Am I the only one that doesn't like either of those names? Maverick EV just falls under my personal hate for having two completely un-related (design) products with the same name. Yes, I know there's Mustang Mach-E, but at least it has a sub name that's not just "EV". I know Ranchero has history, and understand they're going for the whole "sedan-ish product with a bed" view, but Ranchero just sounds old and outdated to me. I don't advocate using it since it was on a sedan, but had Ford not used it before, Fusion would actually be a neat name for it (i.e. Fusion of technology, car/truck sort of fusion, etc.)

I'm referring to Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, Escape, Edge, etc. of "boring" segments they've exited once competition became too tough. Based on track record, they're more likely to exit a small truck (boring) segment than stick with it once competitors really try.....

They can make it good looking while still having the more offroad look. They can't make it a G-wagen clone, that will fail.

I tried to get interior sides of the camo, but hard to tell in this video: We can see on the passenger side with the way the camo tapers back that the beltline at minimum sits at this red line, because you can see the window edge go at least that low.

There wasn't, but I made one (and copied my observations from here over to there)...

I'd agree it seems odd, but Ford went out of their way to call out the aero of the mirrors in previous presentations.....shrug

I grabbed some screenshots near other vehicles: Here's next to a Prius: There's a Subaru Outback on the left (see it peeking out in front of the Ranger), and a Honda CRV to the right: Nissan Altima next to it: Tesla Model Y between the truck and the bus:

I wish I had brought my computer with me that has photoshop to overlay over the Maverick graphic below, but my crude quick look at its height using lines based off the 20" rims pegs it at maybe 55" tall, which is is much lower than the Maverick, which comes in at 67.7-69.4"......not sure if that math actually makes sense or not.......the 55" range puts it right at Honda Civic height It does look tiny in this photo....

Yeah, this was definitely a setup, especially after Ford themselves said we'd see them on the road soon. That said, let's look at some observations: it has frameless doors/windows, similar to Bronco's setup. Perhaps this saves on weight? Part of me is wondering if those door handles are fake, and if it'll get something like the Mach E setup....if you look closely in all the images, the handles don't seem to line upwith each other (rotated different angles, and not in a way that they'd line up with a character line, because the front one angles down toward the rear of the vehicle, while the rear one angles up).....with how much they focused on aero with this thing, IMO, it'd be surprising to see it have normal handles like that, given how handles have been an aero focus from all companies of late. The way the rear upper corner of the 2nd row windows tapers down is different (vs. squared off like most truck products), but it turns down to vertical from that (we can see the white sports camo behind the black camo: I'd agree that the beltline is covered up slightly, but I can't imagine it it would go any lower than the mirror arm. It actually has pretty flush side glass, which ironically is usually an attribute of expensive vehicles like Range Rovers.....my guess is perhaps the more flush glass does better on aero, which again was a major focus here. Also, the backup camera is at the top of the tailgate, so the camo isn't bumped up that much from production on the tailgate. The bed sides obviously have extra camo on the hips. The taillights (what we can see) remind me of the '98-07 Super Duty taillights, or perhaps even blackwood: The taillights (what we can see) remind me of the '98-07 Super Duty taillights, or perhaps even blackwood, with the reverse light on the bottom: We can also see that there is definitely a spoiler of some sort, similar to the EV silverado.....what remains to be seen is whether it has buttresses or not... Here's a bed comparison to Maverick: It's hard to determine much on the front end. I do believe it'll have a faux grille insert. While it's possible it's mis-matched parts, we know the truck is white from the bed photo and what looks like white door jams to the right of the driver, however, the area surrounding the front camera is black, indicating some sort of faux grille. The only other thing we can really determine is that the front camera is likely close to the actual top of the leading edge of the hood, which would match the more aero design, as shown in the airflow graphic, vs. the bulky more upright camo). I think I'm seeing right that these are 20" rims....