rmc523

I still hate how tall the front ends of the GM trucks and suvs are - they need to lower the hoods.

I'm not saying boxy is bad (I've had a Flex and Bronco, after all), just that on that new Land Cruiser every single element on the front end is a box - they could do with adding some other elements - the base models have round headlights, for instance that create some visual interest other than 8,000 box shapes.

But I wonder if it's that or if it's more that they don't want to backtrack on the "all things trucks and SUVs, no sedans" mantra to prove they're right?

I usually can tell when someone has their brights on, but there are definitely times where I'm not sure and hesitate to flash. Oh yes. In Miami, leaving space between you and the car in front of you is only room for someone to scoot in between. Sadly, you get forced to drive that way or you'll continually get cut off.....and the auto cruise control systems are too "dumb" to realize you could coast to the preset speed rather than slam on the brakes.

I've long said they already did the work for Mondeo and Zephyr for overseas....just import medium to high trim models only (no low trims) and keep prices up that way.

Toyota borrowed GM's T-square when designing the Land Cruiser.

Lol, clearly you haven't been to South Florida.....folks here honk before the light turns green lol.

I understand too - but it has seemed like those sorts of upgrades can be swapped out "on the fly" after production has started, rather than continually pushing back new product. As I pointed out above, it'd be a bit different story if ICE products weren't gutted for EVs, so now it's the worst of both worlds - EV product delays and limited new/updated ICE products until they can push both out.

I also think this EV delay would be more of a moot point (i.e. wait until they get them right outside of Mach E/Lightning that are already here) if they'd stick to consistent refreshes/redesigns of their entire product line. Instead, we continually have abnormally long product cycles - 4-5 years for refreshes, 7-8 years (or longer in Edge's case) for non F-series products, while the competition is on 3-6 year cycles for most products like clockwork.

I think his point is that there are always going to be improvements that they find....and if you keep waiting for things to be "perfect", you'll never get there, and have endless delays because they're always finding something better. I think they should've kept the Rivian Lincoln product to gauge reaction and to give them an EV product until their in-house stuff was ready.

I see that all the time - the problem is, most if not all cars now have the gauges on day and night, and have running lights (some of which use the headlights as the running lights), so they drive along with the gauges on, and see light coming from the front of their car and figure their lights are on. Sometimes I flash my high beams at them, sometimes I leave it be.....half the time they don't know what I'm flashing them for anyway.

Y'all should see the drivers down here in South Florida - it's crazy. Morons everywhere. U-turns on reds is a new thing I've seen a TON of within the last few years.....I can't understand why they think they can go on a red light just because they feel like it.

I still think the GTD looks ridiculous and is still "just" a Mustang. For the price, there are several other options I'd consider before it.

Yeah, seems like they threw styling elements in from a few different generations. Maybe my opinions will change seeing it in person, but overall its "eh" to me.

I think it's a downgrade from the current one exterior wise. The interior looks good, though.

Yes, BMW does. The X7 also has power side shades in the 2nd row and a sunroof with power shade in the 3rd row. It also has 4 climate zones (2 in front, 2nd row, and 3rd row), which can each have their own fan speed/temperature.

Ugly. It looks like they took something chiseled and pumped it up too much with a tire pump to where it looks bloated.

2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E Lineup Gets New eMotor, More Range (fordauthority.com) Perhaps the biggest change present in the 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E is the addition of a brand new eMotor, which was developed in-house by FoMoCo engineers and is present in all trim levels. The new eMotor weighs less than the outgoing unit and also helps deliver improved torque across the lineup. The 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E extended range battery now charges around 20 percent faster than previous models when using DC fast chargers – going from 10-80 percent in 36.2 minutes, wile the standard range battery can complete the same task in a quicker 32.3 minutes as well.

2025 Buick Enclave revealed with new looks, technology - Autoblog The rear looks like any generic crossover these days.

Yes.

well, given it’s Ford, they’ll probably give a minor refresh and leave it on the market for 6 more years, sales will dry up and Ford will sit there wondering why a 10+ year old product isn’t selling lol

Styling wise, from the rear, it looks like a warmed over version of the current model out since 2010...

Borg reported that they were going to do a Lincoln version, but it was canned.

Production looks consistent for the last few months, though inventory is lower than the rest of the Lincoln models. Maybe it's just getting long in the tooth for buyers?

I get it. I went from a Flex+Mustang to Bronco - I really had fun with my Mustang, but wanted more practicality back. Sometimes I wish I still had my Mustang, but it wasn't paid off and didn't make sense to have 2 payments. If I had a crystal ball, I'd have ordered a second one and sold it when prices were crazy, and then kept mine. Hindsight is 20/20, but the should've built that plant that Fields started.