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Not in the middle of a trade war they don't.

Yes the LMHs themselves are dedicated prototypes with a few "customer track cars" available. However the builder can offer a road-legal derivative if they want to put in the effort. So far only the Valkyrie range from Aston covers the whole spectrum from (limited) road car to track-only customer car to LMH, and it doesn't seem like anyone else is interested.

The Dakar truck's look would evolve to fit into road regs so I wouldn't get too hung up on its details. As a broad concept, a fun off-roader wrapped around a 5.0, I think it's exactly what's in store.

This will be a LMDh (LeMans Daytona hybrid) car not a LMH (LeMans Hypercar), so there would not be a road car equivalent. The former use some spec parts and chassis vendors while the latter are using mostly their own hardware and can have a road-going equivalent. It's possible there would be a GT road car in the same time frame, but it would have to be distinct from the LMDh car (unless Ford changes it mind and switches to LMH). Oddly I think we may see this used to launch the next Mustang. The Ford LMDh will be a Rear Wheel Drive V8 hybrid, maybe the 8th Gen 'stang will have something similar at the top of its lineup. Supposedly Red Bull Racing asked Ford if they wanted in on a Red Bull LMH based on their RB17, but there's not much synergy there since the V10 engine's got nothing to do with Ford and there's no hybrid system. Will be interesting to see if RB joins the Ford LMDh team as a sponsor, or if they still try for a LMH. If they modified RB17 to use a version of the hybrid drivetrain Ford is helping them develop for their F1 team, it would be pretty interesting.

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The gallery over on r6g shows that non-Wildtrack models have more vertical "fangs" than this. Looks like a conscious choice to emphasize the wide stance look of the Wildtrack.

Nice technical dive into the Hybrid's all-new Electric motor. https://www.motortrend.com/news/2022-ford-maverick-hybrid-motor-technology/

Better than I feared.

Ok fire the front designer and promote the rear designer, because that looks crisp.

Sadly, its not just the grills which bug me. The way the bumper/lower valence is high in the middle and droopy on the sides just irritates the hell out of me. The design puts the visual weight in all the wrong places, and fails to cohere with the rest of the front end. Last generation didn't have this problem, Ranger doesn't have this problem, Raptor and Bronco both look great, I don't know how the F-150 got cursed with it. Agreed on the interior, though, very nice.

I still really don't like the front clip on this generation F-150, but the Lightning definitely looks better than the non-Raptor gas trucks.

I really don't like the face. The rest looks pretty good, but man I'm just not getting there on the way the grille, headlights, and bar fit together. The old Ranger sketch that introduced this design direction I could take or leave, but the way these prototypes look actively bugs me. Hoping the final look has some of that "well it all works together" magic.

The folks from the Wheel Bearings podcast are pretty positive, and they have a special episode just on the Mach-E.

Amazing what a difference masks and contact tracing can make.

Autoextremist tomorrow will be 2,000 words worth of wailing and gnashing of teeth.