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And having the advertising push of a small, asthmatic beagle.

Definitely seen worse, from CarScoops and Ford both.

I agree his departure doesn't (necessarily) signal bad things for performance/fun models. But it's still a bit sad to see someone who created such an amazingly successful model walking out the door.

At the risk of beating my own drum, this goes back to my complaint that they didn't have anything to roll out at the same time they killed sedans. They needed a full-court strategy to make the death of sedans look like the actions of an agile and forward-thinking company being agile and forward-thinking. Instead they look look scared and reactionary, with little confidence and little positive for people to latch onto other than "we're reducing costs!" The decisions they're making might all be perfectly sound, even ahead of the curve, but they aren't projecting that at all.

Pretty stunning to see Fusion go, whatever their market research says. But far more concerning to me is that the details were all about the cuts, while future products and investments were yadda-yadda'ed. This is becoming a theme of Hack-job's tenure: hearing far more about what's NOT happening than what is. The thint is, I don't think it will please Wall Street the way they hope. While "more profit" is something they want to hear, so is confidence. And if they wanted to project confidence, they needed to roll out something impressive that they intend to DO.

Good to see, they can't start here fast enough.

Looks pretty solid. Would have liked for SOME information about the NA plan but oh well I guess we wait. While I appreciate the complaints that it's not a bold enough step, I think the Bold step into the current generation had uneven results. So I'm not terribly surprised they played the "good but safe" angle.

Yeah not only Focus but hatches in general seem to be doing better as time marches on. Would seem an odd decision to pinch that particular penny these days.

Environmental and safety regulations are not the top drivers of new-car pricing. They certainly play a part, but Nissan's Versa is compliant with mileage and safety regulations and is still available for under $13K. Features, materials, build quality, lower per-vehicle volumes and just plain old market forces do their thing to drive the price up. Meanwhile, wages below the midpoint of the workforce have not kept up with the rising cost of living, which exacerbates the money crunch for anyone interested in buying a new car.

And, as I mentioned during the F-150 rollout, anything that's not an increase in weight is a positive. Because the trend line had been a long march upward.

It certainly seems that way at the moment. I'm unsure whether the "Insider" who range up FA and TTAC was full of it or they misread something they saw/heard, but these things happen sometimes.

The XC is still the cleanest but the Linc is easily in the better looking half of this field.

Precisely this. Look no further than the Tesla Model 3, which has a big floating screen and not much else and stands in contrast to the giant, integrated screen of the S. There might be kudos to won by having it retract when the car shuts off, but that has a large number of potential pitfalls so I find it pretty unlikely.

Would seem like a stretch, given that it's already being sold. If splitting that sort of hair why not claim the Nautilus as "new?"

That's really darn good looking. Well done to the designers, looking forward to seeing more.

Whute collar workers are very mercenary these days, thanks to a whole host of factors. Attracting and retaining high-quality talent often requires going an extra mile. Is that worse than generations of workers who were very passionate about where they worked but treated like crap by the management which knew they wouldn't leave?

If we're lucky, that's all it is.

Does is belong to a guy named Walt Longmire?

Going to disagree with you pretty strongly here. If they're really working to assemble property around the Depot as is being reported then they have the ability to construct the campus they want/require, parking included. Having a campus with transit access in an an urban neighborhood on an upward trajectory is massively appealing to the sort of young tech workers they want, see the Team Edison location or any Amazon building, but it always requires substantial investment to build a big campus in that sort of location. A new-build of that size in a healthier city would easily be a half-$Billion project, and would require substantial time/effort negotiating with the city and landowners to get everything assembled, re-zoned, and approved. Here the city would probably bend over backwards to do something with the Depot, the only real big obstacle to get it green-lit is likely to be Matty Moroun's intent to squeeze every last $.01 he can out of the purchase price. The historic nature of this building does certainly pose problems/challenges that a new-build wouldn't, both in material and legal terms, but if the company believes they need a new urban campus I think this is an intelligent option. Add on the attractive PR and positive impact on their relationship with the Detroit political establishment, and it looks pretty decent.

Not feeling the hood vent yet, but that nose....me likey.

I like the Transit but the best of the prototypes I've seen is the AM General. A good mail truck should be cartoonish, but cohesive in a way that Transit with it's goofy-looking add-ons just isn't. That said, AM General is struggling while Oshkosh is on a mega hot streak in the government contract game so I'm definitely marking the Transit as one of the favorites. I agree it's nice looking, but without front doors it's not at all practical for USPS needs.

The USPS is tired of fixing fenders.

Sat in one just in the past few days during aforementioned bad dealer trip. Really like it for what it is, but it's just too small for my needs.

Just had an ABSURDLY BAD experience at a Ford dealership, given that it's one of the largest nearby I'm rather shocked at how many people must be putting up with their nonsense every day. But it was not also a Lincoln, so at least they're not dragging both brands down.

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