twintornados

Well, quite honestly, F650/750 cab can go aluminum and likely retain the same tilt (fiberglass) nose with an update to the nose to match the body lines of the aluminum cab. I am sure the stamping dies for E-Series cab structure have been replaced a few times...doubt they are using the same dies from last cab update.

The Topkick/Kodiak were Express/Savana based cabs with a tilt nose....Ford could do the same with an Econoline cab from an E-450 with a tilt nose and create an E-550/650 medium variant to continue battle in the medium wars with Isuzu and Hino.

If the suspension "hard points" are the same on the chassis architecture, then you can spec up an SLA suspension for your upscale products while keeping costs in check for the rest of the vehicles that share that architecture by spec'ing up a lower cost, but effective McStrut suspension for the lower end of the line. It gives differentiation so that we no longer have to deal with "tarted up" Fords when we want a Lincoln.

This is pretty cool too...how many boats can claim Ecoboost power?!

Welcome...oh and,

You will see Expeditions all over the place, whereas the Navigator is more exclusive and with that, you wont see yourself coming and going every time you drive down the road.

You'll see 'em when they show Baby Bronco....

Or, an emergency inflation kit.

The name is interesting indeed...Menlo as in Menlo Park where Thomas Edison started GE. Edison was a close friend and confidant of Henry Ford.

Since Mustang is now a "world stage" vehicle, I don't believe the NG Mustang will get cancelled.

You either live with it and hope that the correct repairs can be made or get rid of it...all about choices and I do not think this fix from Ford will do anything to address the valuation of the car...that ship has sailed and the value of these cars are what it is, nothing will change that.

Sedan design consigns this to the scrap pile even before production begins.

I have a hunch that this thread will also become "nausea inducing"

yawn....

And how many manufacturers paid other manufacturers for the unleaded fuel neck design back in the 70's? Answer; none. Elon wants to control fuel delivery plain and simple so that he can "enhance investor value" of Tesla to drive up the stock price. His design is nice, but by no means should other manufacturers be held hostage to a design that is only designed to fatten his wallet. Hard pass.