twintornados

You insinuate that somehow, a "Fig Ford dealer experience" is bad. I take my Lincoln to my local Ford/Lincoln dealer for service and get superior treatment. My girlfriend goes to the big Ford store on the main highway and get great treatment as well.

Go with stock....won't make much of a difference in an E-350 and I had at one time some polyurethane bushings in the back of my 83 Mustang and I hated them...rattled like crazy. Removed them when I upgraded to an 8.8 rear end....much smoother ride.

The platform or chassis is designated KE for first generation models, the second generation units are referred to as KF. SkyActiv is what Manda calls their engine designs.

I grow tired of the "one and done" posters that come here to bitch about their car and then leave, never to return. Not ask for suggestions on how to address it, look for a tip to fix it, just bitch and complain and skee-daddle out the (virtual) door.

First post in just to bitch about your car....nice I don't, he has options....no one is holding a gun to his head making him keep such a bad vehicle.

Without Ford's intervention, Jaguar would have been gone 10+ years ago. Geely has no other place to go but up with the purchase of Volvo and Tata getting their hands on Land Rover is like Snuffy Smith bagging the prom queen and never letting go.

The only company that is "independent" is Mazda....Volvo is betrothed to Geely and JLR is likewise bound to Tata.

Ford got good value from their partnerships with Volvo and Mazda, but at the end of the day, "One Ford" saved the company from disaster.

This might give the Ridgie a run for its money...LOL

You are seriously asking a bunch of "dyed-in-the-wool" Ford fans what we think of the Corvette??

Mazda GH chassis begat the Ford CD3 chassis....So I would say that Ford did indeed get their monies worth out of that joint venture. Similar to the Volvo tie up the gave us D3 out of Volvo's P2 architecture....

Mazda has been working on a rotary powered range extender for several years now... Car and Driver article from Dec 2013 https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15366035/mazda-2-re-range-extender-return-of-the-rotary/

Fellas, all the speculation of what type of ICE motor is going to be used is moot....I fully believe that Ford will come up with a power option that will be (if you'll excuse the pun) outside the box type thinking. https://www.wattfuelcell.com/portable-power/watt-imperium/