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  1. Trader 10
    I hope Fusion Active is in the works but wonder if it’s been canceled.
  2. Trader 10
    There is no evidence the 1.5 I-3 is problematic.
  3. Trader 10
    Ford is way behind demand for hybrids (Maverick and Escape). I don’t think Ford ditches the 1.5 - it gets great mileage and the NVH complaints seem to be way overblown.
  4. Trader 10
    Wait….FRAP can’t build utilities????????
  5. Trader 10
    I don’t know if it will ever see the light of day, but if it does, why wouldn’t it it go in mainstream Mustangs? It probably wouldn’t be any larger than the 5.0 and if it’s OHV, it would be smaller and considerably cheaper to build.
  6. Trader 10
    I doubt the new Escape is much more profitable than the old (before the chip shortage screwed every thing up). Production is still heavily biased to the SE models and the 2020 models had $3K to $5K rebates.
  7. Trader 10
    Add Superduty redesign.
  8. Trader 10
    https://www.autoblog.com/2021/10/05/2022-ford-maverick-first-drive-review/ https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/reviews/2022-ford-maverick-preview/ https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a37852234/2022-ford-maverick-drive/ https://jalopnik.com/the-2022-ford-maverick-is-an-honest-cheap-multitool-o-1847802688
  9. Trader 10
    https://www.autoblog.com/2021/09/29/ford-mustang-mach-e-fails-moose-test-evasive-maneuver-video/
  10. Trader 10
    The only significant change at that time was the new center stack with the large screen and Sync 4. The panel directly in front of the driver still has the same 2 screens on each side of the speedo (which was shared with the 2013 - 2020 Fusion).
  11. Trader 10
    https://fordauthority.com/2021/09/lincoln-zephyr-patent-images-suggest-final-model-will-match-concept/ Looks like the concept car to me. I like it.
  12. Trader 10
    I’m not sure what you mean by premium, but price-wise Escape and BS are very close when you add all wheel drive to Escape. In fact, the Escape S is more expensive than the base BS model as is the Titanium Escape when compared to the premium BS models.
  13. Trader 10
    Borg is saying that neither Puma nor Evos is coming to North America.
  14. Trader 10
    Ford can’t just build what it wants to, it has to build vehicles that can be sold at a profit. It has sold maybe 25,000 BEV vehicles to date (I’m not counting the EV Focus) - seems like a huge gamble to basically give up introducing new ICE vehicles in the short run. I don’t see enough BEV sales in the next 6 - 8 years to make this plan succeed.
  15. Trader 10
    The ST is 25% of sales? I would have thought more like 5%.
  16. Trader 10
    You make some good points. Ford has plenty of capacity to build a new Edge if they had decided to - the Escape plant could probably turn out 100,000/year and Flat Rock probably double that amount. Ford isn’t capacity constrained- the issue is excess capacity.
  17. Trader 10
    Borg is saying over on GMI that there is no PowerBoost scheduled for the Navigator.
  18. Trader 10
    No reason Ford cant do both. You keep trying to compare potential profit of Ford’s well past their prime sedans with brand new designs which is apples to oranges. You don’t think a class leading C2 Fusion wouldn’t have higher ATP’s than Maverick (and probably Bronco Sport also)? It really doesn’t matter I suppose with no new Fusion coming.
  19. Trader 10
    It is a terrible stat. You know what’s even worse? When 45% of your sedan buyers leave you for another brand when its time to buy a new car.
  20. Trader 10
    The point is, if the grid can’t handle electrical demand with basically 0% electric cars, what will keep it from collapsing when electric cars are a significant % of the national fleet?
  21. Trader 10
    Hope it misses you guys, but that doesn’t look likely now. It looks like it may be a Tropical Storm and not a Hurricane, so at least that would be good.
  22. Trader 10
    No. Check out annual rainfall amounts for various Midwest cities and you’ll find there isn’t a discernible trend higher or lower in recent years.
  23. Trader 10
    To suggest that Mississippi River floods are due to high Gulf levels is ridiculous.
  24. Trader 10
    A OHV 6.8 would be significantly cheaper to build than the Coyote.
  25. Trader 10
    Flat Rock or the Escape plant? I think a significant number of small CUV buyers will buy a truck that is priced similarly to the CUV as the Maverick is. Until Maverick pick-ups have been too expensive.
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