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There is also that official photo released by Ford on the reveal of the 2018 Mustang, which shows the interior of the car while the car is parked in a driveway. On the left corner of the photo you can partly see a silver Mustang with a black sidestripe that looks like a Boss-Stripe. I haven't seen that being discussed anywhere yet. Do You think that was an intentional spoiler ("easter egg") by Ford for a planned Boss Mustang based on the S550?

That new diesel engine would also work nicely as the top of the line engine for the ROW Ranger. Here in Germany Ranger is the segment sales leader, although it has to compete against the Volkswagen Amarok. That really means a lot, as Volkswagen is known for dominating the german car market in most of the segments that they compete in. With that diesel engine in my opinion F-150 would even be a viable option for selling a larger than Ranger Ford truck in Germany.

In my opinion dwindling sales of Galaxy and S-Max in 2014/2015 are based on Ford closing the plant in Genk, Belgium and moving the production of the Galaxy and S-Max to Valencia. Genk closed on December 18th 2014, that is when the last first-generation S-Max and second-generation Galaxy were built. The built-in-Valencia current generation Galaxy and S-Max were intruduced as late as September 2015 (in Germany, I don`t know about other European countries), so for most of 2015 all Ford dealers had to sell were left-over 2014 model cars. The sales-chart shows that sales are up again now that the new-generation cars are available. In my opinion the situation is similar to when production of the Mondeo was taken from Genk to Valencia, introducing the new-generation Mondeo at the same time. To me the question is if Minivans are going to be supplanted by SUVs in Europe, as it more and more seems to be the case (Renault Escape went from Minivan to 7-seat-SUV, Opel/Vauxhall is said to do the same with the Zafira). If it was financially viable for Ford to stick to at least S-Max or Galaxy in addition to Edge (and maybe even Explorer), Ford could have a nice slice of the remaining SUV-market in Europe.

As requested by akirby and fordmantpw they showed it in white at the press conference.

Awesome. Restrained luxury. Lincoln ist back. I will keep myself from complaining "why don't they sell it here in Germany?" and just indulge in enjoying the look of that beautiful car.

I also wonder what the 900 "other" sold Fords might be. As far as I know Explorer is not officially sold in the EU20, for sure not in the main markets like Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy. Edge was not yet on sale in November at least here in Germany, where the prices of the Edge were released one week ago. I am pretty sure it can be ordered now that the prices were released, but I don´t expect to see the first ones at the dealerships before June 2016. We need a replacement for my wife´s 2012 Kuga in January 2017, probably it will be either the Edge or the 2017 Kuga.

Sometimes it is hard for me to understand how obvious mistakes are not being corrected in official Ford paperwork before release. The report on the 2015 Q1 results mentions the next generation Ranger, yet shows a picture of the current generation truck. Don't get me started on the press releases / sales material concerning the Mustang here in Germany. The newest version of the German sales brochure calls the drive mode setting "track" "Gelände", which means "Off Road", instead of using the correct German phrase "Rennstrecke". Lost in translation!

Congratulations on your purchase. The 2014 Focus is a great car and I enjoy every mile driving my 2014 Focus ST. I am going to stretch its legs on the Autobahn again today.

I have found "www.livestream.com/ford". The Ford press conference is scheduled to start at 9:10 AM EST.

In Germany it is 10.50 am and we have still almost 4 1/2 hours to go until the Ford press conference starts. I am sitting in my office in front of the screen, but how am I supposed to concentrate on working?

I have to confess that the 1977-1979 have always been my favourite Thunderbirds. Blame it on my age (42), because in my youth I used to see them quite often, mostly driven by American Military members. My favourite one was a 1979 Heritage Edition in that gorgeous Baby Blue, what a great looking car.

I was at a military-installation in Vilseck, Germany today and I saw lots of F150 and current-generation Fusions there (which allowed me to have a first look at the upcoming new Mondeo). This showed me the importance of the F150 for Ford, but also the inroads that Ford has been making with the Fusion in its segment. I was driving in my Race Red European-spec 2014 Focus ST and encountered an identical-looking American-spec, Race Red Focus ST, which followed right behind me, it was kind of funny.

Living in Germany I can confirm that the focus is offered as a sedan in Germany, but they don´t seem to sell very many of these, as you rarely see one in traffic or at the dealer. But it is the same with the Opel Astra sedan and the VW Jetta, no one wants those in Germany as they are regarded as unyouthful "Grandpa cars". I don´t know about Great Britain (although on my almost yearly trips to London I have yet to see a Focus sedan there), but the Escort sedan (formerly known as the Ford Orion) and Focus sedan have always been rather popular in Southern European countries like Spain and Portugal, it might still be that way. Regarding the discussion on building a RWD Ford-sedan it surely wouldn´t make much sense to offer such a car in Germany, as BMW, Mercedes and Audi literally own the large sedan market here. In my opinion Ford needs to find some other way to move upmarket in Germany and I guess Ford has found a way to do so by offering the 2015 Mustang and upcoming Edge in Germany, as SUVs are becoming more popular in Germany by the minute and the Mustang has a cult following not only in Germany, but Europe in general. The first driving impressions offered by German magazines on the Mustang are very favourable. Just today I received my weekly edition of "Focus", a very popular magazine comparable to "Newsweek" or "Time Magazine" in the USA and it featured the 2015 Mustang on the frontpage! I can´t remember the last time they featured a new BMW, Mercedes or Audi that prominently. Their report on the Mustang was very positive as well.

Kein Problem! (no problem!)

I am curious to see what the car mags that we get in Germany will have to say about the new Mustang. I received my newest issue of "Auto Motor und Sport" today and they announced a first drive report for the next issue which will be out in two weeks. Well, the 2015 Mustang is coming to late for me anyway, as I bought a 2014 Focus ST in July. First I wanted to wait for the 2015 Mustang, but I wasn´t among the lucky 500 to be eligible for the first batch of Mustangs coming to Europe, so I figured I´d probably have to wait till mid of next year at least and I needed a new car sooner than that. So when we took my wife´s 2012 Ford Kuga to the dealer to get the AC fixed we stumbled across a brand new, just delivered race red Focus ST and that was it. My wife has already taken it to about 250 km/h on an unrestricted stretch of Autobahn twice, I haven´t been that lucky yet, having had to slow down at about 230 km/h on the Autobahn to Bamberg (Frankonia) due to traffic. Maybe buyer´s remorse is going to hit me next year when I will be surely taking a test drive of the 2015 Mustan at my local Ford dealer, but taking a quick trip to Salzburg with my family in the Focus last week proved to me again that I couldn´t be happier with a car. So, maybe I will buy a 2018 Mustang to replace the Focus, or maybe I will convince my mother to sell me that 1987 5.0 GT Convertible sitting in her garage, but one thing is for sure: There is a Mustang in my future.