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I can’t see this being the design at all. It looks too much like the cyber truck, and doesn’t match the silhouettes that have been shown already. Like I said earlier, I think the large ford script is cool, but I can’t say I like anything else about this design. I’m hoping ford threw this sketch in to keep us off the scent of the real vehicle, which I believe is the white one in the top. It seems to look more like the shape we have seen.

I think it could be two things. First, it’s possible that it the same kind of structure that the Silverado EV has. My hope though is that it’s actually interior space. Getting legroom for first and second row passengers equivalent to a midsize suv while still having a usable truck bed for 30k seems like a pretty good deal. A lot of you guys hate on the 4’ beds, but I think they are a good size and I think most buyers of a compact ev truck would prefer the larger interior, especially if it does have a mid gate to allow larger items.

Yes for the most part. Here’s the aerodynamics pic they showed comparing to another truck. You can see a pretty big difference in the front end. I tried to outline the shape to highlight the difference. With that said, this could be the shape of the “air” going around the vehicle and not the vehicle itself.

That’s a very low looking front end. I don’t mind the rest of it though. I am curious if there will be headroom issues for the back seat with the way the roof curves. here is a close up of the drawing. I think the lighted ford script looks cool. Hard to make out much else.

@rmc523 is going to be disappointed with the wheels. They look like giant X’s.

I not sure I would buy an Explorer again. Maybe the new model is better, but I had a ton of issues with the two that I owned. Have you considered a Mach E? Seems to check all your boxes.

I think you will be alright. Tuesday at 11am doesn’t seem like your normal reveal time, especially for a “model T moment” vehicle.

Hasn’t this been around for a while? Maybe I’m thinking of electronic parking brakes…

You missed a few big ones aerostar Bronco II Contour, cougar, capri escort freestar GT mariner, mystique probe Windstar zephyr

If that was T3, I think we dodged a bullet on that one. It looks like it has the short hood and the angled rear cab like the Silverado EV, which I think is a terrible looking truck.

“No boring products”, does that include the new van?

Glad to see Lincoln getting some money for new products and “emotional and exciting” sounds good. I couldn’t care less about rejuvenation though and I hope Lincoln gets away from the “wellness” theme.

Would that count as an over the top color? Over the top sounds like bright flashy colors to me, which imo have no place on a Lincoln.

I agree, but it’s also worth noting that it’s usually easier and cheaper to keep existing customers than it is to go after new ones. I think it probably worked out ok for ford here though.

Mazdas are great vehicles. They are my first stop if I can’t find what I want at ford. I had a mazda3 back when they were owned by Ford and never had an issue. A lot has changed since then, but their vehicles are still nice looking, and interiors seem upmarket compared to others. My only complaint has been their infotainment. All their vehicles always have such small screens and no digital IPs. That seems to be changing with the new cx5.

This makes me laugh. You get a bonus for making a vehicle that doesn’t break after 3 months. Might as well just give a bonus for showing up to work. If this is the bar ford sets, no wonder the quality is so terrible. How about we measure quality after the 3 and 5 year warranties end?

The old Highlander was pretty bad, so I guess this is an improvement, but I still don’t like it. It’s about as generic as you can get. I wouldn’t know this was a Toyota if you didn’t tell me. I really hope ford keeps its design as far away as possible from this plain Jane front end. Interior is nice though.

80-90% of the time without passengers is essentially people without kids. I agree the BS and Maverick are great vehicles for those people. I could be wrong with this, but I see the Escape as Ford’s entry level family vehicle. Explorer is definitely an option, but it is 8k more than an escape. That’s a big chunk of change that many families can’t afford. Most others in the segment are a bit closer to 40” too. I suspect family buyers will go to those. Tucson and Sportage - 41.3” CRV - 41” Escape - 40.7” Cherokee - 40.3” cx50 -39.8” RAV4 - 37.8” Trax -38.7” Bronco Sport - 36.9”

The rear seat in the escape can slide back 6” making it have much more legroom. My kids complained when we looked at buying the BS and maverick because they couldn’t fit comfortably and the shortest kid is only 5’5”. I’m 6”2” and have the drivers seat as far back as it will go. The ford escape has almost 41” of rear seat legroom. The BS has 37” and the maverick has 36-37”. That’s a pretty big difference.

I saw this photoshop on YouTube today. I think it looks pretty good. This seems to have a more aggressive off-road body to it, similar to the scout or rivian. It would be nice if the ce1 truck was more like this.

The escape was Ford’s only affordable family vehicle. The maverick and Bronco sport just don’t have the rear legroom for families. While the BS is much better looking, it’s better suited to singles and couples without kids. Same for Maverick. I also doubt Maverick would get escape customers. They seem like different markets to me. Did escape sales go down with the introduction of the maverick? I’d guess escape customers will go to other brands unless these incentives are massive.

Good luck with that. Corsair starts at 40k and Nautilus starts at 54k. That’s a huge difference, even with a few thousand in incentives.

To me, this front end looks very similar to the Explorer EV, but stretched a bit to look more truck-like. I wouldn’t be surprised if it looks like this but with the C shape lighting elements the trucks use.

Yeah, what’s strange is we can see the vertical line where I guess the frunk opening will be but to the left of that, there’s nothing. That doesn’t leave much room for headlights on the side. Maybe they are skinny headlights with a C shape like maverick.

Here is my guess. The grille is black, but maybe the body is a different color. At arrow #1 you can see the vehicle has that tape with the paper on it. At arrows #2-3 you can see that same tape that looks like it’s been painted over. Maybe they taped off the grille so they could paint it black.