DeluxeStang

I'm scared lol.

Interesting tidbit from Borg, the skunktruck has a similar front end slope to this. Not super surprising, but I hope it looks more appealing on that. I've heard it looks pretty close to the electric small Toyota pickup concept that was called like the TPU. If it looked basically identical to that with a beefier looking front end, it would look pretty good imo.

Its still not gonna be everyone's cup of tea, but with the lower, sloping hood, cab forward proportions, and coupe style roofline, I kinda wished they have pulled some styling inspiration from something like the gt. I feel like approach would have made the aero approach cooler, and more desirable.

Genuinely a good idea. I've said for some time these brands spend billions developing designs in secret only to reveal them when it's too late to change anything. I feel like more transparency with passionate members of the community wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

Made some changes based on your feedback to the lights, added Ford script as well. I noticed it also looked like the entire rear bumper was black, so I changed that. Guessing this is pretty close.

Using AI to generate these angles, but I bet this gets pretty close. Yeah I actually kinda like it from the side and rear in a futuristic, bold kinda way. But the front really lets it down, that headlight placement in particular.

He's older, maybe he just wanted to retire.

To be fair, it sounds like the main contribution he had was setting clear goals, and then assembling a capable team capable of making it happen. The team will still be there after he leaves, so with the goals they're working towards. So I think it'll be fine.

Even though Fields departing is sad news, the overall change is a positive one. It sounds like Ford is doing exactly what we wanted them to do which is take more leanings from the skunkworks team and apply it to their ICE lineup. I'm really eager to see how this influences future products. A radical new approach that radically reduced ev weight and cost is an approach that I would love to see applied to the mustang. Some of the learnings wouldn't transfer, but if they find a way to make the mustang lighter without making it crappy or insanely expensive, that would be awesome.

We followed a very similar journey. When these were first revealed, I thought they were awesome and a built a few on their site. Then the appeal wore off. Basically the only think I like is all the customization options, but Ford management has hinted CE1 EVs will have a lot of customization themselves.

If you guys remember a ways back I actually mentioned how the crossover looked a lot like a FF crossover. It looks like that, blended with the dodge Magnum's wheel arches and like the GTA version of the Ford edge blended into one vehicle.

I noticed this as well. What's interesting is Farley has commented quite a bit one what he calls new blended silhouettes, especially referring to EVs and affordable EVs. Where he said he could see affordable EVs needing new silhouettes that blended things like car and crossover styling into a halfway point between the two to make them more areo efficient but also practical. That's also how he's referred to the skunk truck, calling it a new silhouette instead of a traditional truck design. Time will tell if consumers respond well to this, but I actually don't hate the idea of they try to execute it well moving forward.

Good to know. Yeah I can see why certain design elements were such a turn off to clinics and Ford employees. The side profile isn't the worst thing I've ever seen, but the front looks rough between the droopy front end, odd DRLs, and the weird headlight placement that's super low. I'm curious if the front really was that bad looking or if it looked better from a front 3/4s angle or something.

Dang, looks like we have the same source 😉.

Doesn't the 1.5 had a lot of issues though?