silvrsvt Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 https://instagram.com/p/BgWmdjzBm8l/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Those teaser videos are so worthless..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Those teaser videos are so worthless..... FFS wait 13 days LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Those teaser videos are so worthless..... Showed us more than we knew a few hours ago haha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Showed us more than we knew a few hours ago haha. theoretically I could have shown you all much more than that 6 months ago but I value my job (as well as my source) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Also interesting to note - we may be seeing the production one, and not a concept after all. Or it'll be a VERY thinly "conceptized" production model. Some of the detailing (namely the badge) looked production-like in the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Aviator based on CD6 platform?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 theoretically I could have shown you all much more than that 6 months ago but I value my job (as well as my source) Wonder if you'd be able to privately send those after it debuts? I'd just be interested to see what you saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Aviator based on CD6 platform?... Yup. The presentation confirmed a RWD unibody platform. Also interesting to note - we may be seeing the production one, and not a concept after all. Or it'll be a VERY thinly "conceptized" production model. Some of the detailing (namely the badge) looked production-like in the video. To follow up, Lincoln itself is called in the Lincoln Aviator Preview, and not a concept like they did with Conti and Navi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msm859 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 theoretically I could have shown you all much more than that 6 months ago but I value my job (as well as my source) So would it be outrageous for someone to think it will come with a plug in hybrid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 theoretically I could have shown you all much more than that 6 months ago but I value my job (as well as my source) Show off! That's worse than driving a fancy Porsche around to show up the neighbors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 So would it be outrageous for someone to think it will come with a plug in hybrid? I know nothing of powertrains being considered, only what it looks like That said based on todays release and what theyve said in the past, I think at the very least its safe to expect a hybrid option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Wonder if you'd be able to privately send those after it debuts? I'd just be interested to see what you saw. I would rather not seeing as theyre CAD drawings. Sorry. Show off! That's worse than driving a fancy Porsche around to show up the neighbors. Im not wealthy by any means so I have to flaunt something to keep up with you high rollers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Aviator based on CD6 platform?... Yes with a 3.0LTT PHEV drivetrain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 cool...will give us at least some inkling to the Explorers dimensions....I have great hopes for the CD6, glad to see RWD being re-embraced.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 So would it be outrageous for someone to think it will come with a plug in hybrid? Explorer will definitely be hybridized (not sure if that's regular or plug in or both), so Aviator would have to be too. I would rather not seeing as theyre CAD drawings. Sorry. Im not wealthy by any means so I have to flaunt something to keep up with you high rollers No worries! I thought you had meant drawings like artist sketches, not actual CAD drawings. I understand completely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Aviator based on CD6 platform?... architecture Its not a platform, its a architecture now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonj80 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 (edited) Its not a platform, its a architecture now They touched on that today. Down to the 5 architectures. FWD passenger unibody RWD passenger unibody commercial van unibody BOF Electric Edited March 15, 2018 by jasonj80 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 They touched on that today. Down to the 5 architectures. FWD passenger unibody RWD passenger unibody commercial van unibody BOF Electric I'm sure the electic car shares a lot with the universal uni-body. Unless they are going the Telsa route and having the battery as part of the "frame" of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I'm sure the electic car shares a lot with the universal uni-body. Unless they are going the Telsa route and having the battery as part of the "frame" of the car. from a packaging standpoint this makes the most sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I'm sure the electic car shares a lot with the universal uni-body. Unless they are going the Telsa route and having the battery as part of the "frame" of the car. They have to integrate the batteries into the frame of the vehicle - otherwise you take away too much passenger or cargo room. But the new C platform will already have some of that capability to support the PHEVs. So I'm sure they share a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assimilator Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 (edited) Ford referring to their platforms as architectures is mostly semantics, they are not flexible platforms in the same sense as the new ones we see from VW, Toyota, and MB. Ford has been openly skeptical of the flexible platform strategy so this appears to be mostly a tweaking of the traditional shared platform strategy. Each platform is specifically engineered and locked down to their specific vehicle application but can be more cheaply modified for related products. This doesn't mean we have one platform that scales affordably to everything under the sun. Edited March 15, 2018 by Assimilator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Ford referring to their platforms as architectures is mostly semantics, they are not flexible platforms in the same sense as the new ones we see from VW, Toyota, and MB. Ford has been openly skeptical of the flexible platform strategy so this appears to be mostly a tweaking of the traditional shared platform strategy. Each platform is specifically engineered and locked down to their specific vehicle application but can be more cheaply modified for related products. This doesn't mean we have one platform that scales affordably to everything under the sun. Oh boy I have you mute you already? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) According to the press email I got, it is the production "preview" which likely means production but with minor features that won't make it to the sales floor. Edited March 16, 2018 by Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadicalX Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 This baby Bronco, I'm sure, will give birth to a subcompact Lincoln SUV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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