Footballfan Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Mustang line to possibly Include crossovers and sedans: https://www.autoweek.com/news/future-cars/a32651480/ford-bronco-and-mustang-could-become-brands/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Footballfan said: Mustang line to possibly Include crossovers Uh....clickbate article...they've been talking about this for YEARS 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 3 hours ago, silvrsvt said: Uh....clickbate article...they've been talking about this for YEARS And it looks pretty dang good in that picture! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Ford actually has 4 sub-brands if you include Mustang and Bronco. F-Series and Transit are both sub-brands that consist of multiple vehicles marketed under the same umbrella nameplate. F-Series: F-150, F-250, Superduty (250/350/450/550) Transit: Transit, Transit Custom, Transit Connect, Transit Courier (and their related Tourneo twins) Mustang: Mustang, Mustang Mach-E Bronco: Bronco, Bronco Sport Transit is by far the most successful sub-brand in the car business right now. It's a family of 4 vehicles, 15 (at least by my count) bodystyles, and sold on all 6 continents and a key reason why Ford is still in business. If not for the fact that 4 door sedan market has collapsed around the world (with notable exception of China), I would have expected a Mustang sedan. And I think if Bronco Sport is a success, we will see more members of Bronco family by next generation. Edited May 27, 2020 by bzcat 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 9 hours ago, silvrsvt said: Uh....clickbate article...they've been talking about this for YEARS Thanks, I hate it. Actually nah, that's kinda sharp. This thing might do pretty well for itself! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I didn't even know Autoweek was still around. I appreciate the post, but that article could've been from a few years ago - I even checked the date on it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 18 hours ago, bzcat said: If not for the fact that 4 door sedan market has collapsed around the world (with notable exception of China), I would have expected a Mustang sedan. And I think if Bronco Sport is a success, we will see more members of Bronco family by next generation. I wonder if the Maverick small pickup will tie into the family. Bronco Maverick has a nice ring to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 These sub-brand ideas have been around for a long, long time... One that comes to mind from 1974 is Torino, then you had Gran Torino, Gran Torino Brougham, Gran Torino Sport, Gran Torino Elite (different body panels to further differentiate it) Then there were the "SUV's" of that era, in wagon form with Gran Torino Country Squire and a base ranch wagon version. Then you also had a truck version called Ranchero. Moving to the Bronco line of 2021, you will have Bronco 2 door, Bronco 4 door, Bronco Sport (smaller), the rumored Bronco on an F-150 chassis, Bronco Maverick pickup. The more things change, the more they stay the same..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Even the original Bronco had multiple versions in the beginning: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 12 hours ago, rmc523 said: I didn't even know Autoweek was still around. I used to get the magazine and it was really good. Then they went to bi-weekly publication but for some reason did not change their name to AutoEveryOtherWeek. Do they still publish the paper version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillSD Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Autoweek went digital only in approximately November 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 3 hours ago, akirby said: I used to get the magazine and it was really good. Then they went to bi-weekly publication but for some reason did not change their name to AutoEveryOtherWeek. Do they still publish the paper version? Nope, they stopped paper printing. And I had let my subscription lapse before that. I agree, it used to be really good. Over the last few years it went way downhill though. Like you said, biweekly, and when it did show up, 75% of it would be ads, and of that remaining 25%, 90% was motorsports stuff which I could care less about Literally out of a 100 page issue (or whatever it was), I'd have 3-4 pages of the whole thing I'd read/be interested in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Seems crazy now that we used to have to wait for the monthly magazines to see new models or get automotive news. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Autoweek was my favorite car mag back in the day. Always interesting and weekly, a great combo. Plus I liked looking at the pic of "Corvette Vicky" in the classifieds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudz64 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Who remembers the original large format Autoweek on newsprint!? I just found some from 1984 or so! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Personally I'm still a fan of Bronco Driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 I remember this from Ovid NY...evolved into Super Ford Magazine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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