With regards to Farley’s claim of Ford losing billions on sedans in North America, that would be more believable if Ford had more than just a few of them. Between 2011 and 2020, they mainly had Americanised versions Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo plus the CD4 derived MKZ and Continental. D3 Taurus was the standout and twinned with the Explorer, became the police vehicles of choice by many departments.
While it’s probably true that Ford spent a fortune developing the CD4 MKZ and Continental, Lincoln dealers were begging for a 3-row utilities Navigator and an Aviator. So apart from from trying to make European Mondeo, Focus and Fiesta work in North America, I don’t see much beyond modest, controlled investment in cars.
I wonder if a lot of the perceived losses with sedans is opportunity cost, maybe Farley regrets that Ford didn’t move more quickly to utilities in the twenty tens, we still don’t know how much funding was burned by Mark Fields on developing Lincoln cars including the RWD plans..
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Yeah, there are Dealers that do that but as you stated it works against them because everything gets held at the plant until the OTB and shipping release.
If the top section has a lower leftover then the glass does currently, it'll be easier to access the power panel, esp in relation to whatever you would be powering
I can only comment on my mom's BMW - yes, both sections are powered. There is one fob button that opens the top section only. The lower section gets opened via button push on the top of the lower section (when the upper part is open). Closing can be done via one touch of the button on the upper portion.
BMW has a kick activated sensor too, but it is eliminated with the tow package (which my mom's has) so I can't comment on how that operates.