Hah..I guess so.  Seems simple doesn't it?  What should be a relatively easy addition to the spec list is ignored and that addition would open up another market. I will spare you all the reasons why it makes sense..you have heard it before....so just humor me.   Standing on that "hill" was what I was known for in my 44 yr career. Did I get a bloody nose every now and then?...yep!😎  But better than folding your tent when you know you are making sense.   PS At least I'm not saying Ford should be back in class 8!

Yea, same here. I went to the IMSA BOTB event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last September and it seemed to me the GTD and GTD Pro class cars got more attention from fans during the fan walk than the GTP and LMP2 class cars  

Sounds to me that Hemi engine came up as a question from Motor1 during interview, and his reply was worded carefully as if question was anticipated.  Electrical incompatibility makes sense, but eTorque not being available not so much.  RAM could just reintroduce standard Hemi without eTorque, couldn’t they?   I can see why some RAM fans want the Hemi back.  The standard Hurricane isn’t significantly more fuel efficient, and requires more expensive premium fuel to achieve rated power.  The high output Hurricane costs more, burns more fuel, and requires premium.  And buyers who want economy will still choose Pentastar V6.  The Hurricane doesn’t seem to solve much of anything, other than maybe slight emissions reduction that apparently many buyers couldn’t care less about.   RAM CEO may have also left door cracked on Hemi to buy time until they can fix Hurricane problems and or buyers get used to twin-turbo small-displacement engines as occurred with F-150.  I’ve never owned a RAM, but if considering, would prefer pushrod V8 over twin-turbo six any day.  That part I can relate to.  Hurricane is too complex and I expect will cost more to own longterm. 

Hmmm. I think this is the first real prototype effort since the old GTP Probe, unless we count the Ford F1 V8s being plugged into Jag GTP cars in the early 90s. Maybe I've missed something, but it seems like a full 3 decades since their last prototype effort.

Not a big fan of prototype racing.  Much prefer GTLM.

Now we know why they discontinued the ecoboost performance pack.

Man, that's a hill you're willing to die on, isn't it!  

Who is suffering?  Just because you don't like it doesn't mean people are suffering.     With Ford's announcements, I take a "believe it when I see it" approach because of how often their plans change.     I doubt "never" is the real answer.  But not soon.     They also started with the 4-door, and removed 2 doors to offer a 2-door coupe.

CARB is used by 19 other states IIRC and 8 of 10 of them are the top selling auto markets...so do the math. 

They also had to buy credits from Tesla to offset things.    They might be able to do it in a very limited fashion, but I wouldn't count on it.