Throwing this out for discussion.
I found this particular tidbit interesting, “the 2026 Ford Territory starts out at $519,000 MXN ($28,077 USD).” The price seems right. I don’t find the styling offensive. Certainly no worse than anything from the import brands. Can this be treated as an Escape replacement?
This sounds way too logical for Ford. Instead they are basically doubling down I with their transition to BEVs, just in a different category. Apparently they assume the cheap BEVs will outperform the Escape/Corsair sales. I personally don’t think this will be the case, and I don’t believe this is the right strategy.
EREVS, hybrids, keep being referenced in these threads, but what are they going to put them in, when they keep dumping product without replacements?
TC is just incremental sales and probably won’t take up too much production space.
They could probably build them as a run on a super Saturday shift.
back in the Fusion/MKZ days, Hermosillo had approx 330k upper limit
and Louisville did 430k back in the 20 teens.
All I’m pointing out is that if there’s a good reason for that level of production then ford will do it
Ford and other manufacturers build some U.S. military diesel vehicles, like the Ford Super Duty trucks,without factory emissions equipment such as DPF (Diesel Particulate Filters), EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation), or DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid) systems, as the government deems these systems unreliable for military operations. This "factory deletion" is a significant exception to U.S. federal emissions laws that prohibit the removal of emissions equipment on civilian vehicles for on-highway use.
https://www.motor1.com/news/772185/ram-electric-truck-dead/
Ram unveiled its competitor to the Chevrolet Silverado EV and Ford F-150 Lightning—the Ram 1500 REV—at the 2023 New York Auto Show. Originally slated to launch last year as the company’s first fully electric truck, Ram has now officially canceled the project.
In a statement released earlier today, Ram announced it will "discontinue development" of the fully electric pickup. However, the "REV" name will live on, as the company is rebranding its hybrid Range-Extended Electric Vehicle (REEV), the Ramcharger, as the new Ram 1500 REV.