Could it be the GM's have a "wow" factor and the Ranger IMO looks dated right out of the box?
As for Taco, how many young drivers grew up in a household where the family vehicle was a Toyota?
This old guy grew up in a family where the cars, trucks, tractors all had Blue Ovals or Ford in Script on them...and I passed that down to my sons
Just got back from a quick trip to western Germany, it's amazing how much smaller the overall size of vehicles is. Even my Maverick would be a bit on the large (long) side. Towing a small utility trailer seems to be the common answer for extra capacity when needed.
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I perceive a cooling or change in lifestyle starting to gain traction. As we travel throughout the Midwest, I'm seeing an increase in the number of RVs of all types for sale in people's yards; they can't all be upgrading. What I'm hearing from neighbors and acquaintances that own RV's ranging from van conversions and single axle hitch mounts and larger is, that it's getting harder to find or reserve camping spots, and insurance has gone up like auto insurance has. All this will have an effect on large van and Super Duty-type truck sales, new and used. Maybe a tandem axle, twin pull-out yanked with a 13mpg dually isn't as relaxing as it first seemed. I think economics and logistics are beginning to have as much impact, more or less, as government programs aimed at electrification. A PHEV and hotel points might be worth considering for some.
Included hot breakfast and somebody else does the dishes and makes the bed. Works for me.
Ford did allow Changan (with the help of Ford Australia) to develop new Ford models on the C2.
They should do the same with their B2E platform which is also EV ready. ICE will definitely be important for the rest of this decade since many markets under Ford's IMG are still predominantly ICE with EV infrastructure development behind that of the US.
Yes, Ford is looking down the tubes in Europe as it tries to transfer to electric vehicles,
that’s the real reason why Dearborn is taking closer control of European product decisions.
The more they cut, the more buyers just leave and go to other brands, that’s gotta stop…….
On the up side, I like what Ford is doing with BEV Puma and tiny BEV Transit van they are
two good examples of right thinking. I’m worried about sales volume of BEV Explorer/Capri twins.
Mach E sells better in Europe than North America but will that hold up as it ages…….
Again I’m probably harsh here but the feeling is that Ford Europe exploited its position with C2 “home room”
to deliberately restrict supply ot ROW and treat other divisions like bulk retail sales and keep all the profit.
Part of doing that was to kill any idea of additional plants in South America, South Africa or Asia Pacific region
Did they cooked the books to show why those other plants shouldn’t be built?
I think this sums it up. Pretty much the same reason most of the people on these forums buy Fords. However, to your point Deluxestang, the Forerunners and Tacomas I’ve been in felt to me like you were sitting on the floor, which is not a driving position I care for.
Could the GM large SUVs be foreshadowing a recession? I remember large SUV sales beginning to dip in a similar manner in 2006/2007 before a recession was more evident.