Fingers crossed that the T3 truck gives Tesla the middle finger. 😁 Doesn't matter to me whether Tesla is still selling Cybertruck or comes out with a conventional pickup by then.   Still feel sorry for Ford REVC employees who are getting furloughed, I never thought that Cybertruck and other competitors would demolish F-150 Lightning sales the way they did last month

Nothing really to complain about here outside of the numbers would have been better with the Edge had lived. 

Remember that it is not just a VW, but it is built in a Ford plant by Ford.   This is much different that typical "based on" products as those are almost always built in another manufacture's plant. With the Union fighting that VW is going into now, building at a Ford plant will likely be beneficial for quality. 

T3

Has Ford's head honcho prepared for that situation? According to the sales numbers posted by Rick73 here, F-150 Lightning is havin' trouble keeping up with the ugly ass Cybertruck. How is Ford gonna compete with a not so ugly ass conventional Tesla pickup?

Elon has already said that if the CT flops, they'd bring out a more conventional pickup.

If you believe the Volkswagon CFO, VW has one or two years to turn things around.   https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/volkswagen-cfo-says-one-maybe-two-years-left-to-turn-vw-brand-around-reuters/ar-AA1qbaXr?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds  

I'm seeing a lot of news articles saying VW is going down the tubes. Fake news?

I'm seeing a more than usual amount of new F750's in the vocational arena including building material crane bodies  and utility bucket trucks. You might ask how can I tell? Well for one thing, Asplundh Tree Services' newest trucks are white instead of orange.

If Cybertruck sales tank suddenly, and proven due to appearance, I expect they could (or would) replace body with more conventional pickup — modern but not radical.   Getting away from stainless by itself perhaps could lower CT price significantly, though I’m only speculating.  Not sure if non-stainless body is even possible due to paint requirements.  However, on second thought, a body built like RoboTaxi/Cybercab may circumvent that particular paint challenge (assuming it’s even a problem).  Hard to say with Tesla.