Ford offered a NA v6 in the f150.  Nobody bought it.

It's an interesting arrangement to have Chevy Silverado medium duty trucks rolling down the same assembly line as International MV's too!  But that's the world we live in.   I suspect 7.3L 650/750's and 6.6L Isuzu/Chevy LCF's will have a good 2025 in CARB states. 

Sounds like Musk is all for removing govt tax credits, maybe competition BEV sales shrivel up without them.

Tesla still claims to be committed to lower-cost vehicles for next year, which should help a little with growth, though no one really knows what that may actually be.  I expect Tesla will reintroduce the base Model 3 (short range) but with battery pack that qualifies for tax credit — though tax credits and incentives may not even exist by next year, at least federal.  It’s also possible they introduce a smaller and lighter variant of Model 3, likely a hatchback.  It’s possible a Model 3 variant could get down to 50~55 kWh battery size and still offer 250+ miles of combined range.  That could make it tough on competition based on price.   A steerable or drivable version of the small 2 door Cybercab would be interesting but seems very unlikely to me (in 2- or 4-door).  Some renders based on Cybercab dimensions actually look nice; though too futuristic for traditional tastes.

I disagree, but respect your opposing opinion.  I personally won’t buy any turbocharged vehicle to save a gallon of fuel a week when compared to a larger engine.  It’s not just with Ranger, it’s all vehicles.  I understand manufacturers may not have an option to offer a larger-displacement NA engine, and that’s OK too.  There are always other choices.

Good point, I wouldn’t want to either.  However, I’ve been discussing 200 HP, not 92 or 94 HP, or in my case 98 HP.  That was made clear multiple times.  If a few people can’t tell the difference, it’s not worth my time to debate any part of this issue.   Engine and transmission technologies have improved significantly since our sub-100-HP 4-cylinder and 5-speed Rangers from 30+ years ago.  Some here seem to only accept one new engine technology, and I’m not one of them. 

And Ford would sell close to zero of the lower-power engine to retail purchasers. Maybe some fleet orders but that would be it.

Ordered my Lariat Ultimate F350 DRW today, hoping for a reasonable build date. !!

The writing has been on the wall in China for a while now. With vehicles all becoming software defined, there is just no way car companies can continue to sell the same vehicles in China as they do the rest of the world. In order to deploy software in China, foreign companies have to have the system and data hosted in China and you have to provide the source code to the Ministry of Stealing Industry and Technology.    This is why Ford gave up a few years ago and switched to using Baidu's operating system in China. And why VW is going to use Xpeng's software.    And also why Google and Amazon Cloud are not in China.

Everyone just assumes that Tesla will just keep on growing but will it too hit a certain market depth and just level off. The two door cyber taxi seemed to have a rather underwhelming response from supporters and investors, the only thing that really buoyed stock price was third quarter profits.