Yeah I can see maybe a 5-7K upcharge due to it being a "convertible" vs the Ranger. 

Rental cars? I know when I was in Disney ages ago there was a ton of GM W or A body products in the rental fleets...it was pretty bad going into your hotel parking lot and looking for a white Buick and their be like dozen of them...kinda screwed if you don't remember your license plate lol 

For sure BS.  They should at least have called their "work" an F-600. This "rendition" fits right in with some of the tractor images that show up on You Tube-or at least the ones that pop up on my screen.  I suppose if you log in to any farming/tractor sites you get these fakes.  Actually they are well done, but when you see Ford's latest monster AWD that belongs on huge midwest farm, you know it is all fake.

The VW EV deal was in addition to Ford building the Ranger and other products and them also getting smaller vans. It was part of a package deal that I'm sure that Ford is making out on. 

It's also floor mats and the cargo area mat and net, not just the keypad.  So, If I take delivery before it is "as ordered", I believe it will take the pressure off the dealership to get the parts in.  I believe they screwed up by not ordering the parts sooner.  Also, we now live over an hour from the dealership, so there are additional hardships to drop off and retrieve it.

Back 20 or 30 years ago when we were in Florida visiting my in-laws or Disney World etc., the most popular car on the road was the Mercury Grand Marquis, NOT the Ford Crown Vic. Was there a super huge Lincoln-Mercury dealer down there?  Anybody know the scoop?

My guess is that the fleet market is happy w/ Maverick, since it starts $9K less.   HRG

I doubt they're happy with Broncos piling up on dealer lots.     Yeah, I too have noticed the massive difference between Ranger and Bronco pricing.  I know they're obviously different segments, but they're asking too much.

Hyundai Ioniq 9 debuts at LA Auto Show as the brand's biggest EV yet - Autoblog       While almost 15 inches longer than the Ioniq 5, the 9 still offers 335 miles of range on the rear-wheel drive long-range version. The big 110-kWh battery gets those numbers, but the looming size results in only 97 MPGe (compared to the Ioniq 5's RWD long-range MPGe of well over 100) when looking at battery efficiency.             Styling is kind of strange but not terrible.  I don't know why they keep doing this trend of making round wheel wells and then accenting them with squared off fender flares - why not just make the opening more square??