Territory would be a decent replacement for Escape except of course it is made in China which makes it impossible.    It's just another example of disjointed product development strategy for Ford.      Mexico's car market is increasingly aligned with China and Chinese imports. The Big 3 US companies now all sell more Chinese imported cars and SUVs in Mexico than they do Mexico/US/Canada assembled cars and SUVs. Chinese imports accounted for about 20% of new vehicle sales in Mexico last year and will probably go near or maybe above 30% this year. The only reason it is not much higher in terms of % is the large amount of pickup trucks sold in Mexico which is still largely sourced locally or imported from the US. But if you extrapolate the data, it means basically Chinese imports has made significant in roads on all the non-pickup truck segments in Mexico.    This has significant geopolitical consequences for Mexico, US, and a bunch of other countries. Mexico is the 5th largest car producing country but its domestic market is increasing dominated by cars imported from China. Think about that for a second and ponder it... It's the equivalent of the US exporting all its corn elsewhere and yet importing all of corn consumed domestically.    The US 3 as well as VW and Nissan are more so than ever using Mexico to export to the US and EU. They kind of products they build in Mexico are really out of step with what the local market demands (which the Chinese are filling the void quickly). 

Provided Nissan stays financially viable, the Leaf may do well.  Every review I’ve seen thus far has been positive for the most part, though they have all been of the $40k upper trim.  At that price it will have to compete with Tesla 3 and Y, not to mention other manufacturers like Ford, Chevy, Hyundai, etc.    IMO the real test will be S+ starting at $30k, where competition is much less.  Chevy will have the Bolt in that price range but it’s smaller and an older design.  And when Nissan introduce the base S trim which could be closer to $25k than $30k, we’ll see how buyers react given there’s no competition at that price.  Next year should be very interesting for more affordable EVs.  If you happen to see review of Leaf S+ please share.  I’ll do same.

Growing up on Dearborn back in the 50's, it's going to be hard to imagine Michigan Ave with no Glass House.  I was in there in the late 50's for a Leonardo DaVinci exhibit, and in the 70's when I was an engineering gopher.  Great views of Dearborn and Detroit from the upper floors.

Check out the new Nexus Maximus RV line: Linky   It's the first Super C RV I've seen based on the F650 chassis.  I just mentioned a couple weeks ago on here how I'd like to see that happen, and here it is.  Hope for the MD line at Ford?

Seems too obvious doesn't it? No flames please,  but as I've said many times, think of the incremental sales lost because they offer BS excuses why they can't offer air brakes on 650/750 gas models. A lot of class 6 and 7 operators run a business where their trucks are used in support of their primary business.  Without them they would be forced  to hire someone for that support and or suffer the disruption to their business while waiting for that outside support.  And a key point, they are more likely to buy that truck when the up front price is some $12,000 less then a diesel.   Oh side note...Hino was supposedly going to offer class 8 trucks then every thing was apparently derailed when they had their compliance issues.  While I have not seen any news that says they are back on schedule with that, apparently they are as one of the "ad rags" I get shows one of those "class 6/7" Hinos for sale with about a 15 yd dump body and 46,000 lb. rears!

We do. Absolutely nothing.   we don’t even qualify for VEBA which is run by the union. 

Desperate to impress wall street

I used Google Maps to look at the property, and it looks cute. 4 stories normal suburban office building...personally I would have created some tall tower and make a statement....looks like they went with a campus look instead.

Correct....I've got three on my visor and I've often thought these negate the purpose of padded visors🤔

I always use the garage opener on my visor ONLY because I always park in my garage. For my tenants though, I always advice them that if they park outside on the driveway, anyone can break a window, press the button on the visor, and walk right into their garage.  For those that use the garage as storage to store grandma's antiques (Rooms 2 Go paid of junk) while letting their car rot outside in the FL sun making monthly payments, I advise them they can get one of those small garage openers that hang on the keyfob they can take with them when they park outside.