Isuzu 2025 NRR EV is interesting.  It has from 3 to 9 battery modules of 20 kWh each, for a maximum estimated range of up to 235 miles.   https://www.isuzucv.com/en/app/site/pdf?file=2025NRR-EV_ProductBrochure_Final.pdf  

I don't care what anyone says... Ford isn't Ford without a sedan. I'd love to see this added to the line-up.

Cummins B7.2 medium-duty truck engine debuts:   “Cummins said the B7.2 will be rated 240 to 340 hp and 650 to 1,000 lb.-ft of torque. It will has a slightly higher displacement at 7.2 L, and is designed to be a global platform that allows customers to ensure their vehicles are future proofed, as well as to enable a wider range of torque offerings for different applications and duty cycles.“   https://www.powerprogress.com/news/cummins-b72-medium-duty-truck-engine-debuts/8051487.article   Not sure if new engine was covered already.

I like it, especially if price is in speculated range.  Looks like it would work great as a daily driver in large cities, or short commutes in rural areas.  The “at least” range of 156 WLTP (I’d guess +/- 140 EPA) may not be enough for USA, which may partly explain limiting to Europe.  On the other hand VW may have longer-range options planned, who knows?  If base-battery range is indeed only +/- 140 miles EPA, given car’s small size and probable low weight, the battery must be no larger than roughly 30 kWh.  Maybe that’s how they get price so low.  Also helps that power is limited to 94 HP (70 kW), which should help keep cost of components low.  Look forward to seeing more specs and performance information but concept looks solid. 👍

I have a 2020 Lincoln aviator grand touring and the turn signal on the passenger side rearview mirror got damaged. I have the piece to replace, but I can’t figure out how to get the mirror off to access that turn signal piece.

It's a real challenge for sure. Kinda disappointing that even if they add sales volume to the mustang by offering a sedan, it's still gonna be an uphill battle to make any costly improvements to the platform.    With Ford rolling back EV plans for now, and with this renewed emphasis on performance and aspirational products, it would be neat if Ford developed a new unibody performance platform, not just for the mustang coupe and sedan, but maybe for other products as well, like certain crossovers. Developing something where the development costs could be spread across a wide range of models.   But I doubt we'll see that, it's almost certainly too expensive to justify. It sounds somewhat similar with Ford's plans you were describing earlier, moving more vehicles to a modernized shared platform.

Obviously this is reflective of the Pentastar and not Ford's offerings but we had multiple issues with them (V6) from idling.  This experiment sent us back to the Hemi in the Chargers and now Durangos.

Mustang is steel body but some of the bolt on panels are aluminium. All I’m saying is that increasing wheelbase generally means an increase in weight.   F trucks went to aluminium bodies for weight reduction because it was justified  and importantly, amortised across millions of builds over the past ten years. Anything less than that scale of efficiency would be hard to justify aluminium, it’s an engineer’s dream to get weight down but the costs are always up there and probably 25% more now…..   Carbon fibre was also looked at by Mulally’s team but it was even more expensive than Aluminium and magnesium light weighting.

Isn't the core structure of the mustang made from steel? I could be wrong on that. I doubt they'll do it for an s650 based sedan, but moving forward, it seems like switching to all aluminum would save hundreds of lbs and wouldn't be as insanely expensive as something like using more carbon fiber. 

The Rapide is also something like 400 lbs heavier than the 2025 Mustang GT. Keeping weight down is one of the big challenges with increasing wheelbase.