Ford's three row looked basically identical in terms of roof shape, lines, proportions, and wheel placement. As in, if I told you Ford and Lucid were sharing side stampings for the metal, you'd believe it. I can't divulge my source, but just trust me on that.
That being said, maybe what I saw was a different design theme, or the Lincoln variant. It wasn't ugly, just incredibly generic, the exact sort of vehicle that would get lost in a parking lot, with no real eye catching or unique styling. Looked kinda like the GTA 5 take on the Ford edge stretched to to have these proportions. Maybe with a bit of Dodge magnum wagon with how the wheel arches were shaped.
For that reason, I believe it was the Lincoln version. The Ford model apparently looked way more radical than what I saw.
The Lucid Gravity is a three row EV with a short hood. I haven’t seen one in person, but in this photo it doesn’t look half bad. I could imagine the Ford EVs looking similar, and better.
Taking styling inspiration from supercars and applying it it other vehicles is a strategy I've been recommending for a long time. Supercars look great, they have great areo, and proportions that would make for great EV packaging, just seems like a no brainer.
The guy who lead the styling team for CE1 is the same guy who owned the latest Ford GT supercar and Ford bronco, and was appointed to head of global design after his work on CE1. I might be reading too much into this, but the fact that he was promoted following his EV designs makes me think Ford management was happy with what he came up with.
People can't drive with normal steering, let alone 4 wheel steering. Ever notice that rear wheel steering is only found on slow moving payloaders and fork lifts? If you had ONLY rear wheel steering on cars, everybody would be spinning out and flipping over.
If that was the case then, CE1 would have CyberTruck like proportions but smaller with better sheet metal styling..
I could see how that would work for everything on the list - pickup, Utility, Van…..heck maybe even a sports coupe.
As with every case, small changes in styling can have massive impact, I hope they get the balance right..
And that’s what worries many folks….kinda like what GM did with short nose on the EV Silverado.
I don’t know if that proportion works with more conservative squarer truck line…