They’ll reach a compromise for both Canada and Mexico.  He’s just using it as a negotiation tactic.

So you want LESS light??  Why?   The answer is no unless you cut the wires.

Now that tariffs are confirmed for Tuesday is OAC doomed?

Just my opinion but is why his thoughts on running the company need to be tempered by a good and knowledgeable CEO. The focus should be on the 50% of young American that want to own a vehicle, not the people who don’t want to.   At one point in 2006, F series sales were about 30,000 in a particular month and Ford almost convinced itself that this was permanent die back of its primary profit earner and that the company should invest in fuel efficient cars.   There again, certain positions were taken that stopped the company going bankrupt but robbed it of quicker recovery.  

I'm starting this thread with the hopes of having a vehicle-agnostic discussion of the 8F35 & 6F35 Transmission, hence my post in this forum vs. a specific model forum.  As you might be aware, its used in about 8 (?) different Ford vehicles, so its pretty common.  Sadly, its also common for it to die a horrible death as mine is doing in a new-to-me Transit Connect.  As a bonus, the price to have it replaced is borderline ludicrous (dealer quoted me $8200, AAMCO quoted $9500). After scouring the internet for information on this, this is what I have come to believe (although hard data is extremely hard to come by):   Most (all?) shops that replace this transmission source it from Ford/Ford's authorized rebuilder There is no documented improvement/upgrade for the replacement unit Its common for this trans to see very high temperatures, even on the highway in a single gear Its common for the cooler to clog with clutch material There is no recommended fluid change/service interval on this transmission from Ford   If anyone wants to dispute these or add, please chime in.   Based on the above info, [Warning: rampant speculation ahead], its my guess that the clutch particulate matter slowly (or quickly??) clogs the cooler or the thermostatic valve, compromising cooling, causing high temperatures, causing increased wear.  A vicious cycle that quickly leads to an untimely death. Strategies I see for dealing with this:   1) Install the tow package cooler available for the Escape/Maverick/Bronco Sport(?), bypass/drill out/install a kit to open up the thermostatic valve (full cooling all the time).  Combine this with regular (25k ish) fluid changes or fluid flushes.   2) Install a separate cooling loop (not sure where to tap in) that uses an aftermarket trans/diff cooling pump and heat exchanger.  Put a spin on oil filter in this loop.  Combine this with regular-ish fluid changes.  Can also easily change the filter and top up fluid on a regular basis.   3) Install a manual transmission.  There is only plausible on certain vehicles.  In the case of the Transit Connect, many have attempted, but I see very little evidence of success or how to do it.  As I am currently living the apartment life (no garage, no second car), this one is off the table for me unless someone is aware of a shop that can do this (in which case, take my money). Thoughts on the above?

Yea, as I mentioned earlier in this section Ol' Billy Boy does think about scenarios like nearly half of young Americans don't want to own a car, and how that impacts to Ford:   For most of my adult life, I worried about, “How am I going to sell more cars and trucks?” But today, I worry about, “What happens if all we do is sell more cars and trucks?”   But I don't see much evidence that Billy Boy has been effective getting Ford's big shots to act upon his worry

I am always suspect of any car maker invoking another car maker in their quest to be better than said car maker....you want to be the best...be the best...make Porsche want to be "the Ford of <insert leading segment product here>"

There has been rumors about Maverick based transit connect replacement coming, so that would make sense 

I highlighted 'commercial' - does this sound like a Ford Pro version of the EV chassis will be offered - perhaps in both pickup and maybe even small commercial van (ala Transit Connect) form?

I’m not sure there would be enough of a difference between the 6.8 and 7.3 fuel economy to justify using the smaller engine.