I'll be very curious to see your, or other insider's take on the styling once you see it. I know they're being developed away from traditional Ford facilities at the moment, but I have to believe people within the rest of the company will see them before they go on sale.    As long as they aren't hideous, I think they'll be fine. At the very least they shouldn't look boring based on how Farley has described them. 

I remember the GM ignition switch issue from 2014, many thought the 800,000 recall would hurt GM but it became the perfect opportunity for dealers to start talking  to owners about their next new vehicle…

I just hope that people don’t throw too much expectation on CE1 vehicles to to take all before them. A smallish mid sized BEV pickup, SUV and Van is a great start to heading Ford down the right path but we still need to see how the market accepts these vehicles and their new era proportions…

I also thought it was a good looking truck. Had this been the Cybertruck, I think Ford would’ve had a lot more competition.

The maverick is one of the most reliable affordable vehicles, and one of the most reliable trucks in sale. Most recalls have been software. The main issues seem to be the 12V battery and the CV axles, which have both been gradually rectified. 

Hey guys,  I have a 2009 F250 4X4 with an 8' bed. Bed is completely rusted out, tore it off and am now trying to assess my options. What's the cheapest way to get a bed on there? Is there a good place to find used beds and flat beds besides facebook marketplace? And what do you think the cheapest I could hope to get something on there would be in the midwest? Thanks

Yes but only the vehicle concept was sped through in three months, engineering the vehicle took relatively shorter time because most of the Eng/dev is based on C2 Transit Connect floorpan and other C2 electrical and mechanical modules and suppliers, so basically a new tophat combined with US Escape powertrains.   So I would put it to you that Recall issues are due to the poor quality of parts supplied either by external suppliers  or Ford own power train. A lot of Maverick’s major issues are also share with Escape/Corsair. Even with the big book of rules, Ford still couldn’t get an acceptable quality  level. Once again, Ford delivers a great little vehicles filled with worrisome parts quality issues..   Back to CE1 development and yes, I agree that we still to seen how the market takes to  those vehicles. It is surprising that Jim Farley would share the actual cost savings developing the vehicles (30% of normal) and I’m under no illusion that this is just Jim Farley’s latest bag of “magic beans” but, it shows that Ford is really trying to change its ways and with that we should give them the chance to prove it.   What the CE1 team did is take in external knowledge of best practice from companies like Tesla and BYD, If you want to compete with those companies, at least start at the same cost and manufacturing base.    

I see a lot of the new Tacoma in that rendering. 

Chevy now calls it Sidewinder mode. 😀.  Every manufacturer using 4-wheel steering seems to want to use a different name, as if that changes function.  Maybe it’s protected name.   Anyway, I recall reading that owners of the original Quadrasteer often loved it, but cost was too high for mass adoption.  Don’t know if that was real reason.  In any case the crab walk feature could improve parking in tight places, and more importantly, I can imagine rear-wheel steering capability could be very useful when backing up trailers.  To me it sounds like a potentially good idea but it comes down to cost.  Does it add enough value to justify added cost and complexity when normal steering is good enough most of the time?  Another example of why vehicles are so expensive today.