Brilliant plan right.  

The Bronco does something similar with trail turn assist.  Not quite skid steer capabilities, but it does lock the inner rear wheel for sharper turns.

The trick will be making it look good.   Nobody complains about short hoods on mid-engine vehicles because they look great.   If they can make the products look good and not like they chopped half the front end off, people will buy them.

Good point. I’m hoping that CE1 styling is another Taurus moment for Ford, the proportions of Ford’s newest EVs are different to what people are used to with ICEs but it could avalanche that interest in a positive way.   I’m not a fan of short noses on things other than vans but I’m willing to wait and let others make up their own minds.

Nope I haven't, other than maybe seeing it online... Remember the Panther Mafia, that's the passion I want to see LOL

Killing the fiesta and focus on Europe is like killing the explorer or f-series in our market, that's how iconic those products are. Work on profitability using affordable platforms, and shared components, and find a way to revive those kinds of cars in Europe in a way that's actually gonna be profitable for Ford. 

There were rumors of Ford leveraging CE1 to bring back the fiesta/focus, or some other comparable model. If there aren't at least some internal meetings at least entertaining this idea, than Ford needs new leadership. We can debate killing cars from the N. American market if that was a good or bad decision, but those hatchbacks are a way of life in Europe.    The focus and fiesta are objectively passion products, the sporty variants in particular. If CE1 paves the path for small car profitability, there's no good reason not to bring them back. Ford needs to rebuild their reputation, that's not gonna happen by giving us a bunch of generic EV blobs, it happens by being bold, and revisiting all of Ford's greatest hits.

There are military vehicles that use brakes to skid steer with, I wonder if you could apply that to cars. 

Reminder - sales are not necessarily profitable.

You haven’t been around Bronco, Bronco Sport or Maverick buyers.  Very passionate owners.