Ford, please promote the people who played a critical role in creating the maverick into senior leadership positions within the company. These are people who truly understand the importance of making a ground breaking, game changing product, and who also know how to innovate and differentiate products in ways that are very smart.    Whoever proposed for Ford to offer a hybrid powertrain in the maverick so it would surpass the fuel economy of economy sedans and hatchbacks was legitimately a genius. That decision single handedly turned the maverick from a cool product, into a got to have it product. 

Well, I could see Explorer/Aviator continuing on CD6 for some time, just getting updates, and maybe rebody/new panels.  I don't see a midsize coming off of it, as they started down that path, and apparently it didn't look right, with it getting cancelled. I see midsize being filled by C2, like it has been with Nautilus......they just need to do something with Edge....either just bring over the Chinese one (I'm not a fan of its design, nor do I think it fits the traditional Edge design, but at least it's something), or rebody Nautilus with Ford styling (unique panels all around). I could also see them just going to C2 for Explorer/Aviator for platform consolidation, though obviously that could harm Aviator's "premium" image.  Explorer could do fine without CD6/RWD, as we saw with the '11-19 model.     Interesting thought.....hadn't considered that before, as the PHEV is already around, and could more or less be plug and play. Regardless, Farley has publicly stuck to the "everything electrified" by 2030ish path (for now anyway with how they change plans), so we'll see some sort of hybrid eventually....     I hate this excuse.  While it makes things simpler/cheaper for manufacturing, I view it as cheapening out.  The same excuse was given for say multi-color interior lighting, rear door handle proximity key sensors, etc......allowing Ford to shave costs off, give customers less, and still charge the same or more.

My rear hatch is having issues. button inside on dash won't open it, key fob won't open it, button on tailgate won't open it. you can hear it click but not release.  of course, I took it in and all 3 worked fine.    sometimes on key fob if I hit door lock, unlock then hatch it'll open.   sometimes I get in after giving up and hatch open light on dash is on.  then i put in park, hit button on dash and it'll open, then I close it. that's only time my interior button works.  in that scenario.    any ideas on what problem is?  it has 168,000 miles.     engine was replaced under warranty due to coolant issue. transmission repaired at 140,000 miles.   Been looking for something (low miles used) new after 5 years of a crap car.     

Finally chance to stuff 7.3 Godzilla in Explorer. Just kidding.   Seriously though, regardless of which party controls government, we need to think beyond CAFE and regulations that are somewhat ineffective.  IMO there are too many loopholes and unintended consequences which defeat primary goals of reducing fuel consumption and emissions.  We need a much simpler approach because existing rules are too convoluted and not working as required.

I don't believe so, I think they're separate models.   If you can get over the pig snout look it has lol.

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At a certain point, though, how much longer is longer?   It's been many years at this point and we're still a couple of years away from anything showing up on lots.   I get wanting the product to be the best out of the gate, but that's if it ever gets to market, and with tech always shifting, there'll always be a better thing, so do you perpetually keep pushing it back?  At some point, it needs to launch.

You make a valid point in that much of the investment is already a sunk cost.  Unfortunately we don’t know what overall costs are to Ford so we can only guess if profitable at all.  Something else to consider is that perhaps marketing is trying to set the stage for future models that will only have fixed glass by preemptively eliminating features on present vehicles that will be compared against later.  If a feature has marginal demand and or generates minimal profit to start with, marketing may sacrifice pano now in order to make future vehicles not appear lacking when compared. My guess is that if they are eliminating pano roof now, it’s unlikely future models will have them.  Just suggesting Ford may be thinking ahead — or not; hard to say what’s actually behind decisions when we are not privy to all information.

Agreed, but as someone who has used a Supercharger WITH an adapter, it's not a big deal.