Yeah that was my first Ecoboost product and I sold a few years back when I thought my Bronco came in. The FWD Ecoboosts have had water pump issues around the 80-100K mark. My wife had a 2017 Escape with the 2.0L Ecoboost and 6F transmission-no engine troubles outside of mice eating the wiring harness and her transmission was acting up, but didn't need a rebuild or anything before she got rid of it last summer. She had over 127K on it. 

The other issue i'm assuming was price-a Metris van started at 39K, so it was in the bad part of the goldie locks zone...too big and pricing wasn't the best for what you got. I'm guessing a Chrysler minivan cargo could be have for cheaper for roughly the same size.    I'm also thinking MBs luxury image didn't help it sell vans in the US market either. 

Correct.  Maybe not enough for it to be of concern but they definitely have as our city garage stated they just want to work on the simple stuff.  to be honest, I personally kind of agree as the idea of a non-turbo V8 in a Suburban is enticing over the turbos in the Expedition Max we currently have.  Will I probably get another Max, yes.  But the tug of war still exist in my mind and I now it does with fleet managers as well.

I don't go to casinos much except for birthday parties at a restaurant or a show, since I don't gamble. They have new vehicles on display in the main corridor at Mohegan Sun in CT. One was a new Chevy Silverado EV for $94,000!  I ordered two!  Anyway the place was mobbed!  Walking around later around 9 PM, I saw a Tesla store.  While every other place was open, the Tesla store was closed!

3.0 Nano is 418/450 which seems to have too much overlap with the Coyote for Mustang.  I think it makes sense for Lincoln instead of the Coyote especially considering the competition.

Those are probably State of CT owned vehicles!

Just here to say both a 4 door mustang and a Lincoln version (continental I'd hope) sound really cool and I'd love to see it. Also seems like a good opportunity to introduce the v6 ecoboost (maybe even hybrid/phev if it transfers affordably from cd6) to both. As much as I'd like to own the continental it'd be very hard for me to justify that purchase. Makes sense for incremental volume for flat rock and maybe some pretty good margins if they sell enough. Who knows if the actual demand is there though, besides Ford I guess.

Ideally, so should the Mustang.    Related: I saw an Aviator today and admired how nice it looked. It would be a real shame if they ditched CD6.

Not sure, but the market was also vastly different then.

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