Even if Ford does clean house and start from scratch...will it be worth the effort? The European market is largely stagnant. Several European countries are experiencing a decline in population, and the population is aging. Those conditions aren't exactly conducive to future sales growth.   Honda, for example, has essentially packed up and left. Even VW is in trouble. 

I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying here.  I don’t see the hockey stick in the side surfacing. 

This is significant.  I have thought for some time that Otosan would need a partner for their medium/heavy truck operations going forward, and this is the first move in that direction.  I don't feel however that this is a negative reflection on Otosan, it's just a response to the market.  Ford Motor can't really offer much support to Otosan with regard to their medium and heavy truck operations, and Otosan is too small to go it alone.     BTW, should Ford pull out of Europe, Otosan is in a great postion to inherit the Transit franchise.

No doubt the Octane powered Kenworth will be more expensive than the gasoline powered F 650/750, so it remains to be seen how Ford's sales will be impacted.  I find Kenworth's selection of the Paccar TX-B automated manual transmission a bit of a surprise, I would think an Allison would be a natual for this application.  Kenworth is already claiming 10% more fuel efficiency than 'other gasoline engines in its category'.  

Its not for our market, but still interesting:   Ford Trucks Signs Joint Development Agreement With Iveco  

It is frustrating.  But I’m afraid they would have to clean house and start from scratch to be cost competitive and develop entirely new smaller cars and crossovers for Europe (that wouldn’t sell here).  It would be massively expensive.  Some of that could be done with new EVs but the commercial side is doing great.

I know exactly what you're talking about about. I also do believe the concaved rear shape would work better in the outermost edges were more flat, with the inner section being concaved. In other words, making it so it didn't look so angled from the side, only when you see the rear do you see the angle.    As for the lower bumper, I say there's about a 90% chance they make it look sleeker like what the GTD cutout has, just with a less aggressive rear diffuser once they do some sort of refresh. 

My issue with the rear end is the taillights (I'd have had a 3D element of the tribar lights extrude out into the recess in a box shape, similar to the '15-17, except it would fill in the recess - I hope this is making sense, I can do a render/sketch if it isn't), and they put too much black plastic on the lower bumper

It's possible, I like how they brought back the hockey stick into the side surfacing on the s650, the way it kicks up. But the lack of hard indents is a mistake in some respects, in a lot of lighting the side of the car looks washed out. 

I prefer the new front end, and the more pronounced hips on the s650. I know the rear is also controversial, but since its clearly inspired by the concaved decklid of the '67-68 models, I dig it.    I'm not saying s650 is bad. What I am saying is part of the reason s650 is struggling is a dark horse is a 70 grand car that still has the proportions of a 30 grand car. It's creeping up in price to the point where it's starting to knock on the door of entry level exotics while still having the basic appearance of a humble pony car.