Yes, strategically it would be great to have more factories. But will they produce a profit to pay off the bonds and please the shareholders? Probably not- Ford and many other manufacturers already have adequate capacity and building more plants than needed just soaks up CapEx that's better spent on updating and improving the product.

Eh, its ok. I just don’t like the shape of the grille on the 25’s. There’s something about it that seems off. I feel like the timberline was differentiated a bit more from the regular explorers than this is.   Just give us the Everest tremor already! 

If you go by some of the info being given out by people on China, we need to start building these plants now, not years down the road.   The US military is already preparing for a conflict with China in 2027/28 with the invasion of Taiwan.  The Chinese are going to be in rough shape in the next 10 years-half their population is over the age 50 and whole host of other problems. The real question is how many people does the Chinese communist party want to give up to stay in power. 

I will keep my Trump comments to a minimum don’t want to ruffle feathers in here. Let’s hope in the end deals are reach that are fair for all. 

Stealing!!!

Had Bloomberg on all day and even the Trump supporting execs they interviewed thought Trump had gone too far. Was good to see Trump retreat a bit, but new plants are billion dollar 50 year investments that can't be made when Trump changes his mind on tariffs every day.

The body looks like a rivian and a gladiator had a baby. It has a tough, modern military truck vibe. I don’t know what to say about the front. If it looked more like a traditional truck up front, I’m sure they would sell a ton. The interior is already light years ahead of most other midsize trucks. Kia pumps out those refreshes about 5x faster than ford does though so I’m sure that front end will get reworked in a year or two. 

My wife's 2023 Corsair Reserve does NOT have illuminated sill plates.

Not sure I agree much of this was planned.  What I heard CNBC report was that Navarro’s hardline approach on tariffs was paused at the last minute to avert a financial crisis.  It was reported that the president changed his mind at the last minute when other senior advisors and financial/business leaders prevailed over Navarro.  Bond market sell off was the last straw.  Doesn’t sound like the mess is over yet.

All part of his plan I suppose