How many 2.3L EB's??

Yes, worth $2.76 billion last year

At the moment, there’s over 1,200 platinum 3.0 V6s available at Ford dealers nationwide, so looks like maybe Ford is dropping the 3.0 V6 in Platinum because of low take rate?

Just remember, Hyundai Santa Fe looked like this in 2018 before the remodel...   Then, it was redesigned to look like this in 2024....   It is only 2.2 inches longer than the Santa Fe it replaced....I can see Escape doing the same thing on C2 Global using Maverick chassis for it's start.     

$3.09 for regular unleaded at the Sunoco station on Martin St. in Rome NY this AM when I went by. 

The ST is the line topper (Tremor for the "off-road" crowd), the Platinum is for folks that find 300+ horsepower adequate in their "sedan"....my Timberline had a sufficient amount of hustle for the 2.3L Ecoboost.....jus' sayin'.....

So spend for the best, and get the cheap engine? Urrggg, I call that "mediocre rich"....like my uncle who would by an S-Class, just to say he had an S-class and yet smallest engine and no options.  As Bzcat said, force the upsell.  Honestly at that price point, the buyer wouldn't care anyways. So how can Platinum be Plantinum, when it's tarnished by the cheap engine, wouldn't that makes it "Titanium"... since it's cheaper than Platinum... right?

Yet another casualty of post-Covid austerity *sigh*

The expy is getting the reviews it is because for Ford , this is very good execution.  When it comes to Lincoln there is so much more expectation. As well the Navi is always in heavy competition from Escalade, and Cadillac alway insures its flagship are flagships.  Lincoln just tries to make it good enough.