Ford has also borrowed heavily from other manufacturers designs or at least drawing styling themes from them.    The 86 Taurus was the Audi 500 and the 1989 Tbird was influenced by the BMW 6 series.    I think the 70s era Grenada was a copy of a Mercedes vehicle of the period, but that was before my time. 

I live in a fairly urbanized area and small vehicles aren’t that popular, it’s small CUVs and larger with most being mid or full sized CUVs. I’ve never met someone say hey I wish I could have a small car. I personally don't find much of a difference (in operating a vehicle) in the size of a vehicle till you hit the 200 plus inch mark in overall length-which would put the Maverick in that category.    If you live in a very urbanized area like NYC or Philly, you most likely won’t even own a car because you have decent/good mass transit options. 

There are some valid points here, but even beyond price, and even sportiness and style, there are other factors as well. Lower fuel costs, that comes back to price, but also just ease of ownership, if you have a car that gets better fuel economy, you're taking less time to go to the fuel station. A lot of people live in an urban setting, smaller cars are generally easier to see out of and easier to park. So while price is definitely a factor for a lot of people, so is peace of mind and ease of ownership.

Just because it would take the proverbial crown at the top of the lineup doesn't mean it's a direct replacement, IMO.

They'd find a way if the market demanded them enough.  But buyers don't demand them enough/take the next size up, so that's what they make.

We complain about Ford's styling choices but remember, it is Ford that will break any mold their cars are styled as....think '49 Ford....think 1960 Continental....think 1965 Mustang....think 1986 Taurus.....think 1997 F150...these are just a few examples of when Ford went in a radically new direction style wise, threw out the conventions, started from a fresh clean sheet and hit it out of the park. 

Right, but what I am saying is, does battery pack construction require its own line to build out. If you compare Cuautitlan to say Kansas City...they don't build the engine for the product built there at KC, it is shipped in from another facility and installed there. Where are the battery packs for Mach E made? And, if they are also constructed at Cuautitlan, I presume it requires it's own line, much like a 2.0L Ecoboost does at Cleveland Engine in Ohio. 

The GR-1 was intended to be the successor to the 05 GT and used a modified version of its platform.    https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/shelby-gr-1-the-ford-gt-sequel-that-never-was/

Just look at the sales numbers of the Escort back in the 1980s as proof of this-it was the smallest car Ford made/sold in North America in the 1980s (outside of the Fiesta and Festiva at the start and end of the 1980s) and they sold around 400K of them a year-mostly to offset CAFE of larger vehicles.    

Tesla operates two vehicle assembly plants in North America: Fremont Factory in California: 5.5 million square feet; produces Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Model Y (mainly for Western U.S.) Texas Gigafactory: 10 million square feet; produces Cybertruck and Model Y (mainly for Eastern U.S.) There is also a factory proposed for Mexico, but construction of that plant is on hold currently.