The Bronco Sport I almost bought had a single temp control as well (..and it was a Badlands trim to boot!!) I was really concerned about that because the g/f is always adjusting her side and I would likely end up breaking her arm to leave the controls alone.....lol. Not a good option. 

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/06/how-outdated-engineering-models-distort-todays-ev-road-charges-debate/        

This morning's updated gas prices in Hamden, CT 06514 (Greater New Haven)  $2.97 Regular (Cash) @ Gulf (Decreased $0.02 from $2.99)  $2.99 Regular (Cash) @ Citgo (Decreased $0.04 from $3.03)    

Well here lies the issue-adding a van and another product to Hermosillo will seriously limit how many Bronco Sports they can make.    So there are lots of factors at play here-looking at this holistically from just the North American perspective:   Louisville shutting down-no more Escape and Corsair imported from China to hold it over for the time being.   CE1 production starting with a pickup like vehicle that is slightly larger then the Maverick and smaller then the Ranger in 2027. Some sort of EV CUV a year later   Bronco Sport-next gen production in 2027 in Spain.    C2 PHEV CUV starting production in 2029 or so at Hermosillo-Escape/Edge replacement or what?   Maverick based van to replace Transit Connect in NA market-when?   The CE1 pickup and CUV might impact Maverick sales and the CUV might be an Escape replacement? If demand for the Maverick goes down, that would be filled by the van and C2 PHEV   The big elephant in the room is does Ford still make BOC an EV plant going forward? How soft are EV sales going to be till say 2032?        

Also keep in mind that the Japanese Yen was strong against the USD up until early 1990s when they had their market crash that resulted in a lost decade. They also have built in healthcare paid by the country and not privately like it is in the USA. 

Don't be so quick to just blame "high labor costs", Japanese workers of the same era were compensated similarly and their product was 1st rate....US industry built crap because that was how it was designed by their respective manufacturers. US consumers got tired of buying the inferior designed cars built domestically and began to gravitate to Japanese models that were designed better and lasted longer.   

Looks like somebody clicked on this. I didn't because on my old computer it said I had a virus when I clicked on an IQ test. I shut computer off and rebooted and it was fine again. Last time I took an offline IQ test it was rather high, but I don't remember the score.  My high school math teachers use to make me tutor my classmates in Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry.  Does that count?

And this is why the buying public can be just so confounding, you'd bet money that a certain performance sedan would be  a shoe in for easy sales and then they don’t show up because this or that is wrong with the car…. (Caddy CT4/CT5?) 

Fascinating, that's one of those things where you wouldn't immediately think that way, you wouldn't automatically assume the bronco appealed to a lot of mustang enthusiasts. But the more you think about it, the more sense it starts to make, a lifestyle heritage model from Ford with retro styling, and relatively decent performance for the money. There's a lot of overlap there.    I think Farley has been watching the market pretty closely, and is seeing there's relatively resilient for a performance sedan both among enthusiast consumers, and groups like police fleets who are still using chargers and starting to buy mustang GTS more. 

I wonder if this new PHEV will have Pro Power Onboard. It would strengthen its appeal.