I’ll buy that for a dollar

Waiting on the 4V 4.6 was my assumption as well. Sales of the Mark VII had really tapered off by the end of its run so you would think they would have replaced it sooner.   I thought the first car to get the 4.6 2V was the '91 Lincoln Town Car?    Anyway, I also looked at several Thunderbird SCs before settling on this Mark VII which is ironically the exact opposite of what I did in 1989. The SC that I bought new in 1989 was super reliable but I have heard lots of horror stories about blown head gaskets, etc. The resale value on those is horrible as well with even less parts availability compared to anything with a Fox chassis.   Hard to beat the reliability of the good old Windsor small block but I wouldn't be at all opposed to an eventual Coyote/10-speed swap on this one. The cool factor would be awesome.

Of course it is. It wasn’t when I read it 😒

Every time I raised the question his reply was it was never requested by North America. North America paid for development of Bronco and as the lead T6.2, it also picked up all the costs with gasoline engine packages.  

Indeed, RAV4and its hybrid version are very popular in Australia, so hoping change to low Sulfur fuels in December opens the door to more products for Australia 

This is where all the money derived from decontenting is going🤣

In the Philippines it gets a Hybrid (non-plugin) powertrain, it's a series-parallel type with a 215hp electric motor paired to a 148hp 1.5 turbo. Ford Territory Hybrid Titanium X: Premium SUV | Ford PH

Typical Ford planning...nothing has changed in 30+ years LOL But in all seriousness, it was the first product to launch the modular 4.6L 4v V8, which most likely accounted for its delay, and I think the 4.6 first came out in 1990 Crown Vic. The other factor was the Fox platform getting updated to the SN95 in 1994...  

Oops I must have clicked on mark viii by mistake.

I don't read the Free Press, but an article in the Detroit News about the Glass House said that Bill Ford was in a room once when part of the ceiling came down.