Back to School With One Family's Trusty 2013 Ford Fiesta
Of course the CVT was an issue:
Surprised it lasted this long anyways...I don't see many Focus or Fiestas on the roads anymore around me.
2026 Nissan Sentra Stuns With Fastback Silhouette, More Standard Features - Autoblog
Nissan Gave The Sentra 2026 Looks But Left The Power In 2016 | Carscoops
https://www.motor1.com/news/773169/2026-nissan-sentra-specs-trims-details/
If anything it might just limp around on life support till they figure out how they want to spend money. That is what I got out of it.
I think much of this is from the expected pivot to EVs that they where planning and money being diverted from that to figuring out what the path forward is going to be for a couple of product cycles and any pending pollical changes that could happen that would make it more difficult.
I was under the impression that bed cap didn't really do much aerodynamically on ICE pickups due to the high pressure bubble that is created by the air flowing over the cab at higher speeds.
I think you'll see the biggest improvement with lower frontal area vs using a cap on something like this.
Drawing you posted resembles the AeroX cap that MotorTrend tested on a Lightning while trying to improve high-speed driving range. Initial test results indicated their cap experiment didn’t work, but I’m pretty sure an OEM cap with proper design could be more effective in reducing coefficient of drag. For what it’s worth there’s a lot of improvements to be had when one considers that pickups can have a Cd twice as high as the most aerodynamic cars. And when we add pickups’ greater frontal area on top of that, it’s not hard to see why miles per kWh is often in the proverbial toilet. With proper design I don’t see why a Cd below 0.30 can’t be achieved with a removable and or folding/adjustable aerodynamic cap. May look a lot like a car though when cap is on, which may not go over well with traditional truck buyers.
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2023-ford-f-150-lightning-xlt-yearlong-review-update-6
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2023-ford-f-150-lightning-xlt-yearlong-review-update-7-fast-back-roof-cap-range-results