While personally I'm not a fan of this, in the grand scheme of things how many buyers are actually noticing this? I can point out so many cases of people buying different things and not actually using the item or even knowing about it. I could change the color of my lighting in my Mustang and in my SHO-does it really impact what the car can do? Nah. Also keep in mind articles like this are more or less "hit pieces" to drive traffic to a website for advertising-articles on MSN/Yahoo etc are often just republished articles from other websites-I know this because some sites are filtered at work (say gaming websites) but if they are under MSN/Yahoo I can see them.    The only thing I've noticed over the past 10-15 years that made me go WTH was my wifes Bronco Sport only has single temp control vs dual temp control for the HVAC, but in the grand scheme of things, for a car that is going to have only one person in it 90% of the time, do you actually need it? 

More info on how China handles its currency https://www.mizuhogroup.com/binaries/content/assets/pdf/mizuho-bank/insights/cndb/press/r525-0007-xf-0102.pdf Also keep in mind I'm going to guess that manufacturing costs are much cheaper in China then they are in the western world, which helps keep prices lower. 

But, that is if you are only looking at North America....in other parts of the world, Ford is still a major player - either directly through Ford branded products or only invested through with names like JMC......

You beat me to this post about the pricing. I understand the production location is China, but I would really like to understand how they arrived at this pricing better. Those numbers are eyebrow raising.  The base price of a new 2015 Fusion was $22,500 for perspective.  

I agree, but putting that aside,  I think both of those vehicles are good looking at least. 

Maybe some common sense will prevail with the CEO, instead of trying to alienate a large majority of your customers. 

this is an enthusiast website, so we notice things more than most people probably do, however msn.com is not. If they’re starting to notice things like that, then I anticipate more regular people are as well.  I would never consider a 2026 Explorer because of these changes.   I really don’t understand bringing out a new model or even a revised model with a set of features, and then systematically eliminating them from that point forward. I find that to be bait and switch.  The changes are typically subtle enough that you don’t notice them until after the sale, because the sales people are certainly not going to point them out. I’d be really curious to hear the comments by the public when they go in to purchase an Explorer and they find a fixed glass roof instead of one that would open.  You can’t miss that one.  

Maybe its getting the new 2.3L I4 downsized? 

I suppose shame on my Nephew for not noticing beforehand, though he probably would have bought it anyway, but he went to use them and they were not there.  So apparently he uses them.  

I have a2019 Ford F-250 lariat ultimate 6.7 diesel that has lost the gas guage and distance to empty calculations. The fuel economy screen still displays the mpg .  just the guage looks like no fuel in tank.    Has anyone heard about or seen this before?