They haven't built a sedan in the North American market in almost 6 years....so try again. 

Only reason the Maverick is long is because of the bed...otherwise the Interior area (seating) is identical to the Escape. The Explorer is 199 inches long and the Bronco is 190 IIRC.   If an Escape replacement happens, it will be around 180-185 inches long. 

I remember when the last Taurus rolled off the line in Atlanta they gave (or sold) it to Truett Cathy the chick-fil-a founder.  The factory workers were regulars at his original dwarf house restaurant (that turned into chick-fil-a) near the factory.

Those other cd6 products were never announced to the public.  These have been and also to investors.  Could plans change?  Of course but they also need the volume to fill up Louisville.  And that market is virtually untapped for now.

They are looking to contract their business, and abandon the segments where they aren't competitive. Again...

In other news - water is wet!   This has been the case for several years.  Focus (pun intended) on what they're good at which is also most profitable for them.  It doesn't matter what they used to do this is a new era and new markets.

Only in the USA where’re fuel prices are a lot less than rest of the world. These days, emissions regs and adblue SCR, modern diesels hate lots of short running where they can’t do regen. That is now opening up customers moving to gasoline hybrid - exactly where North America is aligned. Interesting times.

The GAA was pretty revolutionary for its time-it was selected by the US Army as its primary choice to power the M4 Sherman tank after 1943, after it was tested stateside. Also Ford was one of the biggest manufacturers of Pratt and Whitney Radial engines for the P-47 and other aircraft. 

Ford sees that the market it is competing in is changing and they want to focus on what they think they are good at.   Ford makes good trucks and vans around the world and they are "good" at that. They offer iconic vehicles that people automatically know what they are, in the form of the Bronco and Mustang. I guess I could include the Explorer in that also, but that is also subsided by being sold as a police vehicle, which ties it into Ford Pro with its trucks and vans. 

Well I started watching this thing then stopped when this guy started talking about Ford going"big time" time in early 50's with a "monster" 501 cubic inch truck engine...He must have mixed his notes up with an International history.  then he starts talking about Fords war time contribution with tanks and such and I quit when he started talking about the GAA tank V-8!  I'll go back to it when I have time to kill- if for no other reason but to see if he is implying the GAA was used in trucks.  And IMO if anyone wants to talk about Ford's wartime contribution the absolute highlight was when Ford took some farmland at Willow Run and built the plant that at wars end was turning out a 4 engine B-24 every 59 Seconds!!   By the way I don't know if same person has produced other "documentaries" but similar sounding stuff is out there and the guy makes all sorts of false statements.   Oh and the F-8 was introduced in '48.  The Term "Big Job" was I believe applied to the F-8 as a marketing theme in '51 or'52