It took some getting used to at first, but funny enough now I get in other cars and find myself reaching to the middle to put the windows down haha.

Kinda forget about the other things at that point, huh?  😄 

OK, I guess that's a valid point.  But, really, you could still roll the window down on the door(s) that's left, you just couldn't do it from the driver's seat.  And, I mean, that would probably happen to 1% of folks 1% of the time.  I'd rather have the switches in the normal spot for that other 99.99% of the time.  At any rate, it is what it is, and I can live with it.  I just like to bitch when things are different.  lol

Honestly, at least from an outside perspective, Ford's in a good spot platform wise, and all they really need to do is keep the products fresh with new exteriors and interiors.

It's not for saving wiring.........your drivers/front doors are the most likely ones to be off right?  Well, if you put the switches on the door like normal, and take the driver door off, then the driver can't control any of the windows.     I saw these pictures surfacing recently - weird looking little thing ain't it?

I'd assume any product that is locked in for 2027/2028 is pretty much ready to go   I'm guessing the "new" stuff will be new power trains in existing products with new top hats   I'd be surprised if we wee more then one or two Brand new Products/Nameplates added to the lineup 

Not on the Boxster.  But you have to remember it's been stuck in 2017 with no real updates.  No siri integration outside apple carplay and reading text messages is super clumsy.     But then I drop the top, put it in sport plus mode and hit the twisties and all is well........

Tough times are coming and Ford’s plans will change again.  I’m betting one or two of them go backwards as reality hits.   For anyone watching Ford over the past few years, that’s no really guessing either….

While the Financial Times is a respected publication, at the same time that doesn't make them impeccable with whatever information they may or not publish.    I'd give this a couple of weeks to see if there is anything actually happening...but IMO I doubt it. 

While I understand the desire to utilize your resources, I feel like Ford helping Chinese players with becoming established is literally the exact sort of thing Farley was afraid of.    I feel like it would make more sense to just build a lot of different top hats using CE1, and if you still want to boost production beyond that, offer to sell this incredible universal EV platform to other legacy brands. Like offering to help let's say Honda build affordable EVs using your platform and plant. That's a smarter play than letting the wolf into the hen house so to speak imo.