Ford really milked that EB trim too quite a few models got it   Bronco  Bronco II Explorer Expedition  F-150   I saw a post in a Facebook car group where someone shared an Explorer Sport (2 door) with the Eddie Bauer trim which has to be pretty rare.  I also agree with what others said the green and gold were such an iconic color scheme on Ford SUVs then too.

Is that NOT what I said?  I mentioned it was an expensive platform and that other models were scrapped which kept it expensive and not being able to spread the costs among other models.  Thunderbird got a shorter version of DEW98 and Jaguar got the S-Type and later XF but those were the only 4 ever offered.  There was more planned for DEW98 but they never came.  I could be wrong but I am pretty sure they were looking at doing a Mark IX (MK9 and Mark X concepts) off of DEW98 and potentially a Lincoln crossover I think the Navicross concept was built on DEW98 as well as a new LS but all of that was scrapped.  JLR being upset about Lincoln having a piece of DEW98 killed a lot of the momentum Lincoln was getting back then.        It was supposed to turn the Lincoln brand around but only lasted 6 years.  It had one good year and sales dropped every year since introduction.  I had an LS I loved it to death I still love them when I see them on the road but the car was a failure otherwise it would still be around.  It needed a hotter version to compete with the CTS-V but we all know JLR would have never allowed it and it needed a more significant refresh in 2003.  The updates were nice but it needed better interior materials.  That silver plastic trim that Lincoln loved in the 2000s did not hold up well at all.

It really is a shame. The plans for cd6 seemed so promising, and nothing came of it. I'm hoping this will be a better late than never situation where Ford gets smarter at leveraging platforms like cd6. 

It was none of that. DEW was an expensive platform that wasn’t shared with the affordable large vehicles but the Thunderbird used it in 2002-2005.   Jaguar Land Rover actively lobbied about Ford using it and raising Lincoln to the level of a competitor  so yeah, Lincoln LS was that good…..

Who says the LS was a failure?  

I am sure that's closer to the REAL reason why the LS failed, that and the cost of the platform and the other models planned for it getting scrapped which upped the costs.  I was more talking about the folks over at FIN and GMI who would beat their chest over and over again how DEW98 could not accommodate AWD and kept saying that's why that platform failed.  Then boom XF gets AWD which spit on that entire narrative lol 

LOL, waymo robots on hold with Phillipino tech support …….

The whole point of the skunkworks was to pick up engineers that worked for Tesla and develop a strategy for Ford that involved a new and radical way to reduce construction costs.   What CE1 does right is get Ford in front of buyers with an alternative to the Tesla Y that connects with people who may be considering a pickup for the first time that just happens to be an affordable BEV.   I think the article pisses on Ford for the wrong reason, it’s fine to implement a construction process that copies a lot of Tesla’s unboxed construction, what I take issue with is the reporter assuming no real progress which is bs because there’s at least some prototypes made but clearly photographers can’t identify them yet……that’s the pissing match, no spy shots.

Mazda-Absolutely loved on various automotive forums....but nobody buys.....

Uh, no....   https://fordauthority.com/2026/02/japanese-ford-maverick-rival-not-happening-anytime-soon/   Assuming they do not want any Maverick sized Toyota truck eating into Tacoma sales....sounds like Fords excuse on why Ranger is only mildly promoted (if at all in North America)....don't want to dig too deeply into F150 sales. It only confirms the belief that Ranger is here to sell more Broncos.