Meh been in a 2021 Escape and the interior isn't all that much better.   The start button the Escape is absolutely in a terrible location. 

I can't imagine Escape buyers cross-shoping a pickup truck, no matter how small.  IMO The biggest fail with the BS is its cheap interior.

They also don't have a Bronco Sport or Maverick to sell there also. 

Reviews are here  

It's weird that both products are still in production in underutilized factories overseas.

Lincoln Nautilus Will Be Used As Bait For Corsair Customers   At the recent NADA Show, officials told those dealers that Lincoln is planning on trying to woo Corsair customers in a different sort of way, according to Automotive News. That strategy involves boosting the base, Premiere trim of the Lincoln Nautilus, a mid-size crossover, to more than 60 percent of its product mix in an effort to retain more entry-level luxury shoppers. Additionally, Lincoln plans to offer existing Corsair customers private offers that would offer them thousands of dollars to move up to the Nautilus.

https://electrek.co/2026/02/09/rivian-r2-enters-final-validation-testing-spotted-uncamouflaged-on-streets/

What it boils down to is it actually worth it to import it from Europe and make money on it? You have to figure already 10-15% increase on a product that is already cost and profit sensitive. That is why I doubt the rumors of the Bronco Sport coming from Spain due to tariffs.    The problem is that the CE1 CUV won't be hitting the market for at least another 24 months or so after they run out of Escapes they built out. 

I'm guessing it is something along the lines of "best effort" and if your not following the rules, expect a hefty fine if you don't do it. Not sure who or what will be enforcing this though.    From another job I had previously from my current one, we where a cleared (aka held classified information) manufacture of electronic parts that went into DOD systems.   Anyways, we'd get an inspection done by US government every couple of years to see if we where doing things properly.   One story I heard was a manufacturer was making something for the US Government and had to provide validation it was working properly. They where submitting basically what was photocopies of the report and didn't show any deviations (which there should have been slight ones recorded) and the government caught it and they lost the production rights to it.    As for why it matters-data can be aggerated to generate even more info-the vast majority of security collection data is done this way.   So to put into this use case-war kicks off with China in the future. Someone of importance is using a system that is compromised and the data can be aggerated to locate that person and be used against them in some form, like being targeted for termination if that is determined to be the course of action. Or someone is brought into a foreign country years from now-their social media footprint could be used against them to identify them and break their cover.    Its also why ticktock ban was being pushed-dumbasses using it could become useful idiots by protesting things-there where incidents recently where people where trying to glue themselves to a cargo ship that they thought was going to Israel with military equipment, when it was just US equipment going some place else.