Just boils down to personal preference. The market has indicated that most buyers will over buy in a vehicle because they want to.    You can raise 2 young kids in an Escape, but I bet that mom wouldn't turn down an Explorer or Expedition instead if it was an option. 

Edmunds did a comparison test last year between Maverick hybrid and Civic Hatchback hybrid. This is what they said at the end:   Which is better? At the end of the day, I've gotta go with the Civic. The interior quality beats the Maverick hands down, the standard driver assists work well, and the hatchback is plenty utilitarian for me, as I recently proved on a road trip. The fuel economy is nothing to sneeze at either. While I might miss the Maverick's hauling and towing capabilities from time to time, the Civic is simply a better all-arounder. 

My wife also replaced a Ford Edge (an '09 model) with a MME. Donated the old vehicle to charity.

Was Farley not responsible for making Ford go back to the drawing board on the Bronco and the Mach E? The Maverick also came out during his tenure as CEO. I know that all these products were in development prior to him being CEO but he has to get some credit. 

Sheer speculation

Only in America!   https://share.google/7DUq4MKTvvWmrxy8A

Farley needs to make up his mind!   https://www.autoblog.com/news/ford-may-bring-back-an-affordable-sedan-to-america

Agreed. I think what you'll see is a variety. Vaguely grille shapes sticking around with some EVs, and other EVs still retaining a contrasting design element. An example of that would be like the European EV explorer, how it doesn't have a grille shape, but it has that black contrasting line running across the top of the front end, which makes it look a lot better imo. 

To be fair, moreso with other silhouettes than a van, there are styling characteristics with EVs in general that they don't technically need, but should keep just because it looks good. Grilles, or some sort of other contrasting design element on the front end are one such example. EVs just don't look good when they're a wall of blank, empty, body colored metal in the front, and they never will.    This applies to something like the Mach-e and not something like a van, but I also hate the push for stubby cab forward design. A mach-e doesn't need a long hood at all, but it makes it look so much better, and really sells the look of being a mustang SUV. Stuff like that should stick around in the age of EVs, even if its purely for asthethic appeal. I'm not a fan of super minimalist design. 

1999 Ford E-150 Econoline "Chateau" V8 Triton 4.6L VIN: 1FMRE11W4XHA22592 Power steering HP Line. The issue I'm having is a major leak from the steering pump to power steering HP Line connection. The frustration I'm having is the installed line and the configuration does not match the power line available from any source (see here: https://www.rivercityfordparts.ca/oem-parts/ford-motorcraft-trade-power-steering-pressure-hose-psh26?srsltid=AfmBOoovUO00KimH0_5h13lAZghX0mPAD4JAVRaGkYH5pNVqnPzozoHs). I can't figure out how to uplaod a photo so I'll have to describe. Where the available replacement has a long metal pipe ending in a 180 degree bend, the line installed on my van has a short pipe with no bend. Does anyone have a similar van and can send a photo from underneath the engine showing the power steering HP line? Also, the space is very limited so I can't get the line off. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.