I actually like it a lot

From Autoline Daily.   Back in February reports came out saying that Scout Motors would delay production for a year. Scout denied that and then told media at an APA meeting in March that it would start making models in late 2027. But Autoforecast Solutions reports that the Traveler SUV will not go into production at its new assembly plant in South Carolina until September of 2028. And production of the Terra pickup truck will be delayed even longer, until March of 2030. However, it also looks like Scout is giving itself plenty of time to recoup the cost of the Terra. It will stay in production until 2039. By the way, for those of you who like or need to track this sort of thing, Autoforecast Solutions reports that the platform code for these vehicles is SSP B/C.

'Heavy Truck' down another 17%.  

Oh, I agree it’s why I lurk. He just hasn’t had anything new to share since the Lincoln bronco which he’s been saying for a while now. 

I think they should collaborate with a Chinese maker but I certainly hope they aren’t spending any money on a big 3-row  EV right now. Get UEV and make it to the next gen of Explorer/Expedition first, get them their hybrid/EREV powertrains, and then look into that dumb shit.    especially in this unreliable political climate spending a lot of money on a three row EV with a Chinese manufacturer is just a guaranteed multi billion write down in a few years.

Yeah, Maverick's longer hood never made sense for a van, so at a certain point, it'd just be a C2-based van, not "Maverick-based".

I've taken his posts with a grain of salt for a while now until they prove true (often not, but to be fair, that's to be expected with how Ford has changed plans like underwear lately).  But, it's still nice to get tidbits and thoughts from him for discussion purposes.     Yeah, I don't understand that rumor/move at all.

That's my guess, it would just be a better vehicle. Lower cost of ownership and better reliability is a huge deal for commerical buyers. But from a packaging standpoint, you could almost do a form factor that's less like a conventional Transit and more like a VW ID buzz. Something where you could push the a-pillar all the way forward and maximize interior space. That's a more compelling product than a maverick cab with panel sides attached imo. 

Here is the issue-is there any actual demand for one? Given how EV's have fallen off a cliff sales wise across the board, there isn't going to be any genuine demand IMO till the price points are almost identical to ICE vehicles with the vast majority of car buying public.    Plus Ford linking up or using an Chinese EV as vehicle is going to blow up in their face spectacularly IMO also. 

Why not? OHAP has been building "odd ball excess" unibody production vehicles for years. There really isn't anything else that would fit into mold of what is being described by ExplorerDude and Ford said they would be building a van there-but who knows like everything else that might have changed. Whatever goes there (if it still happens) is going to be an oddball vehicle   They built the Nissan/Mercury minivan and the Escape and Mariner there for a period of time