This latest Job2 (Job2.5?) update brought back a bunch of Free Standing Option items. Tow package, keyless pad, spare tire, a few others too. Nice to see not just options coming back, but as FSO rather than "you have to get this package for $3460 to get the $190 item you actually want". If the lineup is going to be pared down, make it "build it how you want it" and ditch the old catalog style system that should have died with the Fusion. Not that I think the Fusion should have been killed off, just the timing of it. Bringing catalog ordering to the Fusion was awful to deal with. It's somewhat persisted to current vehicles, mostly as package things.

Suzuki has a small vehicle named Jimny.     I always thought the Jimmy name was stupid.

Not surprised.  GM has watched Jeep and Bronco walk away with the off-road (lucrative) market.  Guess they're tired of siting on the sidelines.

They had savings  left over after they replaced the opening moonroof with fixed glass on Explorer.  

From what I remember, the GMC version of K5 Blazer started out as Jimmy (with two m's)  

I may be wrong (not the first time...) but didn't the GMC version start out as Jimny? 

Nah, the recent JD Power EVX and customer satisfaction study said this:   BEVs continue to have higher satisfaction than plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs): Overall satisfaction continues to be higher among BEV owners in both the premium (786) and mass market (727) segments versus comparable PHEV owners, particularly when it comes to satisfaction with the cost of ownership. Premium BEVs score 114 points higher than premium PHEVs in this area, while mass market BEVs outperform their PHEV counterparts by 117 points. Although PHEVs benefit from improved performance compared with traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, they still carry the maintenance requirements of an internal combustion engine—cost and service needs that BEVs are able to avoid entirely.

The marketing big shots at Ford may have gotten lazy with their efforts involving MME, but customers love the product according to JD Power's recent customer satisfaction study. My wife considers her MME GT the best car she's ever had!    

Well, Ford is reportedly working on both CE1 crossover AND a Maverick-based hybrid crossover to cover both types of buyers (though with Ford, who knows if the latter is still on, as it was on then off and back on again).       What's crazy too is that Ford has long been one of the market hybrid leaders behind the Toyota hybrid juggernaut, yet they've seemingly for decades now resisted pushing further into hybrid territory (until recently) - hybrid products have long been reportedly production capacity limited etc etc., meanwhile Toyota has shifted several key products to hybrid-only without losing anything sales wise.

In an actual reversal of decontenting, they're bringing back the keypad on the Bronco Sport:   2026 Ford Bronco Sport Regains Factory SecuriCode Keyless Entry