I plead old age (and yes I did look)...

Or it was a temporary supplier issue.

When has Ford had a skunkworks that totally changed the assembly process?

I didn't say it was rational....

They probably came to their senses and realized it was a stupid move in the first place.

2027 Ford Super Duty Drops 6.8L V8, Standard Output 6.7L Power Stroke   I didn't see this anywhere else.   It seems strange to drop the 6.8 entirely after such a short time.

How about "re-contenting"? 2026 Explorers dropped the panoramic twin-panel roof and the 3.0L option on the Platinum. Both are back for 2027.   Order guide shows Space White as the only dropped color, but Rapid Red is gone too. New colors available are Ruby Red and Avalanche.

Other brands keep or improve the HP, heck there are Chinese models with 600+hp….but Ford goes the other way around. Navi: down to 432. Nautilus hybrid down to 285. Aviator down to 383.

The Police Interceptor Utility continues to baffle the crap out of me. Since 2020, the "base" engine has been the 3.3 V6 with hybrid. There's a credit for getting the 3.3 V6 without hybrid, and a premium to bump to the 3.0 EcoBoost. Around me, police departments universally lose to the bean counter department and order the 3.3 V6 non-hybrid. While 295hp doesn't seem like it'd be gutless, in the field it absolutely is. I begged departments not to order that engine, but they ordered them that way. Later, they complained that bicycles could outrun them. No kidding.   If Ford was going to put a proprietary engine, not available on the civilian models, into the PIU, why not drop in what we all know police want anyway, the 5.0 V8. The 10-speed transmission can take it, we know that. In the last 6 years, the number of departments I've seen "defect" to Dodge for Durango or Charger is shocking.   And then to add insult to stupidity, the non-hybrid 3.3 V6 won't be available until later, so departments will have to pick between unwanted and too expensive. The few field officers I've talked to that have the hybrids in their fleets hate those more than the non-hybrids. VERY few have even seen a 3.0, and most weren't aware that was even available.