Ford loves debuting things and making you wait months to order it...

Oh it definitely was the right move to exit it. I was speaking regarding re-entry, I think they’re more likely to be #1 or #2 as they desire in that segment than mass market crossovers after reentry. They still should obviously try crossovers first.

Union guy (diff union) this demeanor is nothing unusual for negotiations and won’t have any bearing on Ford’s approach. It’s certainly a good aspiration but I wouldn’t take it as an indication of a more or less bold approach. It’s not the showmanship of Fain for example, which was mainly meant to signal membership IMO. 

There's not been anything official, but as Akirby pointed out, our local source hinted at it.

ExplorerDude hinted at it very strongly and it makes sense.

I forgot it was Bezos.

Back in September 2023, the Canadian union Unifor reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with Ford, which prevented a strike from occurring. It was subsequently ratified by workers, laying the groundwork for other automakers to sign similar agreements as well. Now, we're on the cusp of that contract coming to an end, which means that it's time for Unifor and automakers to hammer out a new one. However, the union isn't looking to concede any ground to Ford or its peers during those talks. “We are not going backwards,” Unifor President Lana Payne told the union's members recently, according to Automotive News. “We will make progress, and that includes fighting for the Detroit Three Unifor members currently on layoff. We are approaching these contract negotiations with determination, but also with realism. The stakes are incredibly high and we need to take the most disciplined, strategic approach possible. We’re dealing with U.S, tariffs and unrelenting trade aggression. This uncertainty is freezing investment decisions and keeping members out of work."   The union also opted to go with Ford this time around as it's the only one of its peers that has maintained its Canadian manufacturing presence since tariffs were imposed in the spring of 2025. Stellantis began retooling its Brampton Assembly plant in February, but opted to shift that facility's product plans to the U.S. amid tariffs, and it's currently idle. As for GM, it idled its CAMI Assembly plant last year after ending production of BrightDrop vans there, and also cut the third shift from its Oshawa Assembly plant in January.   I know they have to do the whole public posture "tough guy" thing, but playing hardball with the lone company that kept stuff going seems like a great idea.... lol

If the Mach E goes away in say 2029, I'm gonna guess its gonna happen.   There are rumors of a off road supercar coming too, so a platform that can do that and a Mustang CUV would be smart.  

My dealer does oil changes for free if you bought the vehicle from them, however “free” usually means waiting for 3 hours for it to get done.

Carvana May Have A Foot In Bezos’s Slate Auto Already | Carscoops   While Carvana is best known as a used-car retailer, it has recently been expanding into new-car sales, snapping up several former Stellantis dealerships across the country. Last year, it was given a warrant to purchase shares in Slate Auto at roughly the same time the car manufacturer started organizing its Series C funding round, which raised $650 million.   Filings with Delaware’s division of corporations have exposed the connection between the two companies, but they stop short of confirming whether Carvana actually exercised the warrant, and if it did, how many shares it walked away with.