The permanent loss of sales volume and market percentage is going to severely impact  its future financing conditions - who wants to lend money to a company that continues to lose revenue, sales and profit…

An easy way to get this done would be to use the Mustang and adjust the proportions like adding more engine set back and change to a two door.

Our first 2027 F-150 order was a build I did for a Lariat. Holy cow was that difficult. The decontenting and "moving things to packages" was off the scales, and then trying to figure out how to make the truck like my guy wanted it was a flippin' nightmare. And all that, we did basically blind, because we had no idea what the 2027's would actually look like other than "revised grilles".

Power steps are not standard on the KR anymore. They gutted the Lariat so now they've moved on to decontenting the KR. 

2028 as a 2029 model. Rumors have a lot of changes including possible steer by wire and brake by wire. A new 6 cylinder engine is reportedly coming although it may not be ready for the first year of the n.g.

Surely there'll be a way around having to get your phone out.  I mean, what's the point then?

Yeah, if I have to get my phone out and unlock it to open the door, I'll just use the keys.   You can start and unlock your car with the Ford app, but you can't drive it without the key.

Thats Ok....you don't have to.      Any Lincoln sports coupe can and should be called Continental....

Ha, wasn't even thinking about that, but it would be the more relevant point that you have to be able to open it up in the first place. 

I did a little research, and it seems like the answer is both.  Nothing is required, unless you opt out of express mode.  At that point, having a key is just as easy (if not easier).  It seems like there's also an option to just have it unlock the car.  My wife has the Ford app for her Fusion and it can already start and unlock the car.  This is really just another step towards not needing anything other than your phone to do anything.