Well, a hit with a crappy transmission. They’re changing over to a new transmission for the 2026 model year. Maybe they wisely learned a lesson from Ford’s dual clutch Focus debacle.  

“We don’t misappropriate [intellectual property] at Ford,” she said. “You just can’t use it without that. You’ll be in violation of a piece of paper that has passed across the globe. It’s just a means to get that back.” Drake noted that the entire project “got caught up in the political storm,” adding that licensing the LFP battery tech is “the right thing to do” for both jobs and Ford’s future EV projects.”   A couple points of interest: – China does misappropriate intellectual property.  Just sayin’   - The right thing to do is develop your own technology, and not be reliant on the enemy. Perhaps you should’ve worked out our licensing deal with Tesla instead, an American company.  

How long do you think it should be warrantied for? You'd be better off buying a third party warranty then going to your mechanic and filing a claim.  

Agreed, I don't believe Ford needs to have 7 different types of sedans and hatchbacks on sale, 2-3 good ones should be enough. For a sedan, we're all looking forward to the mustang sedan. As for a hatchback, either using C2 or CE1 as a base, it would be really cool if Ford gave us a sharp, almost like muscle car hatch instead of some boring generic blob on wheels.    Something that took styling inspiration from the 90s escorts or the fox body. Give it exaggerated flared fenders, a sport roofline, a muscular front end inspired by the s650. A hatchback that people actually aspire to own, that isn't dorky for lack of a better word. Like the coolest and best looking hatchback you've ever seen in your life, and it starts at 30 grand.    Maybe it starts off FWD to appeal to a mainstream audience with around 200 hp, but higher performance variants could add the larger electric motor from a mach-e gt or something, giving it a rear biased AWD setup with north of 400 hp. To boost profits, Ford could sell accessories like aftermarket wings and modern takes on rally lights, mud flaps, things of that nature.    It would really be a captivating product for Ford's aspirational vehicle lineup. 

The Bronco Edge.    it’s Ford… don’t put it past them. 

You mean like Hyundai did with Santa Fe? it went from "also ran" SUV to a sharply styled box on wheels and surprise...it's a hit. 

For all we know, they ARE just taking C2 and rebodying it - I'd think this would be the fastest and cheapest approach they could take (and all they need to do really since C2 has gotten mostly good feedback aside from them being cheap on Escape). No need to reinvent the wheel - the platform is fine, just give them desirable looks/bodies and it'll be fine.

I don't think we'll see products in every segment (i.e subcompact, compact, midsize, full size), but I could see us getting something that straddles compact and mid-size and full-size adjacent (Mustang 4-door)

Issues I see:   engine bay packaging - they'd have to make sure everything fits crash testing emissions/fuel economy (less of an issue here given the topic)   What else am I missing?

Aka we required foreign brands to partner with our companies, now we're making you pay again for this stuff lol.