It’s what you had at your grade school dances😉

Are you looking at the Gas Buddy price map to give you an idea of fuel costs along your trip?   https://www.gasbuddy.com/tripcostcalculator   HRG

I liked the show car they had last year. I feel they watered it down too much. It reminds me of when Lincoln had a great Zephyr concept, but watered down the final product to a boring car.   But the BMW doesn't disappoint as much as the Zephyr, but I am a little disappointed. 

About to do a 2,000 mile trip from AZ to MI.  Towing the 5th wheel, I get about 12 mpg.  Given the current fuel prices, we're getting into real money, and may leave the 5th wheel in AZ, and just take the truck.  I'd expect pretty consistent 75 mph without the 5th wheel.  I put together a spread sheet, and it's a pretty ugly number running diesel prices all the way up to 7.50.  Although it does give me the option to buy a cargo trailer and bring some stuff back in the fall

Damn... I wish I was still at Ford, SD calibrators literally were within spitting distance from my desk.  None of the people I knew are still there  

Half a century ago when Ford had to pay premium prices for the engines, transmissions, and axles that went in to its heavy trucks most of the profit went to the suppliers of those components. Ford's solution to that "problem" was to pretty much exit the heavy truck market. Meanwhile, truck makers with a longer term view like Daimler, VW Group, Volvo, and Paccar invested in their own powertrain components and reaped the profits Ford forsake.    Nowadays with a mass produced gas engine and transmission under a cab that was amortized decades ago, Ford is the low cost supplier in the market for cheap Class 6 and 7 gas powered trucks. But just one chassis component that has to be moved or a missing essential option and Ford ain't so cheap...

You know what it means. 😉  

We’re talking about Ford drivers, not BMW drivers 

IMO mach e buyers were never “Mustang” buyers. They just wanted an EV. I don’t think there would be much cross shopping either.  if ford can keep the price down with a v8, i have no problem with it. Most competitors with a v8 though are 80k and above. Of course those also have 700+ hp.   maybe it will follow similar pricing and engines as the mustang like some of you have suggested. I personally think the 2.3 in my Bronco goes pretty good. I can imagine a smaller, lighter vehicle with the 2.3 and possibly a performance tune being pretty fun to drive. Even better if it starts around the price of a mustang ecoboost. I would be interested in a vehicle like that.

Here's what I would do. I'd keep an affordable "coupe" swoopy, sporty crossover for CE1. Something maybe slightly smaller, and a lot more affordable than mach-e that fell in-between the size of mach-e and escape. A similar design, just slightly more muscular, tighter than the mach-e. Something to make mach-e owners happy, but also escape buyers.    Then I'd have a larger gas powered suv with decent sized engines, maybe a larger, boxier shape. This could be something that appeals to not only people who want a gas powered mach-e, but also people who want a more direct edge replacement that sits higher than mach-e did.    I wouldn't call both of them mustang, I believe having multiple mustang SUVs would be too much. So maybe using the mustang name on the gas performance crossover and call the EV like Galaxie or something.