Wait'll they drop Apple Carplay and Android Auto....but, make it a "dealer installed" option instead. 

Any pics yet? And for what it's worth...I would keep the 16" OE rims with some Michelin's on them, but it sounds like you have other mods in mind to the suspension....I had a set of 16" LSC rims on a restored 1975 Mercury Montego that I then put Mastercraft tires on...they even had the thin whitewall like Lincoln used in the late 80's early 90's on the Town Car....

Absolutely correct. Let’s hope that Ford is rediscovering efficient ways to design and build all types of vehicles, not just electrics. As Farley and the chiefs have now seen, there’s big savings to be made if they move away from the traditional engineering project model.  

Let the decontenting begin!     https://fordauthority.com/2025/09/2026-ford-mustang-drops-universal-garage-door-opener/ That didn’t take long.  Does this fall under Jim Farley’s priorities?  The comments are entertaining.  Clearly not a well received change. 

Fair enough regarding commercial vehicles, but I don’t think it is just limited to trucks. 

In the process of buying one. The exterior color is Midnight Currant Red Metallic with red leather interior. It has a moonroof. Not 100% sure what other options it has but everything works including the AC and air ride suspension. It has the 225 hp 5.0L HO and 4-speed AOD transmission. About 62K miles in excellent condition. No rust anywhere that I can see. Paint and interior look flawless. All I'm waiting on now is for the seller to give me his info so we can do a bank-to-bank money transfer and for the shipper to send me their paperwork. Have already agreed on pricing for the car and for shipment to my door. It will need new tires. They have plenty of tread, they are just really old (1992 DOT date code, YIKES!). That's not an issue though since I was planning to switch from the factory 16" wheels (which are in excellent condition) to the original 17x8 wheels from my '99 Mustang Cobra anyway and I'll probably go with Nitto NT555 G2s in size 255/50ZR17.   I also plan to eventually swap the air ride out for a ride height adjustable coil-over setup since these cars are basically the same underneath as a Fox body Mustang with the exception of a longer wheelbase and all of the suspension bits available for a Fox Mustang can be made to work.   I've always wanted one of these and almost bought a 1988 black Mark VII LSC in 1989 but decided on a new '89 Thunderbird SC instead. I just couldn't pass this one up since it's in really good condition and the price is lower than I expected.

I don't think BS will draw large numbers of Escape owners/buyers either. Escape owners (like me) are more interested in on road functionality/utility as opposed to off-road chops. There are several articles talking about the new C2 based SUV that will be sold alongside Europe's Kuga (apparently the Kuga isn't going away). This article speculates that it may find it's way to North America via Mexico:   https://motorillustrated.com/ford-to-launch-new-focus-sized-suv-in-2027-in-europe/162548/   I think this may be what Ford hinted at in the marketing e-mail I got ("Enjoying your hybrid Escape or Corsair? Stay tuned."). A BS can't fill the Corsair shoes but this maybe could.

I don't think so.  Let's assume I was a buyer for a fleet that purchased Ford trucks from F-150's up through F-750's.  If Ford were to drop the 650 and 750 models, I would likely turn to International, Mack, or Freightliner for class 6 and 7 medium duty trucks.  Remember those companies don't manufacture class 1 through 5 trucks, so in all likelyhood I would stay with Ford for the lighter models.  If the fleet was hell-bent on having one make of truck on the property I guess they could go to Chevy, but their biggest medium duty conventional is the Silverado 6500 which is the equivalent of the Super Duty F-600.  Chevy dealers do sell their version of the Cummins powered Isuzu FTR/FVR as the LCF 6500/7500.  That's a very good medium duty truck but it is expensive.   Remember Ram does very well and they don't offer anything bigger than the Ram 5500.  In fact, Ram usually beats Ford in class 4 and 5 commercial truck sales.   My understanding is Ford has committed to the UAW to keep the medium duty line open at Avon Lake until April of 2028.  

I understand perfectly but Ford North America paid for Bronco, so that was their first choice above having Everest which would be internal competition- the logic us every sale of Everest would be one less Bronco or worse, eat into Explorer sales?