https://carbuzz.com/ford-promises-passenger-cars-will-return/   Looks like Ford's gravitating back towards cars to a degree. This is just Europe for now, we'll see if this carries over into our market as well.    I'd love if Ford brought that same passion they have with things like bronco and mustang into a new hatchback. Give us something  special.     

https://fordauthority.com/2025/07/china-throws-giant-wrench-into-ford-ev-battery-plant-plans/

So basically confirmation Fords getting back into the car game. This is fantastic news. Ford as talking about how they could see low slung non crossover models making a return to Ford's lineup as EVs after the puma, and vw twins were launched. Seems like that's moving forward. 

That's somewhat the nature of driving a solid front axle heavy duty pickup.  It's improved in the 2011+ trucks, and even more with 2017+.   Steering stabilizer might help.

Disregard - accidentally replied to an older page left open on this thread.

Right, except they'll have our Ford Bronco, and this Ford Bronco......that's completely different with the same name in the same showroom.   Bronco "New Energy" is silly.

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Obviously nothing is official yet, but...     Ford Will Launch New Cars in Europe to Combat Dwindling Sales   But Ford has a plan to bounce back: launch new cars. German business newspaper Automobilwoche reports dealers have been told new metal is on the way. We’ve reached out to Ford for confirmation but haven’t heard back yet. However, the report claims dealers were predictably happy to hear the promise made in a video conference by Christoph Herr, the newly appointed Managing Director of Ford Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. CEO Jim Farley has allegedly green-lit the development of new models to fill some of the void left by the discontinuation of several nameplates, some of which had been around for decades.

You know what they say about trying the same thing over and over again..... 😛 

As stated above, I doubt companies will just throw CAFE targeting efforts by the wayside, though I agree we could see some "temporary" redistribution of sales toward more profitable/higher power/less effiecient versions.