Although McGovern was involved in the recent Jaguar rebranding debacle, he was hardly the only one that greenlit the decision to move in that direction. 

Rolls eyes, only if the government subsidises largish BEVs

Ford ESP from Flood or Grainger Ford

A few of them had them. I was told by the owners a new company is making larger hub caps that look like the original ones and honestly they look good. Far better than after market wheels that ruin the look. 

Larger wheels on the Continentals can look quite nice as long as they're not too big. 

Granted it's connecting some dots, but that lines up with my speculation of basically an ICE (well, PHEV) Euro Explorer.

From Auto News, this quote implies the BS is too "off-road focused" and therefore the Euro model will be 'more refined': Not defending anything, just trying to parse what Ford are thinking here. It wouldn't be the first time a Ford model in one global market didn't pass muster for use in another Ford market.

Aside from length or height, there's not much wiggle room size wise between Puma and Escape that would be THAT much different than our Bronco Sport already is.     The point is that if they're splitting hairs, why go through the effort of designing a whole new vehicle and not use what you already have?   I guess they feel our BS isn't right for the Euro market, and that no amount of sprucing up will do?  I feel like we're going to basically see and ICE version of their Explorer (I still think it was a stupid use of the name).

I’m looking for an extended warranty for my 2021 Corsair , 60,100 miles  . Would like to cover as many components as possible . Any suggestions ?

I was thinking the same. Another month down, I don’t know if they will surpass last years numbers. It seems its pretty difficult for them to maintain sales levels, as you say 2.3k is not bad, but the Nauti should be near 3k