I'm surprised Ford hasn't taken Maverick global.......I feel like they're worried about it stepping on Ranger's global footprint, but I think it'd be a good option for a variety of markets.     I'll push back to an extent, because why can't they take some of those other products and put more effort to make them something buyers are passionate about.   I know we'll get the usual reasons...

They added a train down here called the Brightline a few years ago, and it killed someone the first day it opened.  There's always a story in the news about someone getting killed by the brightline, and while a lot of them are just morons being on the tracks when the train is coming, they're saying a lot of them are intentional - people just walking out in front of it.  I also heard on the radio from a former conductor who had said he'd personally been at the controls for at least 12 people, and has PTSD from seeing that and resigned.   Stay off the tracks people!     From the impact of the deer flying through, or was it like ...(I think it was) Tommy Boy where it got in the car, went nuts and then flew out?  Either way that's crazy.  Can't even imagine the mental toll on the ones that survived.

Hyundai Crater Debuts Looking Ready to Eat Broncos and Wranglers for Breakfast - Autoblog  

Good Luck Dearborn, I did see some American`s in Dearborn protesting this type of hate of America.

Man. they can't go too much cheaper. Looks like a kit car cluster.

Yea, I understand what you're sayin' jpd80, though some of the cancelled products were shithouse TBH.   It ain't just Australia and Europe where Ford is becoming more, uh, focused with its product lineup.  It's happenin' almost everywhere Ford has a presence. And it's the right thing to do. Ford can't afford to piss away precious time, money, and other resources on products that aren't in the five categories I mentioned earlier.  Body on frame Truck/SUV/Van "Passion" or "iconic" Electric/New Energy Commercial

Not asking for new products, just please expand those existing products into our local market. Yes, RHD is a big issue. As I said above Aussie market is  down to Thai built Ranger & Everest plus a few Mustangs and Transits. In spite of that, Ford Australia sales is in second place behind Toyota who is more than double those sales. Down here, Ford leads all other brand sales in spite of nothing else available to sell.

I’m no saying the products are shithouse, I’m saying the effort to supply anything more to the Aussie market than Ranger and Everest is extremely piss poor. It’s like Ford has given up trying to sell anything else

If Bollinger ends up in the commercial vehicle manufacturer graveyard, Harbinger Motors may be a good alternative for Class 5 (and Class 6). Harbinger is gettin' a $160 million infusion in Series C funding from FedEx and others.   GARDEN GROVE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbinger, a leading American-made medium-duty electric and hybrid vehicle manufacturer, today announced it has raised $160 million in a Series C funding round co-led by FedEx, the world's largest express transportation company; Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund, a multibillion-dollar investment firm backing leading companies in electrification; and the world's largest recreational vehicle (RV) manufacturer THOR Industries, known for its operating companies which include Airstream, Jayco, and more. The round also featured major participation from Ridgeline, a longtime Harbinger investor backed by FedEx. Additional previous Harbinger investors that participated in the round include Tiger Global; Leitmotif, a U.S. venture capital firm backed by Volkswagen; and venture capital firms Maniv Mobility, Schematic Ventures, Overture Climate, Ironspring Ventures, ArcTern Ventures, Litquidity Ventures, and The Coca-Cola System Sustainability Fund, managed by Greycroft. With this round, Harbinger has raised $358 million to date.   "Any vehicle that holds up to our rigorous on-road testing and offers state-of-the-art safety features with lower total cost of ownership is win-win for drivers and for our business," said Paul Melander, Senior Vice President of Safety and Transportation, FedEx. "As we work toward a goal to electrify the entire FedEx pickup and delivery fleet by 2040, this trifecta of performance, price, and operational resilience is what we need to be able to continue to scale. We look forward to bringing these Class 5 and 6 units into our fleet and seeing electric medium-duty trucking options—like what Harbinger is offering—become more accessible in the marketplace for commercial fleets of all sizes."    

This happened probably 30-35 years ago in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A sedan with four women were traveling someplace near Marquette when they hit a deer.  The deer went through the front windshield, killing the gal riding shotgun, kept on going into the back seat area killing another lady, and exited out the back window.  I didn't know any of the women killed, but vaguely knew some of the other family members.  I always think of that whenever I see deer near a highway.