Glad I got my 2-door when I did!

2026 Ford Mustang RTR Package Debuts With GT, Dark Horse Upgrades   Notably, the 2026 Ford Mustang RTR will be built alongside the regular pony car at the Flat Rock Assembly plant in Michigan, unlike previous (and current) models from the third-party company. On the outside, it certainly looks different thanks to things like the front fascia from the Mustang GT, an RTR front grille with illuminated nostrils, a Tarnished Dark anodized pony emblem and mirror caps, RTR fender badges, an RTR decklid, and additional Tarnished Dark accents including the hood, rocker, and rear quarter graphics, plus the GT Performance Pack rear spoiler.   In terms of mechanicals, the 2026 Ford Mustang RTR comes with the turbocharged 2.3L I-4 EcoBoost engine, which in this case receives no power upgrade over stock, but it does come with the active-valve performance exhaust as standard, along with the Electronic Drift Brake feature, and RTR’s anti-lag system that sharpens throttle response. Braking duties are handled by Brembo six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers, and the package also gets the same rear subframe and front and rear sway bars as the Dark Horse. Finally, the RTR receives a unique Track mode stability control tune, an optimized steering gear with increased travel, and a new tune for the optional MagneRide dampers.

2026 Ford Bronco Stroppe Goes Four Door Only As Two Door Options Dwindle     Stroppe edition is now 4-door only.

I also think a lot of Tesla's appeal in the past has been that yes, they were EVs, but they were good looking EVs, and not a science experiment looking vehicle.  The Cybertruck takes that and throws it out the window, and takes it to science project.  Those have a shallow buyer pool once the "gotta have it" people buy them.

I was saying this years before the cyber truck was released, that it would fall flat for this very reason. With a novelty, shock value sort of vehicle, you really need to get that out the door as soon as possible. If Tesla had waited until the cyber truck was engineered and basically ready to go, and then revealed it 6 months before it went on sale, it would have performed considerably better than it has.    But people waited, and waited, and waited, and somewhere along the way, the novelty and shock wore off, and all consumers were left with was a hideous, overpriced, poorly built, underwhelming truck. 

As someone with advertising and communications experience, it's simultaneously a brilliant, and idiotic move. On one hand, it's such an eye catching vehicle that it serves as a very effective billboard, everyone is looking at you as you drive by. On the other hand, there's so much political baggage and controversy with Elon and Tesla right now, so associating your business with the most infamous vehicle they make is certainly gonna polarize some people. 

There does seem to be a little bit of a cult following with Bolt that reminds me of calls to resurrect EV1 decades ago.  From my perspective the two cars don’t have much in common other than they represent extremes.  EV1 was first modern EV of its kind and Bolt later became lowest-cost mass-produced practical EV manufactured by American company.  Have wondered how much better Bolt would have sold if not for battery issues, and also slow charging.  Obviously as mentioned before we don’t know true profitability since GM could have been subsidizing costs.   In any case I doubt GM wanted to lose as much marketing capital with loyal customers with Bolt as they did with EV1.  Maybe Barra doesn’t want to be known for killing the Bolt. 😀   https://www.topspeed.com/why-gm-ev1-should-come-back/

Next quarter should be even lower sales, and one has to wonder how much lower Tesla can let CT go before doing something drastic like completely redesigning or eliminate altogether.  An average of only 1,800 monthly is so damn low compared to original estimates of between 250,000 and 500,000 annually IIRC that it’s hard to visualize how manufacturing can remain profitable at such low numbers, even when sold at higher prices.  Personally think Tesla should discontinue it but there is a lot of ego invested to admit such failure.😨 

The vast majority of them in my area are used by businesses-but someone has a black wrapped one in my parking lot at work.