Never happen here. Regular cabs are on their way out except for fleet use. When I bought my '24 F 150 back in August nearest dealer that had one was 45 miles away. Nearby dealers kept telling me I needed a supercrew.  

The major distinction is for SDV is that all of the functions are on the same operating system instead of 20+ separate software systems that operate independently in non-SDV.   The easiest way to visualize this is SDV is top-down driven logic while conventional vehicles are bottoms up driven logic. In a top-down logic, all the functions follows the code from central electronic control unit (ECU). In bottoms up logic, the native codes are written at the function level and you have silos.    Another way to think about this is to understand who actually makes all the components of the car. A traditional car will have seats made by an external supplier who will program its ECU using its own software code. And the HVAC system is supplied by a different company who programs its ECU in a different way. And a 3rd company supplies the mirror and guess what, it also has embedded ECU that is also different than the seats and HVAC system. So the car company then spend all its time integrating it so the two subsystems talk to each other. Now when you press the heated seat button on the HVAC panel, the HVAC system knows how to turn on your heated seat; and when you press the memory button, it know how to adjust the seats AND the mirrors.  One drawback of this approach is anytime you want to make a change to the HVAC system, you also need the supplier for the seats and mirrors to be onboard, even though you are not changing those things. You have to coordinate a lot of different moving parts and this all takes a lot of time and cost money.   In a SDV, seat controls, HVAC, and door mirrors will be controlled by the same set of ECU that controls that zone so there is no integration required. If you want to change how the HVAC works, it won't impact its integration with seats or mirrors. It can be done in a simple over the air update.    This article shed some light on how Rivian has advanced the art of SDV and why VW paid $5 billion to try to get it    https://www.popsci.com/technology/rivian-zonal-electrical-architecture/   The bottom line: SDV requires car companies to take control of the design decision on all the component rather than relying on Tier 1 suppliers to make the decision for them. This is why legacy car companies are struggling with SDV - it is fundamentally incompatible with how they've built cars in the last 30 years since the advent of computers in cars. A lot of the major car technology breakthrough in the last 20 or 30 years have been developed by Tier 1 suppliers like Bosch, Denso, or ZF. They have a vested interest to keep the silos so the car companies have to keep coming back to them for integration and licensing.   

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Check out today's Ford  Authority.  Pix of "regular cab" Ranger Super Duty.  Big rubber on 8-bolt wheels, big rear spring picture-very close to 150 territory IMO

A year nothing. I am at the 40 month mark. Had to reorder every year. Started out as a 22. At least I have a Vin and a production week now. And now a maybe day of 01/18. Ford said that could slip too. Hope you get it soon. 

Ford wanted to add to its tally right before the end of the year.......I guess it (could) make next year's numbers look better, though....   Ford Ends 2024 With a Big Recall for Diesel Trucks   Ford is no longer the most-recalled brand in America, but it didn't end 2024 quietly. On December 20, the automaker recalled 295,449 trucks equipped with the 6.7-liter diesel engine. A problem with fuel pumps in these vehicles could lead to reduced power or a stalled engine. And the fix is, in a word, curious. The problem applies primarily to Super Duty trucks from 2020 through 2022, affecting 286,138 F-250s and F-350s as well as the larger F-450, F-550, and F-600 pickups. A handful of F-650 and F-750 commercial vehicles from are included as well. The fuel pumps in these trucks may not take well to aged biodiesel fuel; deposits could form on internal components, causing the pump to either perform poorly or fail outright.

Ford did away with the ability to get an X plan PIN for owning stock back in 2022.

Also is it my imagination or is the Focus/Escape/Fusion grill a new look for a lot of vehicles-and add the Rivian to the Flex look a like list IMO