I think it’s more because switching away from ovals costs money that the areas these ovals host just don’t have in many cases.

Turns out actual stock cars don't hold up too well hitting concrete at 200 mph.  But ovals are Nascar's legacy and they can't just switch to 100% road courses like actual stock cars.

Yes, agreed.  These parameters seem to be mutually exclusive.  I believe Ford has culpability in the quality of the parts coming from suppliers, but want to lay blame solely at the supplier’s feet.   Of course there are suppliers that have built parts out of spec that need to be held accountable, but who provides the specifications for the parts to begin with. 

Hino will be the next one out the door of the NA market. 

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/gm-killing-off-biggest-silverado-141000148.html   GM didn't sell too many medium duty trucks, but hopefully Ford can pickup a bit of their share. 

Not A Stock Car Anywhere Really

Maybe bring the Hilux back to compete with Maverick or the Skunk Truck?

2021? It was around then they moved all Tacoma production to Mexico and brought Sequoia in from TMMI (Princeton, In)  starting with the 2022 MY. Tundra and Sequoia share many components similar to F-series and Expedition, and Tacoma was already being produced in Mexico for Latin markets.

Oh please. NASCAR for the most part has been cookie cutter since at least 2007. 

I posted this in another thread a while back. A GM exec in AUTOMOTIVE NEWS 10 years ago said that you might not recognize the automotive landscape in ten years, which is now. Do you see that he was right? Mergers, joint ventures, shared components, non-automotive divisions, diversification  etc. are being realized. Just the costs alone make it necessary if the mfrs. are going to survive. The exec even said there might not be a GM or Ford. Let's hope he's wrong about that! But commonality and homogenous vehicles are more and more prevalent. Government and regulations are causing the demise of uniqueness. NASCAR race cars are cookie cutter vehicles. School buses are just about identical except for the name on the grille. Yeah I get it..safety regs. Same thing with fire apparatus. So far, I can tell an American branded SUV apart from others, but not the foreign branded ones!  But I'm afraid that someday there will be a Government Motors!  Everything will be identical, no brands really. The govt. will design everything. Oh the various plants might be still producing, but they'll be churning out carbon copy vehicles. The link below is just another example:   https://share.google/pjQ5ssZ8fynkWViSC