Best wishes with the tire situation on the Porsche, and smart move not drivin' a vehicle with summer tires in conditions below 45 degrees.   Your story reminds me of a visit to Capitol City Ford in Indianapolis over a decade ago when I bought a 2013 F-150 from them. While waiting on paperwork, I noticed that one of the new 2014 Fusions on their lot was equipped with Goodyear Eagle F1 summer tires. From the factory! Found that really odd, original equipment summer ultra high performance tires on a family sedan? At a dealer in the Midwest where we have cold winters? It was so odd that I took pictures. The salesman was surprised too.      

In reality, isn't the current Ranger a Bronco truck anyway?  I mean, they're built on the same platform, they just don't share any sheet metal.

Yeah, utilization of TTP is a question mark...     Ah, well I don't think F-150 sells in meaningful numbers in any of those markets - I think Ranger is still the "F-150" of those markets.   I was referring to "core" F-150 markets - we won't see Ranger Super Duty in the US or Canada, for instance.     But now you're saying a Bronco pickup plus this other new baby truck?

I didn't realize we had summer tires either, then when turning sharp in cold weather it felt like a 4x4 truck with jerky and thudding.  Research showed it was the tires.  So, we replaced them last week and no more skidding the tires in the cold!  Does it even get cold in GA?      Ours is just a fixed rate per kWh (~10 cents) and I used that in the calculation.  I didn't include the facility charge either.  I also didn't include the fact that about 75% of our electricity is free due to solar panels on the roof.    I fully expect our vehicles going forward to be electrified (except for my next Super Duty...I doubt the EREV will be available in time).  Whether it's BEV or EREV.  The driving experience is just so much better with electric than ICE.

I wonder when we'll see an announcement regarding Corsair being imported.

I know I would, I wouldn't buy anything with les than 350 miles of range.  Mostly use the Tesla to drive to our summer place in Maine, round trip about 300 miles. The Maverick is used to haul the boat around twice a year(spring and Fall) . I would replace both the maverick and Tesla with one vehicle if had at least 350 mile range (not towing) and could haul a 19 ft CC 180 miles on a single charge and want the the size of F-150.  Full size trucks are not practical in the city.  Maybe the Rivian R2 to be release next year wil fill the bill, time will tell.  I'm  looking to see what the CE1 truck will do.  If it has good range and towing up to 3500 lbs, it could replace both my current vehicles,  Being retired, two cars is kinds wasteful, insurance cost could be cut in half.  

Thanks for the calculations my friend. I did a little back of the envelope arithmetic for the combined average charging at home costs for my F-150 Lightning and my wife's MME GT and came up with about $1/gallon of gasoline or diesel to match the "fueling" costs for our two electric Fords.   I included the rate charge and distribution delivery charge (the variable components of the electric bill), but not the facility charge (the fixed component).

Well I just had a flat in the Porsche and found out I have summer tires.  When I upgraded the wheels it wasn't clear that  they came with summer tires - I would have swapped them out for all seasons.  So I guess I won't be driving it below 45 degrees.  I'll just have to do more mountain trips next summer and wear them out before next fall......

Say what?  Remember when Maverick came out at $20K?  The asians still sell a crapload of sub $25K cars.  Corolla alone sold 230K last year.   A cheap $25k teuck will sell great just like the original ranger.  The difference here is they need to use all those ce1 cost saving ideas to make it reasonably profitable at those lower prices.  I see 150k+ no problem compared to 50K Rangers.

https://fordauthority.com/2025/12/ford-escape-lincoln-corsair-production-ends-this-week/   Should be interesting how the Escape sales/stock dwindles down over the next year.