All the sleuthing here is great fun! 😁

I could be wrong, but I'm seeing it without the front casting. Green=firewall, blue=bottom of windshield, red=a pillar, yellow=door. 

Ahhh, interesting.  I thought the MDs had switched over to the 10R as well.

This article suggests Jimbo is doin' a smoke and mirrors act:   https://www.autoevolution.com/news/jim-farley-rehashes-old-content-to-pretend-ford-is-making-progress-with-the-30000-truck-265236.html  

I wonder how close it'll be in terms of looks and proportion to this Toyota. This is an example of how you can make a short hood still look really nice. If it was virtually identical to this, I'd be perfectly happy.   This is like a best case scenario for how a short hood, small, lifestyle truck could look imo. 

If they can get the weight, size, and cost down, I believe Ford should just move the next gen couple and sedan over to cd6. It's obvious a lot more modern of a platform, it's more flexible, it can accommodate hybrid and AWD tech, and so on. 

Yeah, what’s strange is we can see the vertical line where I guess the frunk opening will be but to the left of that, there’s nothing. That doesn’t leave much room for headlights on the side. Maybe they are skinny headlights with a C shape like maverick.

I think the problem with the Lincoln LS was Jaguar wanting exclusivity.  They forced Lincoln to drop the v8 stroke by a mm making it a 3.9L instead of 4.0L and would not allow a supercharger.   I loved everything about my 2000 LS v8 sport except the cheap dash.   I think the issue with making a 4 door S650 is too much extra weight because it was designed to be a 2 door ragtop with a lot of reinforcement.  Not that itcouldn't be done.   I think cd6 would be a much better starting point.

LG Energy Solution got a great deal thanks to the incompetence of Stellantis big shots. They bought the portion of Nextstar Energy battery plant in Windsor, ON, Canada they didn't already own for $100 USD.   Global automaker Stellantis NV has sold its 49 per cent stake in Canada’s first and only multibillion-dollar battery cell manufacturing plant to its joint venture partner for just US$100. LG said it would use the plant to serve a broader customer base, potentially by making electric vehicle batteries for many automakers rather than just Stellantis. But LG, which is the largest lithium-ion battery producer outside China, also produces batteries for a range of products, such as laptops, phones and more, and the company said it would consider serving a broader customer base.

Everything has gone up since then, my Bronco Big Bend costs more and has less options in it 4 years after the fact.