Is there a way to set the rear doors to stay unlocked? When I stop the car, I have to open the Driver's door before someone in the back seat can open the door either from the outside or inside.
Yes, I have set the little twist things to unlock, and I have set the child switch thing on the driver's door not to be locked.
But when I stop the car and my wife gets out, when she trys to open the rear door from the outside, it is still locked.
I have to open the Driver's Door in order for the rear doors to be unlocked.
And she has long finger nails and those stupid squeeze to open handles (I liked the handles on the 2020 Navagator better) and the door is locked, it often breaks her finger nails.
Steve in Denver
Pretty much.
Ford recently started production of the right-hand drive c-segment Territory; it replaces the more expensive Escape/Kuga in some markets.
Ford needs smaller more affordable models below it. Many rest-of-the-world markets rely on C-segment and smaller vehicles.
I still think they could leverage the Evos (Mondeo Sport now) and offer that as their "sedan" offering while offering the added utility of the hatch.....the work is already done, why not use it? And/or do a Mustang sedan that can target a different buyer/higher price and be more profitable.
I also think they should've brought Zephyr over.
And follow the Toyota path of keeping the same platform and making minor tweaks, not expensive massive redos.
For over 2 decades, Toyota has admitted they lost money on the Camry. Still, they believe they will upgrade to other Toyota products or Lexus if they have a good reliable experience with that vehicle. And that's with Toyota making incremental small changes each generation. I can imagine how much Ford invested each time they had a revolutionary change.
Meanwhile, across the table, you had Chrysler with the 300, which had tiny changes throughout the year on a product whose roots date back to the 1995 E-Class, essentially making it the Panther, of our time.
Subcompacts in North American are simply the cheapest transportation, while full sized trucks are super desirable and plentiful. But in Europe and other parts the full sized truck market is non existent and subcompacts are desirable.
I don’t think they knew exactly how popular the truck would be and also how popular Bronco Sport would be. Remember they’re all in the same factory so if you can sell 350k between the two then there is no capacity left for another utility. Plus new Escape volume was unknown at that time.
I still think they should have added a second C2 plant in Mexico then they would have many more options including Edge and Nautilus.
Is that when the window sticker was available? Curious, when was your ship date, I am guessing somewhere around the 2nd week of April? Just trying to gauge transit times.
I think the "commodities" comment was mainly aimed at the US and Canada. The reality is many American models are too large and expensive for the rest of the world.
Subcompacts for example are important in many parts of the world like in Europe, South America and Asia. Ford's rivals continue to build these types of vehicles.
I will keep saying this - people buy family sedans because they’re cheaper than hatchbacks and utilities. No other reason to buy a fiesta or focus sedan over the hatchback. Therefore it’s a commodity and price is the only factor. There is a little more to midsizers as far as features, style or performance but high volume is based mostly on pricing and Nissan and the Koreans own low pricing.
Any sedan would have to be unique in some way to set it apart from the mass market. A 4 door Mustang sedan or hatchback would fit that mold and production at FR would be easy. Zephyr with a hybrid or PHEV would also fit and help Lincoln dealers. Mondeo would be a tougher sell compared to other midsizers but maybe the cool dash would set it apart.
It’s just so much tougher to make a car unique compared to trucks and utilities. And far less opportunity for add on packages.