From the Instagram post:   146 parts reduced down to two aluminum unicastings   1st photo looks similar to the patent drawings styling wise.   

Not much here, but I guess we will be seeing more as time goes on   https://www.instagram.com/p/DUYF4FTAGoW/  

Quiet Flight...

In some what related news.    https://www.instagram.com/p/DUYJhETDZoM/?igsh=MWZnd2twbDNxMHRvYw==

Chrysler called, they want their Laser back.

I'd imagine it'll grow a bit.     If only they had class 8!  They'd sell 10's!!!   I recall that as well, plus we did see the Chinese model testing over here.  But it's Ford, so who knows...

I thought it might be good looking when I first saw the concept.  Then I saw one in person, and it just doesn't look good, IMO.     No thanks.  It looks too old/pulled straight from the 80s to me.

We got about 10-12 inches of snow with that last storm that came through and its been below freezing for most of the time after that.   

What people are bitching about online and what people are actually buying are completely different things.    The other things your talking about are being driven by Government requirements for emissions and fuel economy.  Your other suggestions would make the engine physically larger and heavier with out much improvement over the performance that is already coming out of the coyote.    But then again your a self proclaimed expert that knows more then all the Ford engineers that work on their V8 program and all the associated costs and risk analyses they did to do what they did.     

I can see why people don't like it-the rear end bob on it is strange looking-it reminds me of a Citroen DS or maybe a 911, but that is also part oft he reason I like it because its different without being too different.