Meaning you want them to do what they did with Charger.   Unless they did a lot of work under the skin to allow to stretch for a sedan......the timing for an all new/new platform doesn't make sense, since the "all new" model just debuted for 2024.....Ford went 9 years between a full redesign last time, and you're proposing a 4 year turnaround?

I'd like to know more info than a snippet like that......namely, is that looking at the current marketplace (sans tax credits).  I can see people looking at the current offerings and thinking "it doesn't meet my needs, and don't see it meeting my needs ever".....until tech improves, and EV offerings do meet their needs down the road.

Much to the chagrin of the "tax happy" State of NY, I'm sure.....

As time goes on, I'm starting to wonder if the sedan will be based on the s650 for a few reasons. One, we've been told the s650 platform isn't flexible enough to accommodate a sedan, and two, the sedan isn't releasing until something like 2028, which is around the same time the s750 is gonna arrive.    I wonder if Fords investing in a new platform for the next gen mustang that's gonna be more modern and flexible, and that's when we'll see the sedan version. If the current mustang has a 107 inch wheelbase, maybe they can develop a platform with a 110-112 inch wheelbase, keep the wheelbase the same for the sedan and coupe, but just give them different proportions. 

For what it is worth;   "The electric vehicle (EV) landscape has rapidly shifted – and it’s not just because incentives have been eliminated. A new CDK study of car shoppers shows interest in EVs has plummeted in just a year. Today, only one in 10 gas shoppers say they’ll ever buy an EV. Last year it was one in three. This webinar will unpack the latest findings on what gas, hybrid and electric vehicle shoppers think about EV technology and just how much the EV industry has been set back."   This from an Automotive News Webinar today pushing their next event-8:01 AM 11/25  

Let's look at 2019 and 2020, some of the last full years of Fusion vs. the market.  Granted the market has changed, but we'll get to that in a minute.   Ford ended 2019 with 166,045 Fusion sales, and 110,665 in 2020.   Toyota had 336,978 sales in 2019, and 294,348 in 2020.   If we do a percentage, Fusion's sales were 49.27% of Camry's in 2019, and 37.60% in 2020.   Now, let's take the 2 most recent full years of sales - 2023 and 2024 - 290,649 and 309876.   Even if Ford sold just 25% of Toyota numbers to account for segment shrinkage, you're at 72,662, and 77,469, which is right in line with the 75k guesstimate above.   But, the big question would be pricing, and whether it's worth it to Ford.  To this point, they'd rather have a factory sit underutilized than make another Fusion.      

It's sounding like the latter, though there are more components that go into it than just a single plastic bin.

Huh?  Of GM's 24 SUVs, only 6 have "E" names, and that's counting electric variants of Escalade and Equinox separately.  That said, Buick is now all "E's".

Guessing that covering the empty space with a plastic cover is cheaper than installing the "frunk bin" and related mounting, drainage and sealing items needed to properly seal said "frunk bin" so it is less out of spite and more inline with providing options to those that actually want it.   

The order guide mentions "frunk - drainable"; does this mean the $495 option simply adds a drain to the frunk, or, if no frunk, you open the hood and there's a giant plastic sheet where the bin would be preventing you from using the space? I can't see that they're going to fill the otherwise empty space just to spite anyone.