I had an '05 F150 extended cab (not super). My wife's knees were in the dash with the rear facing seat in the back.

With a front facing or booster seat it might work, but your little bundle of joy will need a rear facing seat for at least a year (probably two). Rear facing seats take up a huge amount of room and will probably not fit with normal people in the front seats.

And Ford shit (as much as I hate to admit it).

FC RX-7 Turbo followed by an MKIII Toyota Supra. The RX motor blew up and the Supra blew its head gasket. Great cars, but having a major engine failure before 100k is not good.

Do we really need a Hyundai Ridgeline? Is there room in the market for two foreign, SUV based small pickups? I'd say no.

I agree. For a car at $120k I'd expect a premium motor. The Coyote 5.0 would have been the ideal setup. The 5.0 Windsor is/was no slouch, but the Coyote is head and shoulders above it in all aspects.

If the upgrade was a maintenance / parts related issue they would have been better off keeping the same front end and just upgrading to a set of readily available LED headlights.

I'd say it's a cohesive design, if a bit underwhelming. I'll reserve final judgement until I see more pictures.

Except it can't tow. And that "adequate" motor suddenly becomes "inadequate" when loaded down with the entire family, dog, and luggage for vacation. I'm sure this Transit will fill many families needs better than an SUV, but not all.

Similiar situation. Wrenched on cars because I didn't have the money to pay someone else and had the time to do it. Now I have no time and have the money to pay for routine stuff or stuff I don't want (or can't) do.

You're comparing apples to oranges. What did a top spec '99 F150 cost? $35-40k. Now adjust for all the extra stuff the '15 truck has that '99 didn't.

There are many different grades of "stainless". Some of them corrode.

Maybe, I really just skimmed the article and it could have stuck in my head subconsciously. It's a term I have used previously outside of the internet world (a.k.a. real life).

It's not a hard and fast "rule" that diesels will always beat the EPA rating, but many do especially when driven gently. The other thing to keep in mind is that the MPG ratings are estimates. +/-10% from those is normal. So, quite literally, your mileage may vary.

I don't see a hole. Are referring to the pair of sunglasses on the passenger side above the glove box?

Exactly! There's a guy near me with $40k Nissan Quest and a $50k Jeep GC that sit outside on the weather while his garage is full of $1k worth of kids toys and other garbage.

I agree, it was the Celica of the 2000's

The early Fox Mustangs were all hard angles. IMO those curvey flares don't fit the package. Maybe if they were DTM-like blisters similar to the Merc Capri of the same era it would work better. CP anwyay.

It's a valid point, but don't you think as an automaker you should be good at making engines and transmissions? That seems like it should be a core competency since, alongside the sheet metal, they are the two most complex parts in a car.

Those are good points I wasn't aware of, although they still have to pay licensing to ZF to build the trans in house. I was aware that the ED was built by VM, but I didn't know that FCA owned them in whole.