Oh incredible! You should send a letter to Mr. Hackett quickly and let him know about such a blatant missed opportunity!

Oh you mean the plant that is being used to build the new Ranger and Bronco? That plant?

lol ok buddy. glad we got a Grandmaster at the helm of the country lmao

Yeah? At what plant? Show me.

Ford was more than willing to bring the US the Focus Active until Trump started throwing tariffs around.

That has to be the maximum occupancy weight (5 passengers and cargo). Subtract out passengers and you get 3262lbs.

How long has Google and Facebook been doing this already? Does any consumer actually care?

Chinese automakers have been doing it for at least five years.

Yeah, it’s slick. Volvo showed their design for electric rear drive a couple years ago, and China has been doing it for awhile. Hope it catches on.

Yes, those full-sized, body-on-frame, 12 MPG, truck-based SUVs. No one is going to be crying in their Escape when gas rises.

Tell me more about what new sedan you are looking to purchase in the next three months.

Americanizing a European car does not cost billions. An entirely new vehicle that is using an existing platform usually runs about $1B.

Well if you’re buying the Aviator in the first place it will likely have auto-parking, so you won’t have to wiggle in.

Your vehicle is stopped. How long does it take you to dart your eyes from your mirrors to the dash? Unless you’re one of those really bad parallel parkers that needs to Austin Powers your way into the space.

Why do luddites like yourself insist on shifting “by feel”? In a car like this your operate the shifter an average of twice - once when your stopped and push “D”, and once more when you’re once again stopped and you push “P”. It’s not that hard to avert your gaze just a little bit to look at what button your punching.

It’s the halo effect. Bombard people with shit for your most popular brand and it trickles down.

I blame to stupid goddamn “Real People” ads

If I could just buy a vowel then I’d give you some really common word association.

The idea is not for AVs to be owned privately. The goal is autonomous ride sharing, or an Uber that doesn’t sexually assault you.

Feel that warm trickle down economics running down your face, my dear impoverished Michiganders!