I’m with you there. Mine.

Not a small one.

No standard cab.

No, it’s nothing to do with that. When all your towing, payload loads go through a frame, it can do A LOT more. Try towing 10k lbs with that Ridgeline, even if you added power. Putting the amount of structure required to do truck things into a unibody is impractical for actually designing one that works. Also, you can…

Sarcasm?

The difference between Euro VI and our EPA/CARB standards is not very much at all, to where the hardware set could be identical and a little bit of calibration work would’ve gotten it there (3.2L Puma). This truck was phoned-in. Had they really wanted this truck to be great and stand on its own, it would’ve had some…

It adds cost only in certification and a smidge in assembly tooling. There’s almost no development needed because of the ROW hardware already available. Yes there is added complexity, but if you’ve ever seen (or spent a year in) the inside of a Ford plant as I have, you know they can manage it. The overall cost to add…

You’d need one that can have a transfer case. The MT82 would not be compatible.

They already have manuals overseas. Bring that transmission.

Plenty of people bought it with an auto too. No reason not to offer a manual as they already have transmissions they can use from the T6.

No manual. Buying a previous generation one this fall and save a crapton of money at the same time.

But no manual. I’m planning on buying a previous generation Ranger specifically because they were offered with manual transmissions. Also the new one is just too big.

By no means shouting you down or telling you to go away, but merely pointing out that you are among a very small minority of enthusiasts for not enjoying those things. That doesn’t make your wrong, or bad or anything negative, just not what most car enthusiasts are.

...do you know what site you’re on? LOL

I prefer my rip snorting V8 symphony on my way home from work.

New Focus ST. New Focus should be coming this year, so it seems logical.

It’ll be interesting when the hype machine finally slows. They’ve been able to get millions upon millions in deposits and a heavily inflated stock price based on hype. Lets see when they actually deliver. Their Model 3 volume goals are a pipe dream, and they have a lot to learn about making cars.

I hate this argument. R&D costs, plant overhead and labor are amortized into the cars for every other OEM. Tesla doesn’t get to be special with their accounting just because they’re losing money. Every vehicle has to have ROIC to make sense.

Same size I use on my Mustang in the winter. Adds a little more ground clearance but not very far away from the stock revs/mile.

11,400 lbs.