That’s not better! For example, when you’re in a snow bank, and you have to rapidly shift from reverse to drive and back to reverse as you build momentum to get out of it... how do you do that if the car is trying to sense what gear you’re supposed to be in? When you’re getting out of a parallel parking spot, and you…

The idea that you’ll only be able to move from park to reverse to drive via a touchscreen is maybe the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of in any car. 

Cannot disagree with this more. When I buy a car, I’m going to be spending perhaps a thousand hours a year in it for the next ten years. I want exactly what I want. I don’t want to get the sandalwood trim and spend the next decade angry that I didn’t hold out for the walnut trim. If that means I have to wait a year or…

Right; presumably the Mach-E and the Tesla Model X and the Kia Telluride and every other SUV is designed with those things in mind as well? All SUVs are designed primarily to go off road, after all; that’s what differentiates them from sedans or minivans.

I was born in 1980. That year, there were 23.4 traffic deaths per 100,000 people in the US.

I figure those are the same for any SUV?

Towing without stability control in the year 2023 is basically just a lower-probability of success method of suicide. 

Why would you say this wouldn’t do the Rubicon? It’s an SUV with four driven wheels; in what way is the offroad capability of this any less than that of a Bronco?

Bronco Sport still does

Amazing car let down by a lazy drive train. But throw 500 hp of electric motor out back, and it would be gold.

Gasoline refining is expensive. Petroleum companies are going to pull refineries offline sooner than later.

Been at least 10 years since I’ve used a CRT.

Everything in my house is well maintained, but it was built long before ventilation for gas was a concern so there basically is none of that. There’s no hood over my oven, as an example.

Oh man I love those wheels so much. Why do they even bother making wheels that aren’t 5 spokes of chrome?

In 2004 more cathode ray tube televisions were sold than LCD televisions. When was the last time you used a CRT tv? 

Gas stoves. I have a gas stove and gas dryer and gas heat and gas water heater in my house, but gas causes all kinds of health problems and I’d definitely prefer to have electric if it were possible, but my home does not have the amperage for electric appliances.

I’m planning on getting a car in the next 18 months or so. I’m currently leaning towards the Mazda CX-90 PHEV, but if Ford comes out with a Bronco PHEV that would probably be the choice instead.

The Maverick is the entry level vehicle.

If Ford puts the Escape’s hybrid drivetrain in the Bronco Sport, there’s no reason for the Escape to exist. Bronco Sport is the same vehicle but better in every way. And the Edge occupies a weird space in the market - bigger than midsized SUV’s but too small for a third row. Tries to split the space between, like, a…

The PHEV Escape is front-wheel-drive only, which makes it a nonstarter in most places that have weather. Such a dumb vehicle. If they import the Escape’s hybrid drivetrain into the Bronco Sport, there’s simply no reason for the Escape to exist.