The fear of losing the centrist liberal is just one of the things that Democratic leadership uses as an excuse to avoid enacting widely popular policies like universal healthcare...

Roughly half this country has a complete lack of empathy. I’m both angry and sad.

None. They can kiss my ass.

Came for the Exotic Italian Clickbait and stopped when I saw Slideshow

I’d love to see them, but alas, I’m allergic to slideshows.

NASCAR fans

Disagree. I think this car is going against Corolla/Civic/economy cars.

You’re 25 and you need your first “real” car. Why would you choose a small sedan over a small pickup that gets better mpg, has more 100x more utility, and isn’t a boring.

Best I can do is slideshow.

Partial answer, against the other Ford options:

Hybrid is FWD, Ecoboost is AWD, at least from what I can tell from the configurator.

It REALLY needs an Avalanche style pass through. All the drywall enthusiasts on here would lose it. 

No.

3.6L V6

I just hope it comes with stability control as standard equipment. Nobody wants to spin - flat or otherwise - in their new truck.

I don’t see why you say that.  The government set the regulations and Ford followed the regulations. 

I think they started building some in the US a few years back. But large companies always find ways to avoid cost and “technically” get around laws, importing and stripping them likely much more economical then setting up a production plant, and someone signed off on the risk management of the government going after…

Does splitting off “fees” out of the sale price mean that money is subjected to different (or no) taxes? As a consumer we don’t typically pay taxes on “fees” and laws are in place to prevent this from occurring (they can’t bury the fees in the price and must show the consumer these breakdowns).

This exactly. Tacking on a destination as a line item feels shitty to the consumer and also is super unfair because it’s regional. Just average it out across the MSRP and be done with it.

It is just a cost of doing business and I don’t understand why it is not integrated into price. Not like you can just go to factory and pick up the car.

Many industries do it, especially on cellphone bills and (till not so long ago) airline tickets). Fees, fees, taxes. Just give me a damn final price