...and the photo of a 2022 model, but what’s two decades, give or take?

While I’ll admit it looks good fording, on dry land it just needs eyes in the windshield to transform into a character from one of the Disney’s Cars movies.

In other words, despite its popularity, the profit margins aren’t big enough to fool around with.

1st gear: Shame on Ford for acting in such a GM way. I hope Michigan yanks back the incentives.

And more importantly one that was built to meet the standards required at the time.

It’s less ugly than what we can get in the states, but far from cute.

It won’t be long before a Teslastan has one implanted a little lower.

This generation Murano looks like a rebadged Juke.

It looks like a mundane trade vehicle with a few slapdash stickers added and whoever named it has confused what hippie looks like with 1970s earth tones graphics.

Unless you are vertically challenged, this is an extreme ND.

That’s an exceptionally one-dimensional vantage point that speaks only to that strata of privileged shoppers that are well-insulated from raising prices and dealer markups who are more than happy to participate in the current feeding frenzy no matter how extreme it gets. That’s not everyone’s reality.

This seems big and not nearly enough at the same time. Big because what California does, many other states will follow. Not enough because the world is on fire, literally, in real time, so will the start of something THIRTEEN years from now be enough to matter?

Although much prettier, the similarities to Tesla models is embarrassing. Not sure why, but the name is annoying AF too.

With wealth disparity being what it is and widening rapidly, I am surprised we don’t see a lot more of that going on here.

The cars are identical but I can’t see that much cross-shopping will be derailed as I can’t imagine anyone having Dodge and Alfa Romeo both on their shopping list, it’s a a totally different customer.

My standard reaction to every blackout edition is eye roll, but this is pretty damned sharp. And you skipped over what might be the most important part of the story, it looks like Santa Cruz got the handsome headlamps that go into the grille from Tucson this year.

Besides Maverick being so generic it hurts to look at it, the tinny quality, and less than interior space (especially for the front passenger)?

If Ford met the NHTSA rollover requirement at the time the truck was built, the lawsuit is 100% bullshit.

Doesn’t the next to cheapest Chevy crossover have those same sideways Y taillights?

Yup. Pretty. Big. And a deal. This will sell fast, you could easily pay this much or a lot more for a less desirable later model with the big ugly safety bumpers or even a boring 80s Town Car.