Musk, is that you?
You know a lot of very lucky people...
~200 deaths a year due to deer in the U.S. alone. And that is just deaths, never mind horrible injuries. Not an opinion, Buddy. Deer are fucking dangerous.
Also, I am absolutely positive that the tech we have now is not capable of full autonomy. If it isn’t fully autonomous -…
Real-world users will always surprise the designers and testers.
A deer can absolutely come through the windshield at above 45 mph... an elk will flip then crush the entire cabin... a moose, good f*cking luck.
Imagine this system correcting for hitting an animal at 95 mph...
Yeah, misspoke. Meant to say, “full-size” and “from the big 3".... but I was a still wromg bc both RAM and Ford have now move assembly back to Michigan.
Fort Wayne, Indiana. Probably the only truck actually assembled (at least) on United States soil.
Just hiked Como Lake Road to Blanca Peak Road in Colorado... hardest 4wd route in Colorado. Can confirm that - YES - people take vehicles far more expensive than $60K up roads worse than anything you can imagine. There were at least a dozen brand new, highly modified rigs parked around the lake at the top, even…
Put this in the Santa Cruz along with H-Trac and the 2.5T and I am sold!
Needs Moar #A52A2A
WILL MORE AMERICAN’S LEARN TO DRIVE A G** D*** STICK SHIFT ALREADY, PLEASE?!
Was on a Ford lot looking at cars with the Fiance last week, can confirm sticker prices for almost every Ranger was a couple thousand less than a comparable F150, and they arent THAT different in size. Just one is WAY more capable than the other... Guess which one.
One is an actual off road capable (damn near rock-crawler) the other is an, admittedly, nice priced CUV with really neat features. We needed more off road machines - Bronco will sell like crazy. We didn’t need more CUVs - Sport will sell pretty well.
I feel Ford even making the new Escape is a waste if the road handling of this is as good as it sounds. But, I also feel the full-size will outsell the sport by a mile... mall crawling compensation (women too!) machines and what-not.
You do have a point, a simultaneous launch of two differently capable vehicles could give a better spread on prices/incentives... but dang, the full-size Bronco seems vastly more capable off-road. Maybe the Sport will get people out of f*cking weak-sauce CUVs. (Looking at you EDGE/Escape)
I am not disappoint, but, isn't it barely cheaper than the actual Bronco? Just like the Ranger is barely cheaper than an F150?
*Model 3 shoots Not-A-Laser into the spine’s of the two would-be car thieves*