rmc523 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Wasn't that the Mark Fields game plan? He dusted off the GM playbook, with a slight modification! Step 1: Import Opels Delay everything Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 He dusted off the GM playbook, with a slight modification! Step 1: Delay everything Step 2: Increase Profit Step 3: Leave with a golden parachute FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 FTFY Haha, fair enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin Turbo Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Latest news has S650/7th Gen being introduced in 2021, presumably as a '22MY http://www.autonews.com/article/20180827/OEM04/180829810/mustang-sedan-ford?ite=88923&ito=1397&itq=baa8c86a-2967-47cb-8cea-4fad14ec875b&itx%5Bidio%5D=&itx[idio]= Despite the Mustang's importance to the company, CEO Jim Hackett reportedly pushed back the seventh-generation program by about a year. A redesigned Mustang now is expected in 2021. The car rides on an exclusive rear-wheel-drive platform but could move to one of the company's five new modular architectures, presumably the rwd/all-wheel-drive unibody underpinnings it would share with utilities such as the Explorer and Lincoln Aviator. Members of the Mustang team were mum on details about the next-generation car but said the move to a modular architecture won't hurt their design creativity. "Mustang is still going to be a strong, well proportioned vehicle," the Mustang's chief designer, Darrell Behmer, said. "The modular architectures will still give us flexibility; it's not going to bastardize Mustang." ‘A tremendous trick' Widmann said the move won't fundamentally change the car. "The general layout of rwd has morphed over time, but it's still the general architecture that it has been," he said. "In the architecture world of a rwd — which you're going to end up with a rwd architecture — I think these pieces of it are pieces that will always work. As you tune it and put a top hat on it, you can get different combinations and can define a lot of the emotion." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I still think the current Mustang donated a lot of stuff to CD6 - at least as a starting point. It’s the only unibody RWD vehicle so it makes sense to start with it for a new RWD unibody architecture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Considering whats going on with Ford, Inhave no problem with them pushing the Mustang back a year if it helps getting other products quicker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 This reminds me a lot of the Ford Australia Falcon platform where they developed the Territory SUV they shared a lot of common or similar parts but but through flexible design, completely different proportions. I think that the key here, if you don't change as many parts, the new vehicle is just a derivative but to be a true new vehicle type, more than 50% of the parts have to be significantly different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 color me confused.....I was convinced the Model E chassis was a ground up chassis , solely for hybrids, pure electric...and someone mentioned its CDs...?I thought they were two different underpinnings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) color me confused.....I was convinced the Model E chassis was a ground up chassis , solely for hybrids, pure electric...and someone mentioned its CDs...?I thought they were two different underpinnings... They are two different things. Model E is the architecture name like C2 or CD6. Ford said it will consolidate on 5 different architectures: 1. Transverse engine: C2 2. Longitude engine: CD6 3. Unibody commercial: Transit 4. Body on frame commercial: Ranger/F-150 5. Dedicated EV: Model E All 5 will be capable of EV application but only #5 will be designed without the need (and thus unnecessary weight) to accommodate vestigial internal combustion engines. The first Model E (I started calling it "E1" a while ago but it hasn't caught on yet) vehicle will be MACH 1. Edited August 27, 2018 by bzcat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 thx BZCAT...I seem to recall someone stating CD WAS Model E....Im hoping the "E" utilizes the skateboard battery....we shall see.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader 10 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Anyone able to post links to the other Automotive News articles on Ford’d Upcoming products? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Anyone able to post links to the other Automotive News articles on Fordd Upcoming products? I havent seen any, but I usually dont troll that site since its subscription based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 If you use Chrome as a web browser, you can read a good many articles in Automotive News by using the "incognito window" option (file>new incognito window). Your browsing history, etc., isn't saved so you're not stopped from viewing articles after a few looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danglin Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 If you use Chrome as a web browser, you can read a good many articles in Automotive News by using the "incognito window" option (file>new incognito window). Your browsing history, etc., isn't saved so you're not stopped from viewing articles after a few looks. I have discovered this for use on other websites! I have also run across one (Local Paper) that detects it and wont let you read any articles. Will see how long before this becomes the norm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 If you use Chrome as a web browser, you can read a good many articles in Automotive News by using the "incognito window" option (file>new incognito window). Your browsing history, etc., isn't saved so you're not stopped from viewing articles after a few looks. Im on a phone 99% of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Im on a phone 99% of the time Safari has a “Private” mode as does Firefox that does the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Safari has a “Private” mode as does Firefox that does the same thing. Incognito, private mode, etc, are becoming more and more common. But even these "stealth" modes will require you clear your cookies every so often. But, by alternating between several stealth web browsers, I find that I can read most Automotive News articles that interest me without being kicked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullynd Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Im on a phone 99% of the time Outline.com/URLtowhateverthearticleisyouwanttoread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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