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I'm thinking we're only going to start seeing torn up mules soon, rather than something that looks like final form, and that they wouldn't want to reveal too much yet with their drip feed campaign.

It's also interesting that they're bringing attention to the fact they'll be testing soon. Usually they don't announce things like that.

I mean I feel like it’s not as hard to “hide” a new trim level as it is to hide a whole new vehicle.

As long as they offer a longer range model, it’ll be fine. If they have one and done, I think that may harm sales. yeah that’s why I’ve long said it’s going to take a big mindset change because tjj oh I’ll charge from home instead of “oh I’ll stop and get gas on the way” for most people in everyday use. It’s the trips where it becomes more of an issue.

Cuautitlan would be my guess. i don’t know how Ford would like the possibility of THE mustang being made in Mexico.

I guess that's fair. I've just never understood why Ford has such a long debut --> sale timeline.

Ford loves debuting things and making you wait months to order it...

There's not been anything official, but as Akirby pointed out, our local source hinted at it.

Back in September 2023, the Canadian union Unifor reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with Ford, which prevented a strike from occurring. It was subsequently ratified by workers, laying the groundwork for other automakers to sign similar agreements as well. Now, we're on the cusp of that contract coming to an end, which means that it's time for Unifor and automakers to hammer out a new one. However, the union isn't looking to concede any ground to Ford or its peers during those talks. “We are not going backwards,” Unifor President Lana Payne told the union's members recently, according to Automotive News. “We will make progress, and that includes fighting for the Detroit Three Unifor members currently on layoff. We are approaching these contract negotiations with determination, but also with realism. The stakes are incredibly high and we need to take the most disciplined, strategic approach possible. We’re dealing with U.S, tariffs and unrelenting trade aggression. This uncertainty is freezing investment decisions and keeping members out of work." The union also opted to go with Ford this time around as it's the only one of its peers that has maintained its Canadian manufacturing presence since tariffs were imposed in the spring of 2025. Stellantis began retooling its Brampton Assembly plant in February, but opted to shift that facility's product plans to the U.S. amid tariffs, and it's currently idle. As for GM, it idled its CAMI Assembly plant last year after ending production of BrightDrop vans there, and also cut the third shift from its Oshawa Assembly plant in January. I know they have to do the whole public posture "tough guy" thing, but playing hardball with the lone company that kept stuff going seems like a great idea.... lol

Carvana May Have A Foot In Bezos’s Slate Auto Already | Carscoops While Carvana is best known as a used-car retailer, it has recently been expanding into new-car sales, snapping up several former Stellantis dealerships across the country. Last year, it was given a warrant to purchase shares in Slate Auto at roughly the same time the car manufacturer started organizing its Series C funding round, which raised $650 million. Filings with Delaware’s division of corporations have exposed the connection between the two companies, but they stop short of confirming whether Carvana actually exercised the warrant, and if it did, how many shares it walked away with.

GMC's U.S.-Built Bronco Fighter Will Bring Back Classic Jimmy Design - Autoblog Unlike the revival of the Blazer, which was far too car-like for fans of the original SUV, the new Jimmy will reportedly take its styling cues from the 1973-1991 “Square Body” GMC and Chevrolet C/K trucks. That means angular, box-like body panels, a tall stance, and a nearly square footprint. We can also expect “heritage-inspired” styling cues, says the publication, potentially meaning two-tone bodywork, a removable roof, a swing gate, an external spare tire, and possibly stacked headlights and taillights.

I think they're deeper than that on a Lincoln version, at least from what we've heard (that they're already working on one).

Meh, they'll probably be "order through Amazon" where the data will go anyway....

Like I said at GMI, I don't think they're aiming for "aspirational" with Chrysler.

Blue Oval Considered Giving Ford Bronco A Fixed Roof "We know that Bronco customers wouldn't trade their removable roof for a quieter cabin, but they also would like a removable roof without the extent of the compromise they're making," Bronco Chief Engineer Ed Krenz told Ford Authority executive editor, Alex Luft, at the Bronco Filson reveal event. "We benchmarked some of the premium SUVs and understood what their capability was on wind noise and how they positioned relative to their customer. So we sort of had a target. We knew the customers wanted something better, quieter. Knowing the goal, the question became, how do we execute it?" The Ford Bronco Filson features acoustic glass, enhanced seals, a softer headliner, and revised seatback materials, which - along with improved airflow, results in 20 percent less perceived wind noise than the regular SUV. The result is the Bronco Filson scores around 23 sones, a barometer of perceived loudness by the human ear. That’s in line with the Land Rover Defender, one of the models - the other being the Toyota Land Cruiser, both of which have fixed roofs - identified by Ford as a key rival to the Bronco Filson, but significantly quieter than the 2021 Bronco, which came in at 30 sones.