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Nah, it'll be a W16, and this will turn out to be the whole point of the VW fling.?

nah....radial 12 cylinder.....???

The profile work is completely fine, but I can't fathom how the Chevrolet version left the studio as it did. It's not a cheap design.. the complex flares and angles are a lot.. but there is absolutely no concept of massing and focusing on either the front or rear end treatments. The eye isn't given a target, so it scans the whole work looking for one... causing the individual elements to look disjointed and even more out of scale than they actually are. All I can believe is that GM has created another list of "must" attributes for each brand, as outlined by Maximum Bob a few years back. Design becomes less about form and shaping and more about checking boxes.

Why chase fleet customer? Because you have high fixed costs and you are selling a truck... duh! Fleet is not some optional part of the market where you can choose to not to participate if you are GM with 3 plants cranking out fullsize pickup trucks. It's structural and fundamental part of your business. It's like saying maybe Sams Club should not sell bulk sizes and should instead sell smaller packages at higher cost because it improves unit profit. All those people willing to pay premium for smaller sizes will make up for decrease for overall volumes sold... right? But guess what, Sams is in the bulk business... it is not Whole Foods. By not selling in bulk, Sams will just driving its customers to Costco or BJs. Ford and Ram is eating GM's lunch right now in fullsize trucks because GM has simpletons running spreadsheets on "goal seek" to maximize unit margin and ignoring the fixed costs. That's a fine strategy for Cadillac. It's not a good idea for fullsize truck where fleet buyers account for about 40% of the overall market. You can't skip out on 40% of the market and say you will make it up in margin when you are setup to sell in volume... you can try but it won't be sustainable. What's next? Is GM going to limit fleet sales in vans where fleet buyers are 90% of the market? Yea, let them make up that volume in margin... ?

It was worth the wait... arrived Monday.

"Infotainment fixes are the key to Ford's Quality Surge." https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2019/06/20/new-launches-infotainment-keys-ford-quality-surge/1513228001/

This is the problem with 'Rankings' It is splitting hairs... The entire JD Power List is a statistical tie. The winner with .63 problems per vehicle and the last place with 1.3 problems. You cannot have .63 problems with a vehicle you either have problem or not, nor can you have 1.3 problems, they both round to about 1 problem per vehicle. At he end of the day, for the vehicle you really want, would you care if it had a 63% chance of a problem per vehicle, vs. 1 problem? What are the problems, that is what really matters.

For how long it's taking to launch the Bronco, it better be #1 when it hits.

It shouldn't add any weight, air is pretty light. ?

I am lurking all over, waiting for the first reviews. If the reviewers love it, then the threads at that other place will be massively entertaining................ and a certain .bott should get perma banned.

It's the first model year. Word is there's cool stuff being added for 2020. At first I was disappointed too but once I saw the scope of the retooling project here at the plant I understood why the first model year seems a little lacking on options.

If you think the 1500 is hideous, just wait for the 2020 HD!