I'm pretty sure that Ford knows that they have a well established market of truck veterans wanting a smaller truck.....So no need to market directly to them, since half to 3/4 of us won't even realize that there's a new truck, until it's seen on the street.
So why not market to the next...
Ford has inked a deal to use a number of configurations of Volkswagens MEB platform for their electric vehicles.......it's only a matter of time for all E to be an option.
You'd probably be surprised to learn that there are urban drivers that use CC daily
The ones I personally know use it because they have lead foots.....with to many tickets.
I honestly would love to have that feature, for those days where it's not hot enough for AC, but driving around with the windows half or fully down is a pain.
As others have said, they are great for ventilation.
I don't think a lot of people remember, or know the time when 25 to 55 mph air-conditioning was a standard option ...... And with a lot of us smaller, or 5 foot bed truck owners . It's better to run lumber, pipe, and other long stuff into the...
Not 100% the same, it turns out that the Mav has Ford's all new electric motor, where the Escape and Bronco are using the older model.
Thoughts are.....
1. Ford wants to test the new motor, and get feedback, in a simple format.
2. As time goes Ford will need to increase the value of the brand...
It will either be an XL, or an XLT.... I'm not really that picky.
By the time I'm ready to buy...between buying programs, dealer incentives, and down payment....I could easily pickup an XLT for base price.
I wouldn't say highly unlikely at all, since sales of new vehicles with manual transmission went up to 7% last year...after hitting that all time low of 2.4%