This tweet is one of the many reasons why I don't understand the Sasquatch being auto only:
Why hold it out as a blank canvas when you're ultimately limited by arbitrary package requirements?
I don't think they offer a manual across anything in their line anymore, especially with the new Defender (which is ostensibly a Disco, because the labeled-Disco is now more of a crossover).
I would personally be OK with it (I've a Badlands reserved), but that's a bit of a slap in the face to folks taking Ford at their "word" regarding how freely customizable and modifiable all of the other trims were/are.
And again, it goes against all official documentation regarding the...
In my experience shopping for a manual-equipped 4WD, there weren't too many just hanging around lots. To the extent that's an actual issue (which certainly wasn't the case last December near me when I bought my manual Taco), I find it hard to believe that adding the Sasquatch package to the...
I have seen no mention of a lift anywhere. I think that's an assumption, one not founded in anything other than speculation based on Ford's vague language.
There are a few things I've been unable to reconcile with this:
The development and marketing of a "purpose-built" manual transmission with a granny gear for crawling (literally labeled 'C' on the knob) that cannot be paired with the off-roading package
The development and marketing of an...