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At least one video (from Super Celebration East, maybe) addressed that in the Q/A. It appears that both the vinyl and leather will have heated seats, but anything with a washout interior (ie BL and BD) do not have powered seats, as they wanted to minimize the electrics and electronics in the...

Yes, Job 1 - the official start of volume production. So, in this case, "post-J1" would refer to a late introduction after the start of production. There are often J2 or even J3 dates for organized late introductions.

I'm not pleased about only having black as option on BL. Having owned a few convertibles already, my take is that lighter = better for interior color if you plan to actually use it in the sun with the top off/down. Since BL only offers vinyl or leather, that makes it worse. Whoever specced...

A locking differential is a great get-unstuck - or, improvement of mobility so you don't get stuck - device. You could have one tire on rollers while on a hill and you'd still drive up the hill. With that said, it comes with certain limitations. Because it forbids differentiation (the...

There are many cases when, due to the initial ramp up of production and dealer/customer demand, there are no real reserves to fill the service part system. All of the available parts are used to get production rolling. You will get somethings available, since not all parts and suppliers have...

Aren't replacement body panels typically stocked in primer, and then painted once they're ordered and installed? That way, Ford doesn't have to maintain a matrix of different colors, and the paint can be better matched and blended by the body shop. That has at least been my experience.

Unfortunately, Ford seems to have moved away from LSDs as a philosophy, at least in trucks. On my 2013 F150, you could upgrade to either a Traction-Lock or a locker. But starting in 2015, they did away with the Traction-Lock. Maybe it was a take rate thing, maybe they thought lockers were...

I would be entirely shocked and shaken to the core if Ford Racing does not offer something to replace the open diff with. Whether its a locker or an LSD is yet to be seen. An aftermarket electronic locker poses certain challenges (like modulating the current so as to not overheat the coil), so...

Tied to that, I have seen a 6-door Excursion running around here. Had to a double take to be sure that was what I saw...

Agreed. There's a reason that a vehicle development cycle is 4-5 years. That really isn't any different here; just this time, Ford has been under the public microscope the entire time rather than completely behind the curtain. I'm guessing here, but I rather suspect that they wouldn't have...

True enough. What's more is that a lot of people don't have any comprehension of how long it takes to develop a product and put into production, much less one as complicated an automobile. Most people don't particularly care about any of that as long as Prime delivers it tomorrow.

Most folks have simply no idea how complicated building modern cars truly is. Between the complexity of design, the staggering array of build variations there are, the number of statutory and regulatory safety issues, different levels of laws at different levels of government, etc., it can be...

Its too bad that Ford sold off their large aircraft production facility. Now they'd have to start all over again...

That's really true of anything - when you increase the limits, you also increase how hard you crash when you finally exceed those limits. The goal is to try to make limits high enough that you can't exceed them... Anyway, most passenger car / crossover AWD systems are all fundamentally the...

Keep in mind that Ford has been spotted testing an F150 Raptor cut down to about a 110" wheelbase (used a regular cab and 5.5' bed), which made it Raptor width but a foot shorter than the shortest wheelbase F150 you can buy, much less Raptor. That wheelbase is too long for the 2dr Bronco we...

It's not a matter of how much torque is applied up front, its a matter of how rigidly connected it is when it when it happens. When the front is rigidly coupled to the rear, then the wind up occurs. In either mode, you could have up to 100% of available drive torque at the front, momentarily...

No its not. Modern 4WD systems still have no accommodation of front to rear differentiation. I am speaking of operating in the 4H mode, not any sort of 4A mode or full-time system. In a "modern 4H system", the the front axle is still locked to the rear axle. That has long been reason that it...

OK, fair enough. Though the older Explorers did seem to use the clutch for 4WD operation, you could force it slip the clutch in 4LO in a tight turn. Either way, it doesn't change the basic premise / point of my post.

None of them have a center diff, 4A or not. I explained early in this thread, the 4A has a clutch in the transfer case. This clutch is used on-demand to drive the front axle, then disconnected when not needed. When you put a 4A into 4H mode, you're just telling it close that clutch...

If someone had a manual trans Sasquatch and then swapped on 33" tires, they'd have the same effective gearing as the Badlands manual trans does, right? So, by that token, manual to manual, BL to Squatch, the BL would have shorter effective gearing and be quicker off the line (assuming equal or...