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I hope not, but seems to be leaning that way. Mustang numbers grew mostly on the strength of going international, but went down domestically. All the anti-ICE legislation is not helping, something I say as young guy who leans center-left and feels at odds with this eagerness to ban ICEs...

Good to have the question marks, because the answer is, this is Ford standard operating procedure in regards to prototype vehicles. It’s not new. BMW does the same thing, as do many manufacturers in terms of disguises. They are designed by engineers, screwed on and the testers have lasting...

:thumbsup:Exactly, I wonder if it was a bit of plug and play, since back in 2001, the S197 was still IRS and heavily DEW98, yet pretty much already designed based on photos then? As I mentioned, yes it was a big highlight, as once it was known IRS would really be coming this time, media ran...

I imagine that Ford have now built or are soon to hand-assemble their first prototypes of the S650 and have them making the rounds at private grounds, before going out in camo for photographers in a few months. Those prototype cars are low volume by comparison, but how much would it affect...

Thanks! I guess it runs in my family, that obsession with dates and historical references. Yeah, same here LOL. It’s like whenever I see the next generation of a vehicle come out or a mid cycle update, I am like, “Okay, so what’s next?” The S550 was very satisfying as a new car for me and met...

Thanks, I notice you're on top of all this, as it's great to have a new forum to primarily discuss this car. I figure traffic it's not as strong as 8-9 years ago with S550 and Mustang6G, but that was only because more discussion was out there in knowing SRA was being ditched, losing retro design...

Please refer to the above post. It’s all been merged into one.

No, it was said many times on the other forum in fact. By Twin Turbo, a few insiders, and myself. 2023 is a new generation, evolving the existing D5 platform. Just like S197 to S550, which also warranted a new forum. 8th generation is 2029 and very electrified. A new forum doesn’t mean...

I don’t think we’re going to see integrated units testing until sometime about a year out from production start. Prototypes exist, but they are hidden away on proving grounds. Production was supposed to start in 1 year, but now it’s late 2022. F-150 final body testers first appeared in May 2019...

I share your disappointment in random posts bumping up dead threads, but I would be very careful who one trusts. S650 losing weight is not a guarantee and a lot of things proposed by thePill (especially S550), have not been accurate and are somewhat wishful thinking or more emotional than...

Interesting rendering Ace and quite high quality, but the Evos debuted in August 2011 for Frankfurt 2011 and was initiated in late 2010, right after J Mays chose Kemal Curic as S550 lead exterior designer in December 2010 and when the 2013 Fusion reached final design freeze in December 2010. It...

If it's the name, I guess it's understandable. Yet, one sees the Range Rover name on vehicles like the FWD-based Evoque. The original was purely body on frame and straight axle. Current Range Rover is unibody, 4WD (RWD-basis). Looking at how the Panamera almost first came out 15 years earlier...

The guy behind the design of the next generation under S650 Chief Engineer Mike Celentino is none other than a guy named Aiden Chang-il Lee of Ford Design. I had originally found out before anyone outside of Dearborn some 8 years ago, that Kemal Couric had designed the "then yet to be...

Not a viable idea. Mach E I imagine was a challenge to convert to RWD and only worked due to the EV aspect. CD4 is mostly FWD and virtually dead now. Winner of a post! I wish Ford would too, but they've already hidden all the S550 development videos as soon as Hackett took over years ago. I...

Oh man, how ironic. 2021 Lincoln Zephyr would've been somewhat similar on CD6-R, as Mark Fields wanted back in 2016. CD622 was the 2021 MKZ renamed as 2021 Zephyr and to be RWD. It was cancelled by Hackett, as was a RWD flagship called CD714. This chart lists a lot of cars that later came...

Yes, but what does that have to do with the photo I uploaded? I didn't author the JPEG file, the idiot at Burlapp Car did, who just happens to be one of laziest car bloggers in the world. It was a long shot of mine to trust him, as clearly once again he's just an oblivious clown that rarely vets...

Hmm, beginning to wonder if this guy is just an idiot? His intel is very unreliable at times. Seems a lot like 2014 spy shots of the 2015 GT350... Feeling really stupid now.

Just saw this! What is it, is my question?

I think they're running behind schedule. It was said early last year, the goal was to have S650 mules in S550 bodies out by last Summer and S650 prototypes by winter 2021. Job 1 was May 2022, but clearly it has slipped just like S550 did 8 years ago, but this time due to pandemic. My cousin has...

Yeah, these were the first S650 mules caught on camera? The red early 2020 shots are a mystery to me though. At that point, S650 design was barely being signed off on (final choice made) and wasn't even locked in (freeze) I imagine . It was locked in only some months ago, during the pandemic...