I suspect that in order to keep costs down, they will keep as much as the S550 as possible.
This really begs to ask the question, will it actually be a new Generation? Many people want to break the 1st Gen in two, with the 71-73 being so different from the previous 64-70. Yet they are...
I know there are Explorer ST's in the US, I own one, what most people do not realize there are 2 Explorer ST models. The 400 HP Explorer ST is what everyone is familiar with in the US, has the 3.0TT, however there is an Explorer "ST Line" which is not sold in the US, it is a hybrid with the...
Last I heard the gen for going all electric will not happen until 2028 ish. So we have a few more years. I hear 2 rumors, the S650 is going to be only a minor change from the S550, which is supposed to come out in 2022 or 2023, then the big change comes in 2028. The other rumor is the S550...
I have suspected for years that the S650 will be more of a mid production refresh than a complete redesign. The 2023 mustang will be kind of like the difference between a Fox Mustang and the SN95, where the SN95 was "new", but it was basically still a Fox mustang, I believe they called it...
I suppose that 2022 could be the beginning Gen7, that would be consistent with the introduction of the Mach 1 in 2004, and introduction of the S197 in 2005...
However Designing and development is one thing, tooling is another. I know of cars which went through the development and design stage...