I'm not sure why you are referencing the Fox platform. To be clear, it wasn't a new platform designed solely for the Mustang, it was shared with many mid-size applications and the Mustang wasn't the first Fox. Furthermore, the Fox was left behind in 2004.
I'm shocked that no one other than Ericc has commented on the the apparent use of touch capacitive controls for temperature and fan speed. This is a MASSIVE design failure and it's hard to believe that this could have made it to the final design stage in 2022. Consumers and the press lambasted...