FORD
Ford CFO comments
Good story on Fords direction
https://electrek.co/2024/03/18/ford-...tarting-25000/
In the comments I didn't know I was with so many with thoughts they should make a lowcost Maverick. Seems to be a popular idea.
I was just giving serious thought to moving some investments around to Ford. This guy really gets it!
Before I did invest I remembered how they are still screwing people on Mavericks and I have no faith in dealerships to STOP screwing people. That's even IF they come through with a good low cost reliable option.
So will the Tesla 2 come to fruition and eat the big 3's lunch? I'm betting on it especially since it isn't so far off from a Model 3 and there is no dealership ripoff to spoil sales.Or you could have a different take on that, there is a dealership in every town with lying pushy sales people to get you to purchase something other than a Tesla
My dream toy would be if they built a $25k or less 1957 like the golf cart kits with real car quality but on a smaller platform than the 1957. It should look like the real car with real chrome but smaller and cheaper and BEV.
A rebodied BYD Dolphin base model would work good. I'd go with the base model battery to keep cost down which is still almost 200mi range but upgrade its 94hp to the next step up motor of 174hp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_Dolphin which is only $14k in China.
Since a Model 3 Performance is so fast but cost less than half the fastest ICE cars a Model 2 type '57 could offer plenty of fun.
Jay Leno's garage series has him talking about the new Model 3
Talking about the Model 2 and factories and batteries but the numbers they say are off and the video is too long.