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My wife drives a German-made Ford minivan. When a Texan friend was visiting last year, he actually found the (rather moderate) speed interesting enough for an Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/p/By4nWurF20C

Hard to tell without either a full review or a comparable non-hybrid model in the lineup. There's no 150-horspower 2.0 diesel without the hybrid system. the other diesels are 1.5 diese/FWD/120hp with either manual or the 8-speed auto, and there's a 190hp version of the 2.0 diesel, but that one...

The interesting thing is how low they can price this mild hybrid diesel. Here's the German Kuga price list (all prices include 19% VAT, divide by 1.19 to get pree-VAT prices. Ford dealers also take the MSRP as suggestions and sell at significantly lower prices) 1.5 gas engine manual transmission...

Priorities... Apparently Ford expects the majority of Ford customers to prefer manuals. Hyundai does their diesel mild hybrids either way. (manual/automatic) but started with manual only. BMW just mild-hybridized the 520d and 320d and killed the automatic 320d in the process. The 6-cylinder...

The first model to get an Ecoblue Hybrid was the Transit Custom/Tourneo Custom (which is sized larger than the Transit Connect but smaller than the full size Transit) then the full size Transit. For both, only manual transmission versions get the Ecoblue Hybrid, opting for the automatic removes...

Europe now gets the Kuga (Escape) in a reasonably-priced Ecoblue Hybrid version. https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/fahrbericht/ford-kuga-diesel-mildhybrid/ This first drive review is very positive about the drivetrain: Clatter-free diesel power, noticeable hybrid boost, slick 6-speed manual...

The data on spritmonitor.de is actual owner's fuel economy logs, they have nothing to do with official fuel economy tests. Mazda's automatic does fine in the official tests, but horrible in actual real-world driving. The manual Skyactiv-D returns excellent fuel economy both in testing and in...

...just like a lot of competitors do it: VW Crafter MAN TGE Renault Master Nissan NV400 Opel Movano ...and the Sprinter, which even comes in an attractively-priced "drive head" version to be combined with a low-floor RV or car hauler chassis... FWD Sprinters come with either a 6-speed...

In Europe, Transits with an automatic weren't available before the mid-cycle refresh when the 10-speed came, Transit Connects were manual only for the first two model years of the current body style and the automatic only comes with diesels, Fiat Doblò (Promaster City) is manuual only still...

2.0 gas version? No I4 diesel? No low roof passenger van? What's next, no manual transmission? America is weird. German price list here: https://www.mercedes-benz.de/vans/content/dam/vans/germany/vans/price-lists/mercedes-benz-preisliste-sprinter.pdf

...the fuel economy tests are sometimes misleading, that's why real-world logs like fuelly or Spritmonitor are so useful. And the Ct200 barely found any buyers in Europe

And comparing with manual transmission versions on Spritmonitor makes you wonder how bad the Mazda automatic is...

And if you parked the original X5 between all those, you would find it closer in size to the current X1 than the X3...

I guess they don't want to risk selling it because it's too wide to be a Ranger/Tacoma/Colorado competitor (comfortably more than 4' between the wheel arches) but not quite as large as the current 1500 trucks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Celkg6Qlc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SujvSwQUMhw

Thanks! I really can't complain. The Toffee Brown looks good next to the BMW's Montego Blue. There's plenty of room inside: For strollers... For IKEA:

There are three wheelbases for the Amarok, Standard (3095mm), XL (3405mm) and XXL (3745mm). -> XXL adds 2' of wheelbase. The Standard has a 2205mm bed with the SC and a 1555mm bed with the DC. -> the shortest Amarok already has a 7'3" bed with the SC. Going XXL adds 2' obviously, so it's a bit...

Update: Juke sold in December. Fuel economy wise it was really good. Quality wise, so-so (what kind of glow plug only lasts 45,000 km?!?!) Here's the full fuel economy log for the Juke: https://www.spritmonitor.de/en/detail/732990.html The replacement is a brown Ford Grand C-Max Titanium, built...

The longest bed on the regular cab Amarok is 2855 mm long. The longest bed on the DC is 2205 mm. (same as the short-wheelbase single cab) Here's your SWB SC:

Little update 12,000 km later: Car is great, likes speed... Here's the fuel economy log. https://www.spritmonitor.de/en/detail/1000874.html The car it replaced was a lot more economical: https://www.spritmonitor.de/en/detail/732990.html

Yes, but if you go fast, the battery will be too hot for fast charging.