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Employee car maybe?
 


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No it has manufacturers plates on, so they must be cooking up a competitive sedan or something like that.
 


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Interesting.
 


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Looks like they're benchmarking a Redeye, not just a HC, so that makes it even more interesting.
 


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They're calibrating their scales.. because the HC is definitely rotund
 


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Also, why would a company car have splash guards up front? And if Ford bought it, it would still bear manufacturer's plates right? Or if they didn't actual manufacturer it, does the state make them plate it as a regular car? Michigan law experts?
 


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Also, why would a company car have splash guards up front? And if Ford bought it, it would still bear manufacturer's plates right? Or if they didn't actual manufacturer it, does the state make them plate it as a regular car? Michigan law experts?
Anything an auto manufacturer owns (whether they built it or not) can have M plates. Here are a Chevy owned Ferrari and Porsche with M plates being benchmarked against C8 Z06 mules.
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does seem odd that they would be looking at an old rear drive platform, you would think they would be looking more at their German competitors for a modern AWD sedan platform.
 


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Nothing wrong with Competition.
Look what it did for Hellcat Modifications!

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Fake news Ford no longer supports cars other than the Mustang. They pulled the plug for all cars except the Mustang a few years ago.
 


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Fake news Ford no longer supports cars other than the Mustang. They pulled the plug for all cars except the Mustang a few years ago.
'except the Mustang' is the key phrase. Ford is expanding Mustang into its own brand much like Chevy is going to expand Corvette into multiple vehicles (including an SUV). They already have the 'Mustang' Mach-E. Now they can stick the Mustang name on a 4 door sedan too. Why not? Nothing is sacred anymore.
 


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'except the Mustang' is the key phrase. Ford is expanding Mustang into its own brand much like Chevy is going to expand Corvette into multiple vehicles (including an SUV). They already have the 'Mustang' Mach-E. Now they can stick the Mustang name on a 4 door sedan too. Why not? Nothing is sacred anymore.
Yeh anything is possible but the Ice Age is over for the most part on R&D sadly. Probably another stolen Hellcat just looking like it’s official business😁
 


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Yea and it is all going electric. That will be a dine a sore. Lam bro is going all electric this year and is why El Rico la bought this past years modle. Last of the fossel fuel cars. The USA will tell OPEC where to stick there oil,,,, right. This country's is a long way from electric take overs. Infact structure can't handle what it is yp against now. All the coal fired boilers for power houses are being replaced by what?? 1/3 the size LP gas fired boilers. Nuck lee ers are no further talong than they were ack in the 70s. The system can not handle the demand. The increase in population in Florida has got this state scratching their under garments wondering what to do next. Teas and the coastal states are all in the same situation. Sorry Linder, but time to vent int 2 lectually. Take all the copper power lines from up north and send em down here?? New York skie and Cali lost a seat in the congress with the coastal states all picking up some. As soon as we get this ass out of office,, it will take 4 years to straightening out this past 4 years. Maybe this country is not ready for 4 moe years of Trump but we don't need is a a 4 year lame duckster prez. Wasted in poe tant 4 years of my life. Don't have too many to loose. Need sum luse woemen at this age.
 


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I guess they missed the Bronco roofs.;)
 


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Fake news Ford no longer supports cars other than the Mustang. They pulled the plug for all cars except the Mustang a few years ago.
True, but they've also branched the Mustang into a many-headed hydra of sorts. The "real" mustang and the mach-e are not remotely the same car.
 


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This is done by all car manufacturers
 




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