Well, now that I've taken a more objective look at it, while I'm still not excited about the look, I am very pleased with where they're going with it. A lot of really nice concepts. The seat mounts are interesting. If they could pull that off without crash test issues, that would open up a lot of room. The seat belts actually look comfortable. (Looks like they're a big piece of felt.) And the cluster isn't cluttered with too many gauges and buttons. I'd say that over-all, this concept is an interior win. And it certainly looks comfortable.

However, I see those peddles and I think "Heal toe by mistake?" They're way too close, but I'm sure they'll figure that out.

Mechanically, if they put a powerful hybrid drive train in it, it would be smooth, quiet and fast enough to be called a Cadillac.

 

............is always FUN !

 

I saw this in person last Sunday at Pebble Beach, and I like it! It looks even better in person than it does in the photos. The rear reminds me of the 70's Eldorado tail light treatment. All in all, a very "handsome" looking car!

 

Not crazy about the front end but it looks damn good from the side and the rear. Even if the rear treatment is perilously close to tail fins...

 

Hi all, im not much for quotes, but this debate on a v6 or a v8 in the c7 should not even be a question. Chevy should not, and i think would not put a v6 in any form in the vette. I think even ford putting those two v6s in the f150 is stupid. 11,300lbs my ***! Take that twin turbo v6 with a 11,300lbs trailer and stop in the middle of a long grade, and i bet the truck would not get above 20 miles per hour by the top of the hill. Its all about the torque and horsepower curves. Where is the power available that makes a motor a motor. Chevy is going to make a new v8, that is going to get that better fuel economy, and better horsepower, I guarantee it. This is America, and want to see that new corvette kick some more european ***! Cheers!Bin Therbefor;1578481993]Two New V6 Engines Dominate Ford F-150 Sales•F-150 EcoBoost® V6 outsells all other competitive V6 pickups combined
•F-150 3.7-liter V6 outsells all other competitive V6 full-sized trucks
•F-150’s two new V6 engines account for nearly eight out of every 10 V6-powered full-sized trucks sold
•Next two Ford EcoBoost-powered vehicles, Edge and Explorer, on track for fall debut
DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 9, 2011 – With its powerful and fuel-efficient 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V6 engine, the 365-horsepower Ford F-150 EcoBoost® is outselling all other competitive six-cylinder trucks combined.

The new EcoBoost V6 is one of four new fuel-efficient engines Ford introduced in the F-150 for 2011. Another of those new engines – a 3.7-liter, 302-horsepower V6 – also outsells all other competitive V6 engines in full-sized trucks from Chevrolet, GMC, Dodge and Toyota.

According to sales data from J.D. Power and Associates, both new Ford truck V6 engines accounted for 79.5 percent market share of V6 full-sized trucks sold in July.

The Chevrolet Silverado takes second place with 12.1 percent market share, followed by the GMC Sierra with 4.0 percent, the Dodge Ram with 3.5 percent and the Toyota Tundra with 0.9 percent. Nissan does not offer a V6 in its Titan pickup.

In July, Ford sold 49,104 F-Series trucks. The EcoBoost V6 accounted for 40 percent of the mix, while the 3.7-liter took 16 percent of sales. This is the third consecutive month that V6s have outsold V8s in the F-Series. The last time the V6 outsold the V8 in America’s most popular truck was 1985. Year to date, the F-Series has sold 313,183 units, 8 percent higher than a year ago.

“Both of our new V6 powerplants are changing the way customers think about truck engines,” said Doug Scott, Ford’s truck group marketing manager. “The 3.7-liter has more horsepower than two of the three V8 engines we offered in last year’s F-150. The 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine, at 365 horsepower and 420 lb.-ft. torque, is in a class of its own – no one has anything even remotely close to this engine, which can tow as much as 11,300 pounds and deliver 22 mpg.”
Fuel efficiency, along with best-in-class performance, is another reason the two new Ford F-150 engines are rewriting the book on V6 truck sales. The 3.7-liter F-150 carries an EPA rating of 17 mpg city and 23 mpg highway, while the F-150 EcoBoost is EPA certified at 16 mpg city and 22 mg highway, making it the most fuel-efficient truck with more than 350 horsepower on the market.

The hot-selling F-150 EcoBoost is now the highest volume vehicle in Ford’s growing global family of cars, trucks and SUVs available with the company’s patented fuel-saving technology.EcoBoost combines engine downsizing with turbocharging, direct injection and other technologies to deliver both performance and fuel efficiency gains as high as 20 percent over the larger engines they replace. Ford holds more than 125 patents on its EcoBoost technology and has launched a family of EcoBoost engines globally in sizes ranging from 1.6 liters to 3.5 liters.

The next two models scheduled to receive EcoBoost engines are two of the company’s top-selling utility vehicles, the Edge crossover and the Explorer SUV. Both will offer a 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine and deliver class-leading fuel efficiency of 30 mpg and 28 mpg highway, respectively. Edge and Explorer EcoBoost go on sale this fall.

Overseas, Ford EcoBoost engines are also a hit, with the 1.6-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder optional in the European C-MAX multi-activity vehicle virtually sold out. Sales volume is nearly 50 percent higher than projections.

More food for thought. [/QUOTE]