Since many of you do not travel to the Face Book side of things I will try and share what we know. For several months at different events Ford has had their designers present. Several of us have had meetings with them and discussions, myself included but they are super tight lipped about things. My interpretation based on questions asked and trying to read their body language and listening to what they would say is the vehicle has been pushed back due to design. From what we were told the initial target of being a jeep killer has faded so much due to the focus group interventions that it has been pushed back due to the response they are getting from the bronco community. I did speak in depth that all of the focus groups are going to steer it to a crossover simply because that is what the masses want. Ford has plenty to offer but a big help I think was when we mentioned what Chevy did with the blazer and how disgusted the blazer communities were that they simply borrowed the name and had no intention to make a truly capable vehicle I think and hope is a big reason for the push back. I would not hold your breath on a solid front axle however I would not say that feature alone would limit its ability, just look at the Raptor. They did share renewed interest in assuring us that it was still on track to go after the wrangler market so we can only assume that things will be better in the end. Most of the designers at the events poured over all of the EB's there, looking at how we have all built them and even more so when we saw them at Silver Lake Sand Dunes that they saw how we drove them. Some were complete stockers all the way to full on trail rigs and everyone was having a blast, even the Ford guys.