Originally Posted by
rufushusky
Oh that is just depressing!
Yup, to rub salt into the wounds it was actually engineered and designed with the US market in mind. The 3.7l V6 from the base F150 drops right in (in the US that would be the volume seller - all other countries would only want diesels so the V6 engine got dropped when the US said no, although there is a 2.5l 4cyl gas engine - same as the Fusion), and all the trailer tow and performance testing was done in Colorado over Eisenhower pass and Pikes Peak...
US and Canada are the only 2 Ford markets not getting the truck, it is being sold in about 100 other countries.