Hi Dwmiller438:

___Thanks for the heads up and although it took ~ 15 minutes to download it on dial up, I enjoyed it … Except for the $140K - Ford GT running down the highway at the end? What is that thing worth, 6 mpg

___My only real concern is that Ford does not have a very FE - small ICE to place in their future hybrids The 2.3 is an excellent ICE for the Escape HEV because it has a lot of power and is relatively FE but it doesn’t have the FE capability even when atkinsonized and reconfigured (new heads) into the 2.0e for screamer FE needed in a future Focus or Fusion HEV. I wonder if we will see the Mazda sourced 1.8 L with an Atkinson intake in a future Ford HEV?

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net