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As for the last part, it had to have been about economies of scale, so they had to stay in FoMoCo. These 2 vehicles shared so many components, notably their powertrains. As for the cars themselves, there is no doubt that if I was looking at these 2 vehicles, I would have opted for the Milan. The difference of ~$500 to $1,000 (at the time they were on the market) probably wouldn't matter to people who keep their cars for a long time. That's also a cheap price tag to avoid an ongoing cognitive dissonance problem! Hearing what Elon Musk thinks of everything is annoying and it was the same way when Bill Gates was the VIP in the spotlight. (On the other hand, Warren Buffett seems to make insightful and reasonable observations, for the most part.) I tuned out to Elon and to Tesla a long time ago. I don't even bother to study or analyze Tesla cars all that much since they're more ugly than not.

I think that the larger issue is that Elon wants to be a celebrity while Mary Barra acts like a CEO. Also, will Tesla actually address their fit and finish issues anytime soon?

Tesla needs to fire the idiot CEO they have who is playing in way too many ponds and get someone to run the company and focus on quality. They have some of the best powertrain, controller and battery tech out there, but the lack of leadership is pathetic. Who cares about Tesla Robots, Tesla distraction stuff. Tesla under Musk has failed on so many fronts to deliver on so many promises. Yes Tesla deserves all the credit for doing what GM should have done in the late 90's on moving EVs forward, yet Musk is Failing Tesla on leadership and delivering a quality product. This will be their death if they do not nip this in the bud.

The random things that went through my head in the last few days: Pushing the cart down the aisles at the supermarket tells me that, from last year, it looks like the price of grocery items has gone up 20% to 25%. The current gas prices are really, really bad for the discretionary travel industry and have caused me to cancel plans. I am disgusted to read or listen to the news to learn that a certain type of criminal event seems to occur just about daily now and the "innocence lost" factor is becoming a much bigger problem in this country. It's amazing to see that, in looking at the Ford stable, there are so many Fusions and Milans (4s and 6s) on the road, in excellent physical and mechanical condition, and their owners do not want to part with them. There was a Milan in my rear view mirror tonight and it remains a handsome and timeless vehicle. This is a 2010.

1. HR Director took delivery of her brand new Tesla Model Y on Friday. 2. By Wednesday it was on a flatbed, stone dead, getting trucked back to Tesla for repairs.

Accurately and economically stated! (I need to work on being less verbose.)

Speaking of forgotten Fords, I've seen a couple Five Hundreds and a Montego lately...I can't recall when I last saw one of the modern Montegos (later renamed Sable, IIRC). I saw a clean Taurus X wagon on I-90 the other day.

@regfootball why are we shouting? There’s a big interior space difference. External dimensions are a red herring.

I did a sad face thingy vote, because its not funny from the point of view of your HR director. But regarding Elon Musk's leadership, concerning himself with everything important of what is going on in this world, EXCEPT for actually running Tesla correctly, its phoquing funny!!! 1. Lends Ukraine his Starlink satellites to counter Russian blackouts and propaganda. (Good thing) 2. Tries to buy Twitter all in the name of freedom of speech, except he ignores misinformation platforms are not beneficial to the freedoms of anybody. And he forgets that he doesnt actually have the LIQUID cash to buy Twitter, and the Tesla investors are not exactly continually giving him money to fund a Twitter buy out. (Bad thing) 3. Concerns himself with a lawsuit case that has really nothing to do with him. He might have dated Amber Turd, and he gave her some money to help her feed her personality disorder lies, but really, nobody gave a shyte about his opinions on the matter, INCLUDING his former narcissistic girlfriend. (Bad thing) (He just proved himself to be a beta male cuck) 4. Instead of focusing on his OWN legal battles. Tesla's own sexual abuse claims in the workplace AND the NHTSA probe into Tesla's autopilot failures... (Bad thing) Sandy Munro's MAIN complaint about Tesla has ALWAYS been Tesla's sloppy manufacturing. And THAT hasnt improved. And Sandy Munro thinks that Tesla's sloppy manufacturing aint gonna be a problem and the other OEMs will fail but not Tesla? What a joke! Hence why your story is also funny!!! I have come to LOATHE Tesla... (because of Elon)

I liked the Milan a lot.. it had just a little bit more flare than a Fusion and it had the hint of being more luxury than a Ford.... not much, but enough that Mercury might have been able to pull away from Ford had they been allowed. My Aunt had one of the last Mountineers and she would say she'd never get an Explorer. She has an Aviator now... so... true.

@surreal1272 The actual rainfall in Seattle (and Portland) on an annualized basis is less than that of most cities in the East, including Atlanta, for example. I've lived in both and, in Seattle, it's an ongoing thing, but it rarely comes pouring down. Eastern cities are more apt to get thunderstorms where it comes down in buckets, so that probably explains why they get more when annualized. I would sometimes watch heavy rain in Atlanta send so much damn red clay down the sides of residential streets. I did okay with the rain. It gave me an excuse to get coffee and/or read. It didn't put me in a bad mood. I will say that that corner of the country is reputed to have some very uptight people and I would concur with that. Many California and East Coast transplants commiserated about this ... and befriended each other. The Univ. of Wash. psych. and soc. departments have faculty and researchers who study these social phenomena and write about them. @Robert Hall Good call on your "what if" scenario, except that it is so expensive in the PacNW right now. It's interesting how, when Boeing was not doing well in the late '60s and early '70s, some people funded a billboard on I-5 southbound saying 'Will the last person leaving Seattle turn off the lights?' or something like that. People would also call the Univ. of Wash. "the U," which was sort of small townish. Nobody has called it that for at least 2 decades! I will say that any place where the predominant tree cover is evergreen makes for a more pleasant environment than one that is deciduous. That's why, to me, at least, Maine looks nicer than Southern New England and Duluth and the UP of MI look nicer than the Twin Cities, so it makes for a nicer place to be day in and day out. The Atlanta area also looked nice because of the ubiquitous stands of Southern pine. My parents came to visit me there once and took the Delta "red eye" from SoCal, never having been in that corner of the U.S., and were mostly impressed.