At least on the 2020, Ford cheaped out on providing a cup holder with spring tensioners at the back of the center console. The stock cup holders are too large to hold anything smaller, and no soft rubber removable insert either in case of spills.
You can see the comparison to the stock one in the photo here. I purchased a cup holder from an F150 and swapped out just the cup portion. Just something small that was bugging me
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lol- i guess I’m not the only one that noticed some odd cheapo trim cuts in the 2020s....it’s very interesting to me b/c I went from a 2018 801a to 2020 801a w/ very similar msrp’s the 2018 being slightly higher mainly due to the moonroof & the step tailgate.
what they “added” to the 2020 801a that was omitted from 2018 801a that I notice: big diff is the larger customizable gauge cluster- looks nice but after using it some it’s not as cool as I thought- either way it’s nice that added to lower trim. They added the lane departure assist feature (maybe that’s standard on all now?) & pre-collision sensors, I didn’t have that on the 2018 but again while it’s nice it’s not really something I’d pay up for.
what I noticed they cheaped out on (maybe to help offset some of the more additional standard features in the 801a group) - the unique coordinated trim pieces on the top of the doors & the sliding center console lid - even on my 2018 801a these were finished in a real cool
Looking carbon fiber/reptile scale design that def added a lil flair/upscale touch- the 2020? I mean hell they may as well have just left it exact same texture/color as all the other trim it’s just cheap non-stylized satin look black basically, no design.
the “leather” seats- which were 2 tone w/ full leather on my 2018, now only black w/ perforated cloth on the bolsters- cheap. Cheap for cheaps sake w/ no Fs given for the obviousness of it to the prospective buyer- especially one like me that already had a 17 or 18 lol
I also notice no rubber band flexy grip things on the back cup holders- again really? Almost seems like it’d cost more to redesign & opt out of it from an assembly line standpoint - but I guess not. Dumb stuff to cheap out on IMHO- I’d trade the lane keep & collision warning for the full leather & nicer accent trim pieces
lastly- this I didn’t mind as much- they did away w/ the leather shift knob w/ stitching down the middle, looked nice, but if you’re like me & keep your hand on top of the shifter a lot while driving, that thin leather wears REAL fast & the palm sweat starts to make the stitching look crappy too....I swapped it out to a carbon fiber shifter for that sole reason on my 2018, & that CF shifter matched decently w/ the “carbon/scale look” accent trim on the truck. The 2020 just has an even cheaper faux leather solid shifter no stitching, which I still want to replace w/ a CF one, although it seems like it’ll look more outta place since there basically nothing else that looks remotely like it in the cabin
