I agree with your breakdown of the powers that force decisions in these companies. If you look at the complexity of the air management through intercooler there is only one path that air can flow - around the license plate, through the bumper inlet, through the rubber ducting, through the servo...
Take a look at the picture. If you run a front license plate like most states require, there is a huge area blocked by the plate. The hitch allows air to flow around it adding very little restriction. Ford designed it to be run with the license plate. If it was a issue they would have moved...
This is a dated thread but I looked high and low looking for a front receiver for my 2019. Finally, one showed up on Ebay on the "clutch pack" store. I didn't want to cut my frame, spend $2500 on an aftermarket, relocated intercooler and another $1500 for a bumper just to mount a winch. And...
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