https://web.archive.org/web/20250620034709/https://www.motor1.com/news/762807/ford-claims-less-interest-engines/
Link the entire article next time you disingenuous faggot.
What Mr. Lawler was saying is that the lack of interest over engines is because of the fact that car enthusiast culture is fading, and that modern car buyers aren't nerding out over engine statistics, zero to sixty times, top speeds, lateral Gs, ect, and just want a boring ass box to take them from point A to point B, caring more about figures like safety features, touchscreens and IT features, and fuel efficiency than anything fun.
Emissions and safety requirements are also making it really fucking difficult to be able to make a car fun AND economical.