I guess Ford got tired of paying a tribute the Shelby American? Or they are bowing to the Democrats and gearing up for the disastrous vision of an all E.V. World…
Ford does not pay tributes to anyone. Otherwise there'd be a Henry or Edsel. Ford uses names and associations to sell cars - PERIOD.
When the SVO & SVT names didn't add enough to the bottom line they used Cobra. When that also didn't work the decided to use a trademark they already owned GT500 to again hire Carroll Shelby to be the face of their performance Mustang which was 100% developed by SVT prior to their hiring of CS. When they first went to him he wanted $1,000 per car for them to use his name and likeness with the car. They ended up giving him a multi year personal services contract for 12 million. CS Mustangs of that era were called Shelby GT because he didn't own GT350 and was only allowed to use Cobra on 2 seat cars.
I think Bullitt is probably gone since an EV Bullitt won't appeal to any McQueen fan. The Mach 1 rebirth wasn't a big seller and they've ruined that one with Mach-E.
As a little tidbit on SA - Ford does not allow inhouse testing to exceed 80%. They hire testing above that level out to outside companies. One of their testers is SA. They don't develop but test at max levels and suggest changes.
But I'm waiting for GM to tag an EV with the proper pre used moniker - BLAZER.