If nothing else here at the Autopian, we aim to please our readers. Even if I disagree, as a humble servant, I must obey your commands, so I’m doing that now.
The story in question involves a certain vehicle that is rumored to be in development as we speak: a Bronco-based, high-end Lincoln off-roader. Many speculated that this meant Ford’s luxury division was planning on making a Mercedes G-Wagen competitor, as unlikely and ill-advised as that seemed.
A little over a week ago, I used logic and the obvious needs and wants of the car market to give you what I thought made more sense: a Maverick-platformed Lincoln as an affordable, profitable, and probably more practical product for everyone. Based on the majority of the comments, it looks like what I had in mind was not what you had in mind.
Silly as the idea seems to me, an industrial-looking Ford SUV turned into a red-blooded American rival for the Benz favored by Kardashians and kingpins alike appeared to be the preferred tack. Who am I to not fulfill your wishes?
Like Wearing Tactical Gear To Shop At Target
At the risk of subjecting myself to the ire of our David Tracy, an honest confession needs to be made: I really don’t like Jeep Wranglers. Sure, if I was out in Moab or something maybe I’d find renting one for a few hours to be amusing, but I find these things to be among the most absurd daily drivers ever to be offered to the public. I was once offered one as an “upgrade” at Enterprise and refused since I would be driving over five hours. “Yeah,” laughed the counter guy, “don’t do that.”
Wranglers certainly look good, and I would assume that much of the popularity must be about this appearance since the driving dynamics on the street could be surpassed by, well, almost anything else the owners could stick their dashboard rubber ducks on.
The Mercedes G-Wagen is in a bit of the same situation, just at a more stratospheric price point. There’s not really any justification for driving something designed to emulate the civilian version of a military vehicle released in 1979. To be honest, it wasn’t advanced looking when it was introduced nearly fifty years ago, and it slavishly kept that look when totally redesigned for 2018. The G-Wagen exists today primarily as a “lifestyle” object that broadcasts your status to the world, or perceived status to those who pick up ancient examples at Buy Here Pay Here lots.
I can’t deny the cool factor, or the fact that it’s possibly the last Mercedes product that adheres to the old Benz axiom of making the best cost-no-object we-don’t-care-if-you-hate-it product regardless of focus groups and marketing departments. I really miss the old “this is what you get and this is what you will pay” Mercedes-Benz of the eighties that would kick the likes of a twentysomething me out of a showroom. That just made me want to buy one even more.
Which brings us back to the idea of a luxury Bronco. At least in versions without the absurdly wide knobby tires, the Ford competitor to the Wrangler arguably provides a better on-road driving experience. And off pavement, the Bronco can still keep pace with the World War II-style Jeep, a rather moot point when you understand that’s a capability that the vast majority of owners will never even come close to utilizing.
Once again, I’ve already made this clear, and you don’t care. You want your Bronco G-Wagen, and I can absolutely make that happen.
Looking Like The Real G
The many, many Photoshop comps of possibly Lincoln Broncos I’ve seen simply put a Lincoln face onto the existing Ford. These rather lazy attempts don’t go far enough to make this luxury SUV justifiable. First, if the goal is to copy the G-Wagen, then that’s precisely what we need to do; not an Ineos Grenadier facsimile but something close enough that the kind of buyer we’re trying to lure will undeniably see the connection. Let’s get started on what I’ll call the Lincoln Namib, named for the African desert.
First, the option of a removable roof will go away; a boxy fixed steel top with limited tumblehome (tapering in of the side windows) would be on all models. Squared-off wheel arches subconsciously evoke cars like the G-Wagen and Land Rover Discovery, and frame out chubby but not-too-chubby tires to keep noise levels down. A big Lincoln grille would be framed by a lot of body-colored surface and flows into the hood with a raised bump over the engine. You’ll also note that there’s a recessed area that follows around the car below the beltline that locates the taillights/rear side markers, door handles, and terminates into the headlamps. Here’s an animation between the Lincoln and the 60th Anniversary Edition of the latest Bronco:
I did add some black trim between the side windows on the B and C pillars to help distinguish the Lincoln from the likes of Wranglers and G-Wagens. Besides, it cleans up the look, just like the greyed-out rocker panels (which might be an option for those that insist on all-body-color flanks).
In the back, the Bronco’s lift-up glass over the side-opening tailgate will give way to a single-piece door as on the G-Wagen. Remember, there’s no need to split it since that roof is never coming off. I’ve taken off the Bronco’s “snorkel” third brake light since it won’t be needed with a fixed roof. Also note the rear door handle in the taillight “heckblende” area that I painted a matching red.
Once again, an animation of the Bronco with the new Lincoln version. I kept the wheels essentially the same since a.) I liked them and b.) changing up the wheels is an easy way to make the thing look different, and I wanted to prove that I wasn’t cheating:
It sort of looks Mitsubishi Montero-like in some ways, which isn’t exactly a bad thing. I think almost anyone would see that it’s G-Wagen ripoff, but there’s enough unique personality for the Lincoln Namib to stand on its own.
Where The Magic Happens
Inside, the Bronco’s not badly outfitted for a Jeep Wrangler competitor with a bit more car-like feel inside, but for the Lincoln Namib, we’ll need to trick it out much more with fine leathers and brushed steel.
At least for upper-level models, I propose big, tufty seats including separate rear thrones that could adjust a multitude of ways. A center console could provide storage (even cooling for beverages) as well as climate and seat heating/cooling/massage control from a touch screen. You’ll also notice individual video screens on the front seat backs.
A bench seat in back could be offered, and like the Bronco, the rear seats can fold flat to allow you to carry larger cargo. There’s the same sized cargo hold behind the second row as on the Bronco, of course, but carpeted instead of with rubber mats. Remember, it’s far less likely that it will contain climbing gear and beer coolers than it will scones for the Junior League’s Downton Abbey-themed party or other “ladies that lunch” crap. Yeah, I know, but that’s who’s gonna be driving this thing.
Bragging Rights, Not Drag Racing Fights
Almost any of the Bronco’s engines would have ample enough power to motivate the Lincoln Namib. Certainly, the 418-horsepower, 3-liter EcoBoost V6 would be plenty, but with this type of vehicle, the logic of “plenty is enough” is out the window. The top G-Wagen has a V8 under the hood pumping out 585 horses, and there’s no way such a call to arms could be avoided by the Lincoln upstart.
Honestly, it wouldn’t be tough to provide a similar level of power with Ford V8s. It turns out that such motors will fit into the latest Bronco’s engine compartment as well if not better than that EcoBoost V6. A number of conversion companies offer kits to do it, including one called RTR Vehicles that puts the 7.3-liter Godzilla under your Bronco’s hood. Producing 430 horsepower, it’s down from the top G-Wagen mill but no doubt some massaging could improve those figures.
Like I said, though, it’s less about the actual power than the ability to say your luxury ute has at least eight cylinders under the hood. Ford could certainly do that with the Lincoln Namib, and for a fraction of the money that Mercedes needs for their AMG motor.
It’s Still Stupid, But I Get It
I hope the end result of this exercise is the extra-premium, off-road-ready Lincoln SUV the Maverick-deniers hoped for. I still stand by my earlier opinion that a boxy, over-engined, balloon-tire’d military vehicle makes about as much sense for the typical suburban owner as, well, I can’t think of a sillier metaphor than taking a locking-diff G-Wagen to Whole Foods. Still, this site is all about the absurd, and a Lincoln Bronco is actually a little less insane than some of the things I’ve seen here – many of which I’ve drawn up myself. The more I worked on this fancy Bronco, the more I actually wanted one. Even at my estimated MSRP of around $115,000 with all the stuff on the one I’ve shown, you’d be undercutting the G-Wagen’s price by tens of thousands and getting a rather close facsimile.
Top graphic base image: Ford
Hell put a real full steel roof on it, keep the Sasquatch package, and I’ll buy one!
I love my Badlands Sasquatch but hate the wind noise/plastic roof. There is no reason for it- you can still have a bad ass capable vehicle with a real roof.
No, child, we have G-wagen at home.
Since the Lincoln SUVs all have names ending in “ator,” I’m not sure the proposed name works. Maybe call it the Escalator? Bioviator? Mast…..um, Motivator?
And how could I forget Baconator?
Behold: the 2027 Lincoln Alligator!
That’s actually neat.
Corsair, explain yourself!
Yer on tha Naughty List, Nautilus!
Since they have these sailing ship/sea fairing names, they could go with Lincoln Caravel. According to Google: A small, highly maneuverable, two or three-masted ship, famous for its use in 15th-century Portuguese and Spanish exploration
How about Instagator?
I kinda like it, but I would make two suggestions that u think would really put it over the tip.
1. Coach (suicide) doors. It’s got the slab sides to make it work.
2. Optional 6×6 configuration. Match the G-Wagen.
My name is Acura SLX. I’m in upper management. Let me introduce you to Isuzu Trooper. He’s not a manager.
I think the concept is really neat! However I have to interrupt this comment to yell at Mercedes Benz for a second….IS THAT A GOSH DARN SQUIRCLE SPARE TIRE COVER?!?!? THIS SQUIRCLE FAD HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND!
Came back to say it looks like a gigantic Air Pods case lol
The tin top SUV sharing a frame with the Bronco and Ranger is the Everest, it’s already smoother and more aerodynamic than the Bronco, and therefore would be easier to turn into a Lincoln, but it wouldn’t be as square as the Bronco so maybe it will still use the Bronco body as the base, not sure, but it would be easier to make a Lincoln out of the body shell of the Everest if deleting the removable roof.
The G-wagen’s popularity with the Louis Vuitton purse-dog set has nothing what-so-ever to do with it’s actual abilities, and everything to do with the fact that it is instantly recognizable as something that costs a fuck-ton of money. For no particularly good reason other than they CAN. None of them should cost more than $100K.
There is no way Ford is getting any traction there, no matter how good the thing might be. Any more than the knock-off Korean luxobarges are real competition for the S-Class. Nobody buys them who can afford the real thing.
To some extent. I think the G-Wagen gets some credibility because it does have the offroad pedigree and engineering, and can do it. Never mind that you won’t; it’s capable of it. That carries a lot of weight with the sorts of people who buy them. They want to know that they can. And they want you to know it, too.
Moreover, the main reason the “Korean-knockoff” G90 doesn’t sell all that well is because nothing in that segment does. Lexus has just discontinued its defining car, the LS. Audi has stopped orders for the A/S8, and is either discontinuing it indefinitely or putting it on hiatus while it develops a successor for debut later this decade. The S-Class scoops up the majority of the sales in that slow-selling segment, the 7 Series a much smaller chunk of them, and then the G90 is picking up scraps. (That said, the Hyundai/Kia/Genesis conglomerate probably has some of the tightest cost controls and highest vertical integration in the industry and so can afford to sell a vanity/money-loser car like the G90 more-easily than anyone else.)
But there’s a huge market for luxury SUVs, and especially boxy ones that can offroad. I think you’re correct that no one who wants and can afford a G-Wagen is going to even look at the Lincoln-Bronco…but that still leaves a ton of people. Even if FoMoCo only scoops up a fraction of buyers in that segment (as Genesis does with the G90 in its segment), that’s a lot of money.
Do they though? They are universally sold with rubberband tires on wagon wheels in the US, and stupid engines, with interiors you would never want to have anywhere near dirt. I guess if you spent a fortune de-glitzing them, the bones are there, but the configurations as sold are useless for anything but mall-crawling (which they do poorly too), and completely pointless. They are $50K+ more expensive than they have any reason to be for no other reason than to make them expensive.
At least you could get the old ones in proper off-roading configurations in other countries, but not here.
Exactly. Lincoln would have no chance here.
They don’t even have enough cachet to warrant standalone dealerships.
They do still have a few! There are two near me here in God’s Waiting Room. But, well, it’s God’s Waiting Room, FL, the epicenter of the Lincoln buyer deadographic.
Bad riding luxury cars will always puzzle me.
They are literally a rolling billboard advertising the size of your wallet. That is the only real appeal of the things.
Though I would LOVE an old diesel one with a stick and none of this faux luxury nonsense.
That’s what’s puzzling to me. Fashion aside, there aren’t a lot of luxury items that are worse at their function but used to display wealth.
Their function is literally to display the size of your wallet. Nothing else really matters.
If Lincoln actually creates this vehicle and if it does away with the Bronco’s removable top (which it should), hopefully it would also spring for the tooling to give the Lincoln unique side panels and glass, versus the Bronco.
I don’t think the Lincoln-Bronco would eat the G-Wagen’s lunch, per se, especially since Lincoln is only relevant in North America and China…but it would be a compelling product and would certainly sell well and make FoMoCo a nice profit. It would also appeal to people like me, who admire that sort of styling, but who aren’t willing to put up with the NVH of that kind of vehicle.
Finally, a navigator that can actually navigate places
Most Navigators only have to navigate between your house and the airport.
As others have mentioned there probably isn’t any way for the Lincoln Bronco to steal sales from the G-Wagen. People buy a G-Wagen in spite of the many reasons to not buy one. As a competitor to the Escalade or Lexus LX though I can see the Lincoln carving out a slice of the market. Probably not enough to justify keeping it in production, however.
Exactly, The G-Wagen is a cultural institution, as well as a way to scream to other people that you have disposable income. I can’t see anyone who wants and can afford one being compelled by a less-expensive product in the same vein, and from a brand with less global cachet.
That does not mean that the Lincoln-Bronco is a bad idea. It would make some big bucks, on a profit-per-cost basis, for FoMoCo and could become an institution in its own right with a few generations under its belt.
I’d say the Lexus GX is the target more than anything.
It’s too small for the Escalade battlecruiser market, and too not a Toyota for the Lexus set. But I am sure there is a small market for this sort of thing, and it should be cheap for Ford to do so why not?
I had a luxed up Suburban as my rental this week. Battleship class, stupidly expensive, yet as discrete as an apartment block on wheels can be, and not terrible to drive as long as you have plenty of room to maneuver. Oh, and best have an expense account (or a personal oil well) because over 350 miles of mainly 75mph cruise-control highway driving, it got *15mpg*. Eek. Most I have spent on fuel for a rental, er, ever.
That Lincoln grill/emblem rendering is like putting novelty wax lips on the Mona Lisa.
…the Mav-based vehicle I think would meet NVH standards easier than a Bronc-based one, but this makeover has convinced me it might still work. I do think it could use Land Rover Defender/Discovery-style windows in a raised roof as an option, so as to help sell the Luxury Adventure vibe. And bigger rims standard, the smaller beadlocks with bigger tires for the “hardcore” package.
You can do tons to insulate a solid-axle, BOF SUV with soundproofing engineering (glass, foam, seals), and the G-Wagen is proof of that. It’s not as quiet as an S-Class, but it’s really rather good for what it is, and quite a bit better than most cars generally. I don’t see why FoMoCo couldn’t do the same with a Lincoln-Bronco, especially if a removable roof is off the table.
Meanwhile, trying to sell a $110K+ SUV that purports to be an offroader on a transverse-FWD platform that extends as low as the Maverick, Escape and gen. 4 Focus? Categorically a terrible idea. The proportions wouldn’t even look right, and it might not even be able to accept anything larger than an inline-4.
Thing is, I’m not sure making an offroader to complete with Europe’s is the right call, especially on a live rear axle platform set up for noisy mudder tires. What does this look like and how will it ride on the Navigator’s massive wheels? And do we trust Ford to get it right? It needs to be right.
I feel like it’s better to look at a market that maybe is a bit easier to attain and get into before chasing G-wagens and Defenders.
You really think this could capture the wealthy suburban housewife demographic?
That’s not who drives G-wagens around here. In this area it’s mostly young dudes in fintech or ai-adjacent work who want to be conspicuous about their wealth, but don’t have enough for a fancy 911 flavor or McLaren.
It’s exactly who drives the things where I am. Trophy wives, with basically zero exceptions. The REALLY rich bitches from Naples drive RR Cunnilinguses or the Bentley equivalent.
But for sure the two coasts are very different places.
I can understand the appeal of an Escalade. I can understand the appeal of a full-size Range Rover (I’ve had three). I can understand the appeal of a G-Class. I can even understand the appeal of the–as you put it–Rolls-Royce Cunnilingus.
I cannot, even as an ardent Bentley fan, understand the Bentayga. It has never looked handsome in any of its iterations, the Audi-platform proportions and squared off front give it a very gawkish look, and overall, it appears entirely too similar in profile to the Audi Q7 and gen. 3 Touareg.
I certainly agree with you on the Bentayga – fugly to the core.
There is just no reason for anything beyond a Range Rover, IMHO (loved mine too). They manage to NOT be tacky, unlike nearly everything else in the segment other than the Denali/Yukon/Suburban and Landcruisers.
As an aside, I like the new Defender, but it has the wrong badge on it. That’s a Discovery V, not a Defender. Defender should have been allowed to die with grace.
That’s what I have now; one of the newer Land Cruisers.
A typical Toyota in that I GREATLY respect them, while having absolutely zero desire to own one. The very best cars I don’t want, LOL.
In NW PHL, its probably 99% women I see in a G-Wagen.
I think, executed properly, this would sell really well and that I would scoff every time I drove past one. If they do it, I hope they revive the Blackwood name.
Does Lincoln still have the cultural weight to make any of this worth the effort? When they could just do a luxury trim level of the Bronco for the people that really want that and call it a day?
I’d say this is how they get the cultural weight
Yes. This is how the Escalade saved Cadillac.
All those rappers driving them is how the ‘Slade saved Cadillac. Not an image I would want to be associated with, but whatevs. Cadillac has always been a bit tacky compared to Lincoln.
You’ll really love how Lincoln was created then.
I don’t see badge engineering carrying that much heft, but I also don’t have that much respect for marketing.
And yet, the only full-sized Landcruiser left in America is the LX600.
‘kay
The issue is that the G-Wagen is deliberately designed to evoke an era that Mercedes themselves would admit is behind them. You read reviews of even the current one that is no longer derived from the military vehicle of old and you catch snippets of interviews with engineers mentioning “bank vaults” and “door latches” that they specifically worked towards which would sound insane from any other manufacturer or car.
To evoke an era of Lincoln that has that sort of command it would need to drive like a waterbed and look like a whorehouse inside.
That waterbed/whorehouse description is spot on, man.
Now 195% more whorehousey would get me right into the showroom, ready to sign.
Lincoln had the Mad Men cool style leader thing going on in the 50s and 60s with the Continentals. But they lost the plot after that and I doubt they are EVER getting it back. Those cars were not floaty whorehouses, but from the 70s on they sure were.
And you could have it built by Multimatic, really driving home the Steyr built G-wagen knock-off vibes.
What Ford should do is make either this and or a Bronco variant that takes the Dana 44 IFS and puts it in the rear as well, combined with height adjustable air suspension and you have a new LR3.
I forgot air suspension. That’s mandatory for ride quality and the ability to “dip” when you shut it down.
Not only that but you can increase ride height higher than normal for slow speed stuff (which is great for deep snow), and when towing a trailer with livestock the rear air suspension can jack up and deflate as needed to compensate for the shifting load.
I got a lot of miles in a mostly problem free LR3 as both a passenger and a driver and it really spoils you. Loading and getting in it is a lot easier with it fully lowered (which our dogs greatly appreciate as they get older).
independent suspension front and rear allows you to really see the benefits of height adjustable air suspension as it increases the differential clearance whereas with straight axles the diff housing stays at the same height no matter how high the air suspension is set, and while diff housings on straight axles are usually built to handle hitting things occasionally not having the diff there in deep snow and or mud provides less resistance.
Having it set up with a heavy towing mode would make sense, because I suspect these would be a hit with horse people. I don’t mean the Amish or centaurs, but people who have enough money to travel the country with America’s most expensive pets that aren’t regulated as exotic species. They’ll use it as their casual event vehicle where they only need 1-2 horses because I suspect they will still use the 1 ton dually pickup for the 3 horse trailer.
Eh, I could see it working for the peasants that can only afford one horse, but the horse trailers I typically see are the 30’+ long goose-neck trailers that can house 4-5 horsies plus a matching set of $10,000 ea. tack trunks.
These are inevitably hitched to a King Ranch F-350 dually or the GMC equivalent. Or in the case of someone who lives a few miles from me, a International XT pick-up.
Personally – I wouldn’t do the faux-Kia Cadenza nose.
I’d go back to the 1969 Continental:
Big pointy eggcrate grille.
Big round quad headlamps/driving lights/turn signals.
Big L I N C O L N spelled out on the hood.
As for a name: Ensign or Striker
I dig Striker. But Striker had a drinking problem, though I would too if I had killed everyone including George Zip.
Well, looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
I for one would sign up for a Stryker, Macho Grande Edition.
You’d never get over it.
I went with Lincoln Caravel, as in the Spanish exploratory ships
WTF, I’m immediately out.
Then you were probably never in.
Check the comments, sir, I’ve been more enthusiastically in than almost anyone. But I’m not accepting the loss of the best feature of the Bronco and its best potential selling point over the LR or G Wagen.
Oh, I’m just kidding with you- I appreciate all of the comments! Thank you.
We all know you secretly work for an automaker (probably S
Oldsmobile) A/B testing designs on the Autopian and harvesting our comments as free feedback from a focus group. The raccoons that eat out of my trash can told me so.
And we thank you for doing that because automaker design departments are asleep at the wheel.
I would like a bronco more and be more likely to buy one if it was just a permanent hard top.
I cannot for the life of me imagine putting up with the myriad downsides of a Wrangler or Bronco vs their competition while never enjoying top down motoring, but I suppose it takes all types.
I belong to several jeep and overlanding groups and a grand total of 0 people take the tops off their jeeps. I do not see the myraid of downsides to having a high HP near race car only to daily it on the street. To each their own.
You just need to join a CJ and maybe a YJ/TJ group. At least in the CJ group, it seems we forget how the tops even go on if anything!
it snows here like 7 months a year and all the cjs have long rusted away. I did like the commando and cj-8 but they were COLD at -30oF.
I don’t envy you at all. I’m in Iowa listening to the snow melt and drip out the window with a high Saturday in the 70s, contrary to the 18 degree high and blizzard conditions we had Monday. Most all CJs here have succumb to rust as well, so unfortunately mine is a bit of a restored, spring through fall pavement-princess that’s topless 90% of the time. Granted it is Iowa so even the most hardcore Jeeping done around here is generally referring to the Target-Rated Duck Jamborees made by suburban housewives outside the strip mall lol. But I share your sentiment that I might see a freedom panel off on the new ones, but for most owners, they have this awesome removeable top feature, but never use it.
Hey there is a jeep weekend at Trollhaugen weekend, father’s day weekend hosed by park jeep in the cities. There is the 2 off road parks in MN (Appleton and Gilbert) and there is a lot of trails in the Superior national forest and there is the unofficial border to border route in N. MN. Just drive 7hrs north of Des Monies.
Good to know, will look into these!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of the Jeep Unlimited models with the roof off.
Depends on the climate and usage.
Several groups and nobody takes the top off? Are you somewhere cold all the time? I live in Wisconsin and occasionally see the tops off in the summer.
I see some in the street but not in the groups I off road with in northern mn. I am specifically referencing the groups I off road with. Winter camping in the superior national is cold with the top off.
The roof racks, awnings, water/shower containers, RTTs, grms/weboost stuff is all hard with the top off.
Winter camping would be cold with the top off!! Sounded like you meant Jeeps on the streets too. I get it now. Seems like a fun time!
The removable top leads to high levels of NVH that I don’t feel is acceptable for a Lincoln. Hell, I would love a one piece roof on the current Bronco to reduce all the noise leaking in around the multitude of panels that make up the current roof.
The best I have seen is a two piece aftermarket roof for the 4 doors vs the 4 pieces that make up the production model. However, if I was going to buy a Bronco it would be two doors and manual, but the 2 doors have less aftermarket support.
Either way, Trumps war on affordability killed my current quest for a low mpg vehicle.
Yeah I would certainly expect some of the added cost of a Lincoln model to go into a new top design that seals better.
I’m just here to say this exercise confirms exactly how these things sell. I want it more than the other one, even if a Maverick SUV is what I need for my family. I even want it more than the Bronco. I didn’t comment on the last piece, but my main thought there was that in this class a little hybrid 4 cylinder (or even a turbo 4) would never cut it, so it’s good to see you made that change as well. Going all in with the V8 is a terrible practical choice, but fits this exactly.
Well done, (the) Bishop.
One thing that would make it stand out from the competition is gun ports.
I don’t think it can. No one, or close to no one, cares about the G wagons off road capabilities.
People see it as a status symbol that is distinctive. Non car people are surprisingly aware of the G wagon
Yes, trading up from a white X6 or white Model X to a white CPO G-Wagen is the universal signal to the world that your vape & tobacco shop had an amazing year. So good that you might be able to buy out your parents’ liquor store across the street before too long.
You’re being too generous with the ‘CPO” part.
Hey, that’s not true. It could also mean you were finally able to unload some of your NFTs.
Or you were able to reach a settlement with the IRS.