Metro Ford and Big 4 Motors will each build a store at the 530-acre (220-hectare) Taza Park, a mixed development of retail, office and residential. It’s the second of three “villages” in a development covering 1,200 acres (500 hectares) of reserve land.

A combination of automakers focusing production on high-margin vehicles amid the global microchip shortage, consumers sitting on stacks of pandemic cash, and a looming federal levy on vehicle purchases of $100,000 or more is leading to a surge in luxury sales.

From honeybee apiaries on roofs to high levels of insulation and walls that are nearly 60 cm thick, benefits of going green go far beyond the projected savings in heating costs.

For the first time since 2007, the brand will field a redesigned pickup in a bid to grab a piece of the full-size segment dominated by the Detroit 3.