Car industry and car lobby is very well connected with the ruling class in America, Ford is like a poster child for 70's car boom and this may very well be a way to test the waters and in a distant future, you would consider this a norm.

We soon will be pushed to pay for "luxury services" in our cars on a subscription model, you wanna heated seats ? 5,99$/mo . You want to have access to heat your car before you go to work on a freezing morning? 12,99$/mo.

They can repo it with or without that feature. If you intend to buy on credit with the idea that you’re going to hang onto it anyway even if you’ve defaulted on payments, you may want to reconsider your financial strategy.