For those not familiar with the 2.7/3.0 "Nano" engine family, the oil change is a bit different than we are accustomed to with the ecoboost engines. The bottom of the car is covered with a felt-like material and only key things like the drain plug are exposed without removing a number of screws. It is not as easy as removing the belly pan on an SHO or MKS so I left the felt cover in place since there is a cut-out for the drain plug. By the way the PTU also has a drain plug and appears to be water cooled like the police interceptor - although visibility and access to it is difficult at best.
The drain plug on the oil pan is a plastic affair that can be removed with your fingers - not the usual metal plug. It is similar to the plug on the valve cover where oil is added and an O-ring is the primary seal. It only turns about 2/3 of one turn. The oil filter is in a canister on top of the engine and unless you know what you are looking for, you would never know it contained an oil filter. At first, I thought this arrangement might be messy but when I unscrewed the canister, not a drop of oil was lost since all of the oil just drains into the engine after shutting off the engine. It is nice to be able to examine the actual filter after removal without needing to cut through a metal case.
Between my past life working at a Ford dealership and owning a fair number of different cars, I have changed the oil on hundreds of different vehicles over the years. However, if I hadn't done a bit of research first, I would have been scratching my head on this one.