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As an owner of a SVT Focus...I agree. but let us also consider the fact that less then 20K of either the Contour or Focus SVT where built in their short production run then further filter out that amount by how many would be interested in posting about them on the internet and well...you have the idea :D

When does a faceless company owe you anything? This happens to everyone else out there, why should Ford be any different? Its just a fact of life... And those same people can goto jail for there actions too...:rolleyes:

They also have socialized medicie that picks up much of the costs of the retirees, vs nothing in the US, so it is still cheaper...

Lets also not forget the fact that many of the people watching the way forward plan where stock and sakeholders in the company, who have money tied up into the company, thus the talk about plants overseas. Its not all about you and what happens in your life. You can't have the mind set that a company owes you anything, since when you do, you'll wind up flat on your ass without a pot to piss in. Gone are the days of lifetime employement

Just have to get an eduimacation or a job skill and you wont have to move to Mexico :rolleyes:

Theres no saying that the Taraus WAS a great car, just that Ford runed it in 1996 and then decided not to fix it since they had all that money coming in from SUV's and Trucks. Then it got dropped into the fleets.. The car was beyond any fixing by that point...thus was replaced....

Uh the Taraus is a rental Fleet whore...and Fusion was/is limited by supply. I guess everything needs to take off like a rocket ship from month one :rolleyes:

Its dumped on the rental car market to keep the plant open...:rolleyes: and doesnt generate much of a Profit..

The MKS is the replacement for the LS, not the Town Car and rumor has it that the MKS will be built at Chicago. There is still another program The MKS is the D385 and there is another program called the D386 that still hasn't come to light, but will most likely be a lengthend MKS..

No in North America... What they are trying to do is build a plant where they can build small B-class cars at a PROFIT, which is one of the growth segments they are trying to aim for.

I really wonder about this and the up coming Caliber...I have this feeling they are gonna tank The Front bumper is just wrong on so many levels... At least the Caliber isn't as hard on the eyes

i guess we should start calling you the Fusion troll here..thats all you bitch about here...

AAI builds two totally different products under its roof...I dont see any reason why Oakville can't do the Edge/MKX and the D3 people movers all under one roof also...

Yes

Uh the Brits wanted to buy more P-40's, but North American didnt want to build them for them...more history in the link I provided http://www.flightjournal.com/plane_profile...ang_history.asp Uh which fighter was this? Ford GAA Engine info http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/yore/gaa.htm

Hmm take a pay cut and have a job for a couple years (according to you) or shut all the plants down and be out of a job now? That isnt hard to figure out what I would want... Anyways...from my observation, the Union doesn't really give a shit about its workers, nor can they since the company that employees the union is in such bad shape. What it boils down to is that everyone is pretty much fucked and there isnt much you can do about it except wait for the next shoe to drop... Maybe you should have gone to college after all :lol:

More adenoidal evidence from my part of the US. I live in Jersey and when the F-bodies where around in the 1990's when I first started driving, nearly every single one I saw had female driving them. Same with the Mustang. The reason for this was the insurance....When I got my 98 GT, I was paying 2400 a year with a perfect record, living at home with my parents. I tried calling around to find a cheaper rate, and I got estimates from other companies of 5-7K A YEAR! Of course women dont pay as much for insurance, and at rates that high, not many men bought F-bodies or Mustangs, thus prob adding to Ricer Revolution that started at the same time One futher thing about insurance, I'm waiting on my 06 GT replace my SVT Focus I got...and I'm 31 now, and my insurance is only going up 200 more a year....retarted huh? I hate this place at times.... Another story, when the Camaro went out of production, Staten Island declared a Day of Morning, since the IROC-Z was the Favorate of the Guidos that came from SI down the to Jersey Shore. :D

well lets also mention that 25% of the LX cars are fleet sales vs 10-15% of the D3 cars

The review almost makes me think they wrote it just to say something nice instead adding to the bad news that GM has had.

The Imperal looks like a brick on wheels...not very appealing

They wont save GM....I'm gonna laugh when all of their big SUV's flop

They talk about the cheap interior...but they dont have the ICAP or IUP in it the car :rolleyes:

Front and Rear Fenders look different also...besides the ports on top

Part of the problem is that GM at one point time just had a different plastic grill and taillights to tell the brands apart with no sheetmetal changes. The Problem now with GM is that they have too many car lines that they need to differant the same platform from and they can't keep everything fresh because of that due to the costs. There also isnt much overlap in Ford line up price wise like there is with GM. Its far easier for Ford to have 3 different vechicles then it is for GM to have 4-5 of the same thing. The CD3 Trio is a good example of this.

They did a test on Mythbusters about leaving the tailgate up or down and if it saved gas mileage if you did leave it down...it happens that you use MORE gas if the tailgate is down, due to the low presure pocket that is formed in the truckbed that allows air to flow over it easier LOL I dont think a Tonneau cover would do much for MPG