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See, what I don't understand is mlhm's subtle editorial slam against people who wouldn't choose a Honda in the topic title ("Car will sell very well to people who got B’s or better in math"). Where a person stands academically shouldn't describe what they will inherently buy, and to simplify a stereotype to this degree almost seems... dare I say it... uneducated. mlhm shows again he may be just a wiseass highschooler. (See I can stereotype too).

I just realized that the MKZ rear end is relatively flush. Hmmmm... It's not like this with a Fusion, so it's easy to pull the trunk up.

Made in Mexico Focus ? It does not exist for the American market on today's dealer lots.

In an AOL article about "wallflower cars", two Ford vehicles got high recommendation on the basis that the dealer would love to put you in one. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/0...cars/index.html The article recommends the Mercury Sable over the Toyota Camry, and the Ford Taurus X over the Ford Edge as great alternatives that a consumer may be able to squeeze a great deal from. The article also gives its recommendations based on long-term reliability, and highlights the new 3.5 V6 in both D3 cars.

Italian stereotype aside, GM was rolling with the flow. FIAT was hurting at the point GM had to decide an equivalent of "fee or flee" -- pay up for the whole mess of pasta or get out. GM chose to untangle itself. Although, it would be sort of, kind of cool if GM owned FIAT in entirety: they'd have Michael Schumacher pitching ads for their cars.

Base price starting at $11,590* http://www.smartusa.com/smart-fortwo-pure.aspx Don't mix the Nano with the Smart. The Smart is no more a ULC than the Aveo.

That's actually not how the media works. There are a myriad of reasons why someone may give me a "no comment" - usually damning, but sometimes they do not want to fan flames further. Just because someone does not correct an article does not mean the assumptions made in the article are automatically true. It just means that the interviewee or article subject may want to not give the media the ability to jump on what may be the truth, or they may want to be coy about what the actual truth is.

Not sure. I'm just parrotting what I've heard on the forums that mandeatory side airbag regulations are what will kill the Ranger. The regulations appear to be starting in 2013, but automakers have voluntary agreed to making them standard by 2009. http://www.leftlanenews.com/new-regulation...de-airbags.html

Certainly. I weigh 140 and am right on for my BMI.

It's a decision that relates to the fact that the American government put in new side airbag laws that the Ranger cannot effectively pass. Change the truck, save the plant. However, perhaps a replacement Ranger will be tooled up when it starts later this decade.

If they've lowered this and put a bodywork kit on, does that mean it will scrape the road easily? I already sometimes scrape the road in my Fusion, and it has good ground clearance.

Seriously?

"A couple of years ago, tobacco use finally reached the tipping point where it no longer became acceptable to light up in public." Hmmm... not true. What circles does this guy run in? Obviously New Englander circles and not Western ones.

Come now, it won't be Lawrence Welk... it will be "Play artist The Four Tops" ! Boomers are going to be the biggest set of elderly people ever.

Toyota wouldn't have an efficient method of production if it hadn't followed Ford's example, and Japanese companies would not be where they are exactly today if the U.S. didn't help out after WWII.

Not so fast. It has to pass the U.S. Federal Crash Safety requirements. Remember the 1970s when some imported cars had big black 5 mph bumpers to even be allowed into the country? The standards have risen since then, so a Nano might just get squished. Expect added steel and weight on the Nano for it to be accepted. This thing has side airbags standard (by 2009), right ? The inability to update the old Ranger to this standard was one reason it didn't get to keep playing.

By a quake, actually. Not a leafy plant. Watch out for stuff falling down: http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews...A23550820080512

Niiiiice.

I think they should use them for destructo derbies, but that would be bad PR.

To be fair, the knocks on Ford and GM are much later in the article, however the author wrote as if she never had any experience with a domestic vehicle.

Here's the question: Is this sporty coupe, with four banger, now the right time at the right place? Make it a Ford-branded Capri (sorry Mercury Division) and a sporty alternative to slot between Mustang and Focus. Seems like an idea. Remember, the Cougar also came out when the Explorer ruled the road.

Impressive. How the heck did this leak get out so early? I'm calling it -- we've seen an accurate no-camo drawing of the 2010 Fusion, at least the front of it.

Jalopnik is the awesomesauce! / fanboy

China doesn't really care about the price of oil or its consumption and how that affects the world market -- in China, as I understand it, citizens pay one price and the government covers anything above that per gallon price. Imagine if gas is $3.50 locally, you only pay $2.00 and the government pays the rest above that, whatever that price may be and how much it escalates.

Read all about it (follow for link): http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=142187