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Buick. With a second luxury brand, GM can make Caddy chase the top brands like MB, Bmw, Jag, and Lexus. Buick can take on Acura, Volvo, Saab (dead issue), and Lincoln.

I remember an interview of Jaques Nasser in Automobile and he made some comments like this about GM and I thought that a CEO shouldn't make asinine comments like that. I also started to think he would make a bad CEO after reading that article and that Ford was crazy for picking him. All I can say is that Akerson will get his when GM wakes up and sees him for the clueless twit that he is.

When I saw this thread I wondered which car was the ugliest. Nissan has quite a few from the new van, Juke, Versa, Quest, Titan, Infiniti QX56, and that terrible new taxi thing based on a van.

Yes there is and I posted it before, but here it is again...

Also Buick sells a few thousand more cars than Caddy with half the models. Buick's value luxury pricing seems to hit a sweet spot with GM's fans. I have to admit I do like Buick a lot more than I used to.

And, No I never drove a Bug, but they (1969 not the new one) Seems cool in a beatnic sort of way. And No offence taken so there is no need to forgive.

That's me with my Mustang in the picture to the left. I am a Mustang fan. My point is that I wouldn't pay that much money for a Mustang no matter what they do to it to make it go faster. To me the major draw for a Mustang is how much fun it is for a small entry fee. Paying BMW money for a Mustang kind changes that. Especially if the GT seems to do 90% of what the Shelby does for a lot less money. I don't want a Mustang that costs as much as a BMW, I don't want a BMW, Corvette, Nissan z, or whatever is in that price range I wanted my Mustang and that is what I bought.

Wow, VW has a chance at doubling their sales next month!

I have never driven the GT500. I'm sure I'd enjoy it, but I can't imagine it being good enough to plunk down the kind of cash it would take to buy it. There are just so many other important things in life to pay for... Like my television pilots. (shameless plug)

I would rather buy a normal GT with all that stuff and save a boat load of cash. Spending an extra $20,000 cash to go .000001 of a CH faster than a GT and Carrol Shelby's autograph on the dashboard is insane.

I know I'd look into getting a turbo 4.

And the extra ten pounds is probably the extra cash in the trunk needed to buy the new one over the inflation adjusted old one.

According to those results, Ford of Europe shouldn't be popping champagne corks either. I am really disappointed in that result. That's like your kid bringing home a C- avarage report card. Ford of North America in earning the A average.

As Ford fans, it's hard when you read a bad review on one of the cars we like. But you have to respect other's opinions if you don't like what they're saying. If they are honest, let them speak their mind. (For example James Healy of USA today.) That being said, I do think that Motor trend is overly hostile to Ford these days and I think that they are doing this to be the mag that stands out from the others. All the other magazines seem to be upbeat over all of Ford, so to stand out and get attention you have to be the one that is very vocal in an opposing view. Their views seem to really be out of step with the other members of the press.

The recent rise of Hyundai/Kia is as amazing as the comeback of Ford. Both companies deserve respect.

On the Five Hundred and Montego models, all fwd models had a 6 speed and all the all wheel drives used the CVT. On the Freestyle, all models used the CVT. Only the Freestyle is named. The Taurus X is not and neither is the Five Hundred or Montego. So I can only guess it is only the combo of FWD and CVT that would cause this problem (serious enough to cause an accident).

Saab isn't in there.

Not anymore!

Re: The table of days of inventory... How the hell can Saab have 141 days of cars when they haven't been making them from the first week of April?!!!

Here is the ending to the movie!

My Mustang had a tough time too last Oct.

"No! When i told you to light 'em up I meant the tires!

The back is pretty good. The side is derivative- it looks like a generic mid priced luxury car. (The same thing that is the Lincoln MkS's problem.) But the front... Yikes! Do not let the guy who created the front (more like pulled it out of his ass) ever style anything again!

My 2cents:

I saw the Focus too while I was getting service on my car. In a word...Stunning! It was the hatchback in red. I didn't like it so much in the pictures, but in person it was great. This is the first small car I would want as opposed to buying it because I had too because I couldn't afford anything else. I will consider this if my Mustang wears out it's welcome.