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A Mercury sale is a sale for Ford. You cannot assume someone who would buy a Mercury would buy a Ford if Mercury didn't exist, after all, someone who buys a Mariner or a Milan has to be aware of the Ford counterpart and have made the decision to purchase the Mercury instead.

Who's face is on the penny?

Wait, what? The HS has one of the worst interiors in a Lexus ever.

Yeah, when I first read about it I thought of the "mud" on the Raptor. Wouldn't it almost be like having a clear bra on the front of the car? I imagine after 3 years removing it the paint would look better than the same car at three years without.

I thought the Panther Mafia were bad. An Explorer Mafia of one (Or two)?

Yeah, of course, the two aren't remotely similar. So, if they just killed the explorer and made the D4 Explorer Escape XL or something would you be fine with it?

I believe it is. They'll probably call it SiNK.

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Instead of that happening with the Explorer and Ranger, I think you're likely to see it happen with the F150 and Expedition.

In my opinion, Mazda's naming for the Mazda2/3/5/6 is the best in the industry, and what Ford wanted with Lincoln. "I bought a LINCOLN mks, a LINCOLN mkx, a LINCOLN mkz, a LINCOLN mkt, etc, etc." To that end it clearly is not as successful, but I don't think they are any worse than their competitors. I also think that there is more value placed on the historic names in theory than there are in reality. I don't think an MKS called a Continental would be any more successful, in fact, I think it might be less so.

Fusion: Maverick:

Curious to see if Chrysler ends up picking it up, doesn't Fiat offer it in Europe? (As noted previously, I believe Hyundai signed on to MS a while ago, but hasn't used it)

Except that were that the case, there would be no Droid application, as Droid runs Android (hence the name) which is Google's phone operating system, a competitor to Microsofts. Didn't Hyundai also sign up with MS a year or two ago? (SYNC afaik is Ford's trademark, it's "Powered by Microsoft" but I believe some of the features are Ford developed) Ford doesn't have to "team up with Apple". Anyone can write an iPhone app. The issue is someone creating an interface which can be controlled from an application, and then writing the application for the devices (I would expect iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone, and probably Android for any such use to be worthwhile. It's not as if Ford has locked down SYNC to only work with Windows powered devices in the past.

Hyundai's making strives, but I've been more impressed with KIA as of late. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/03/2011-ki...9-all-american/

GA! I wish I could unsee that. That poor car! Surely it must know all the other MKXs are laughing at it. Sex on wheels? Only if you're thinking of Seeing an Eighty year old take it from a horse. That's just not right.

For some reason the back reminds me of the Milan. Odd that they would go such a different direction with the back from the just released MKT.

I don't know that the TomToms and Garmins of the world will survive between Smartphone based GPS and in Dash units. Anyone else remember having a portable CD player in their car playing through a cassette adapter? That's where I think GPS units are today. I have said for a long time that a cheap in dash GPS , especially with a product like SYNC, would be a great hook to get people to look at your cars. I'd almost vote for them to be near standard equipment (as SYNC is)

Ford has said so. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/all-new...roit-auto-show/

Aren't S80 and LR2 EUCD and AWD capable, or are their rear suspensions unique to them?

"no speculation" then you rush into speculation?

I'd love for Ford to have a serious RWD sedan to compliment the Mustang. The Falcon would have been awesome alongside the pre-2005 Mustang, but in the current Ford lineup it would look dated. Especially the greenhouse. If Ford were to bring the Falcon over without a significant restyle it would be the same blunder GM made with the GTO.

I don't think he meant this iteration of Everest is T6 based, but rather the T6 program may have been designed to accomodate a BOF SUV such as a next gen Everest.

It would be fun if they brought the Ka too. Bostonian: I just bought a new Ka. Observer: What kind? Bostonian: It's a Ford Ka. Observer: Which model? Bostonian: The Ka. Observer: Yes, your new car, what model Ford is it?