akirby

Flood Ford

The new Civic is the size of the old Accord. Accord is bordering on full size now.

What did you expect when car prices went up? The question is whether they made any money selling cheap vehicles.

Rav4 and CR-V are the new accord and Camry so no surprise there,

Bias doesn’t necessarily mean unfair. Turbos do fail and can be slightly expensive to fix, but it’s no worse than the water pump failures on the transverse cyclone V6s. Ford offered the 3.3Lv6 on F150 and nobody bought them outside fleets. Most opted for ecoboosts over the coyote v8. When Ford still offered the 3.5 v6 and 2.0eb in the Edge the ecoboost was 3-4 mpg better with the same performance and better low end torque. Same difference for the Mustang with the 3.7 vs 2.3eb. Those are objective benefits. Don’t confuse people who just want the cheapest option with people who want simplicity. Most of those buyers would buy an ecoboost if it was cheaper.

That’s hilarious. Your personal preferences determine what you like or don’t like. When you project those preferences to what mfrs should build and what others should buy then that’s bias.

They test a lot of vehicles here that aren’t sold here, so it’s not a guarantee.

Actual buyers don’t have a problem with small turbo engines - almost every mfr including Mercedes and other luxury brands have a 2.0L turbo engine. Your obsession with value and efficiency is a minority view and you just make stuff up that suits your views. You also give far too much credit to the average car buyer who usually doesn’t even know what type or size engine they have.

Farley made it clear that Mustang is competing as a global sports car not just an American pony car. Sales don’t matter too much because it’s a Ford icon. V6s used to fill in the big performance gap between 4 and 8 cylinder engines. The 2.3eb IS the 6 cylinder of old. In fact it has more power than the old 4.6l v8 cobra mustang engine. A naturally aspirated I6 wouldn’t move the needle and a turbo I6 would be redundant with the coyote. It’s the answer to a question nobody is asking.

Classic case of the grass I always greener. Do you know how many 718s (boxster/cayman) Porsche sells each year? Less than 5000. For the whole year. Corvette? Less than 35k. Can’t get either of those less than $60k. Mustang - 44K and starts at $35k. It’s not an exotic. It’s a pony car and a Ford icon. I think what you want is a cheaper Ford GT.

It’s a pony car not a 2 seat sports car. Go find a sports car with a back seat that has the power of the ecoboost or Mustang GT and it will cost a lot more.

Bite me…. 😂😂😂 We were lucky to win the SEC. We didn’t have half of the talent we had the last several years.

Put it in Sport mode and when you brake going downhill it will hold a lower gear automatically. Not exactly the same as manual shift but should suffice.

It’s without a doubt the best Mustang ever made in terms of performance and interior quality and features. Not sure what you think needs to change to make it more super dee duper.

My guess is both are either included or available on Tremor and the order guide is just wrong.

You must be joking. There is nothing about the new Mustang that makes it undesirable compared to those other vehicles. Those other vehicles are different beasts and cost more than a dark horse. A Cayman S is over $100k. It’s still a pony car after all.

No but you don’t have to use them. Just tell her you turned them off and she’ll never know.

From what I remember he trusted his subordinates who either lied to him or took too many risks on the cutover timeline.

Manuals were better when automatics were slow with only 3 or 4 speeds. With 8-10 speed autos that shift quickly and only rob 15% of engine power plus dual clutch auto manuals that are even better manuals are strictly for fun. When I ordered my boxster the PDK was the only choice for me.

How so?

Public feedback is pretty useless. Half will hate it half will love it. Focus groups are much better but even they don’t get it right. Sneak peeks can be cool but backfire like the transformers Camaro and Bronco. Just build good vehicles and don’t take forever to launch them.

There is a much simpler reason. Concepts generate press but they do absolutely nothing for sales. Same for online reviews. Ford figured this out a decade ago.

Market share doesn’t pay bills and service benefits the dealer not Ford.

To make a decent margin on cheaper vehicles requires significant cost control which starts with cheaper platforms and minimal changes. Ford did neither. To create such infrastructure now would be very expensive. You only build low margin vehicles because you don’t have a better option. If you had the option of investing at 2% or 8% why would you willingly choose 2%?

I think it started with Fields expecting a recession and pulling back factory builds. I think Farley was obsessed with Tesla and pending EV legislation and panicked trying to move too fast and burned too many bridges in the process.