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When better Buicks are built, Korea will build them....

Maybe a diesel would make it sell..... I thought Boners ran it already....

BLS= Bob Lutz Special

Its gotta be cheap.. Its gotta be reliable.. Its gotta be durable.. and, of course.. Its gotta be rear drive..

If they turn Prius into a separate brand and/or division, Mr Toyoda has been smoking some crazy stuff down in Toyota City...

So..it cost Ford more money to produce a 3.5L EcoBoost engine and not install the turbos? What would a non-turbo'ed 3.5L Eco(non)Boost engine do?

I wonder if Ford has any plans for a direct injection series of gas engines without the turbos....

You are saying Passat and Fusion don't target the same spot in the marketplace?

...and Polish navy...

Could you imagine if Ford would just put the proposed 4 cylinder EcoBoost in Crown Victoria.....crime fighting behemoth with a Fiesta sized fuel appetite. :hysterical:

My name is Chrysler, and my PR department is full....of bull

Rumors of a re-freshed Panther are just that...rumors....Panther is dead.

No links Pioneer...as stated, it is sheer speculation on my part....we know Transit full size is coming and we know that Transit FS is not a body on frame vehicle. We also know that there are "rumblings" about a possible F100 and it being unibody in construction....the jump to a sedan variant is not that hard to make considering the statements Ford has made regarding Police Interceptor.....designed and built in America, Transit FS will need to be redesigned if it is going to cover E-Series sales.....the redesign in my speculation would include F100/PI sedan to spread design costs out further.... ...you are forgetting about Avon Lake...rumored to be where Transit FS will be built for North America...and they already have an updated body shop to go with it.... Econoline /Avon Lake related article The article speculates that Transit Connect may come there....I don't agree since Transit Connect is built on a modified Focus chassis...I believe that Transit Full Size is coming to Avon Lake...plenty of room for other lines, if the plant needs to be "re-done" to switch from E-Series to Transit FS, make it a "flexible" line plant while you are doing the re-do....

That is like jumping off the Titanic with a concrete block for a life preserver....

Too costly built that way.....remember, Ford is also going to build the vehicle for "municipal use" read that as taxi and livery fleets as well. My prediction is that it will be built sharing platform chassis designs from the upcoming F100 unibody and possibly Transit full size vehicles. It would end up being rear drive with a live axle out back controlled via a multi-link coil setup. It will be a stout sedan if built in that configuration. Use of the upcoming 5.0L motor with a 3.7L duratec as standard equipment. For cost reasons, you won't see any EcoBoost engines in it. By utilizing the proposed unibody F100/Transit full size chassis....Ford obtains several objectives: 1.) Spreading development of this "new" chassis out over 3 vehicles 2.) No direct links to current consumer product on the shelf or in the product pipelines. 3.) A unibody sedan that is damn near bulletproof in terms of durability in severe use conditions 4.) Ease of said municipalities in the area of repairs and cost to maintain. But, hey....since everyone has "predictions" ....those are mine.

With the recent end of the Ford built B-series trucks for Mazda (not on Mazdas' website anymore)....a possible "collaboration" could come in the form of a Nissan/Mazda linkup? Of course, since Mazda hasn't built a truck for the North American market in ages....it would be interesting to see if they remember how.

Stop it.....I know what you are dreaming of.....a Fusion with a d l engine.....knock it off and go post on the most popular thread of 'em all here in BON land

+1...when it comes time to replace my current car (Fusion) I will take Jill Wagoners' advice and "Put Mercury on my list."

Sheer speculation on my part, but with Ford claiming that a new Police Interceptor model will be built on a platform not currently being used in the NA market place leads me to believe that it will use some underpinnings from the Transit full size. That and a planned F100 unibody chassis would spread development costs over three lines as opposed to one purpose built model thus enhancing profit potential at a lower unit price and annual rate of production. Full size Transit is not a traditional body on frame vehicle and is more unibody than anything else. If Ford does this right, it would also likely be a candidate for taxi/livery markets as well. Transit is being eyed for hybrid applications, so it would be logical that any proposed F100 and/or Police Interceptor and taxi units benefit from that type of development as well... But, at this point, I am only speculating....

China will be the defrosting place for both John Z and Ted Williams.....just in time for the 2063 Galaxy Series featuring the Beijing Yankees in their debut after George Steinbrenners' clone sold the team.

Hmmm, mesh grille in either black or argent (remember that color??) on Taurus and make that the Taurus PI model....

<sigh>sadly....you are correct sir.

There, there.....don't worry...Panther will be gone soon.......banished to the history books, thank god! Then, maybe Ford will get to work on a new modern rear drive sedan.