twintornados

Insurance companies and their "institute" are a real drag. I understand the reasoning of trying to save money, but c'mon now....for an item to absorb the impact of a crash, it would have to be designed to buckle in a controlled manner....here's an idea, how about watching where you are going? Short story....Kid driving mommies Honda Civic backs out of the driveway into my car (2006 Fusion) as I am driving past. Kid gets a ticket for unsafe backing. His insurance company gives me a check for 90% stating that there is a law in NY that "allows" them to assess comparative loss, and "blame" me to the tune of 10% liability simply for driving by when "Little Johnny" decided to carelessly back out of his moms' driveway. No amount of arguing would convince them otherwise....I took the mother and son to small claims for the 10%, the use of a rental while my car was in the shop, and the associated court fees and won....the insurance company cut the check last night and it is on it's way to me. My insurance company you ask?? I didn't run it though my insurance company....the kid hit ME...his insurance needs to pay.

Maybe he'll invest the company profits with a host of small boutique luxury car brands from around the globe and....oh, wait...he already tried that...nevermind :reading:

lets face it...if you truly wanted to go off road...you'd get a Bronco (original 66-77 series) or a Jeep Wrangler....the current crop of "soft"-roaders are just that....

Can't wait to see what the percentage for July 2010 looks like

...and the other 2% will just buy an Expedition.

...that is exactly what Mercury should embody....

I would be willing to bet that the Volvo S80 that got blown up was destroyed in error.....the manager told "Johnny Wrench" to go out back and start disabling the recent trades....later, when the detail guys head out to get the Volvo to prepare it for re-sale find it "clunkered"...boy is that used car manager gonna be pissed.... Another thought.....it cracks me up that everyone is up in arms over this or that car being disabled....the wrecking yards are going to be happy since it just drove the price of used replacement engines through the roof. Used car lots are equally joyful since this means a possible glut of used cars just went to the smelters.....<whew> Used car prices will also go up....250,000 used cars destroyed?? These are good days to be a used car lot owner. :happy feet:

Another SUV in an over saturated segment....yawn :reading:

Well.....I guess every clunker can now get their "fifteen minutes" of fame courtesy of YouTube..... :reading:

The question you need to ask is ....."Why but the Volvo?" unless you like dealing with a soon to be owned Chinese company... :reading:

One thing to remember is that Ford didn't really have a lot of money on the hoods of these vehicles......

There certainly is enough room in the banner to fit another picture in....c'mon guys...give Mulally his spot of honor....if he screws up later...you can always delete it....

but if you take 3676 and "+1" it....you come up with 3677...and he owns that post...it's all just simple math...

Thought I would reach waaaaaay back and drag up an old blog thread...amazing how as much as things have changed....they really haven't changed much at all.....

Probably the same clown that gushes on how great Cadillac is when they prattle on about the unique 2010 SRX...just don't park it too close to a Saturn Vue.

And I now "own" post #3676....muhahaha...Muhahaha...MUHAHAHA

Since when is a Dodge Durango considered a "man's car"???

...and when did Bob Lutz start working for Chrysler???

In the first photo, when you open it up to full size...I noticed that there was a Chrysler Plymouth Jeep dealer in the back ground....did senor Sergio re-activate Plymouth???

That ad needs to go in front of Mr Mulally and Mr Farley right away! Awesome ad!!!

I hear what you both are saying....all I am saying is that my Marquis idea would answer the call of livery/fleet/taxi markets without wrecking the "image" of Lincoln. Seriously a Mercury as a Taxi has the right mix of upscale-ness without demeaning the luxury exclusiveness of MKS. Remember, Mercury has always been pitched as a "poor mans Lincoln"...has most of the Lincoln goodies...but not everything and honestly...that is right where most livery buyers are looking...affordable luxury. No need to bastardize a Lincoln for fleet sales, when Mercury will fit the roll nicely without cobbling into Ford sales.

Agreed, but MKS and a potential D3 based Marquis would appeal to vastly different demographics.

I think you guys are missing the point... Up to this point, these types of features were exclusive to the pricey few "upper crust" halo marques Ford brings these features to the masses....it is in no way an ad to convince a potential Lexus, Audi, Infinity buyer etc to instead buy a Taurus, they won't....but it does say, "Hey....I can have those features too in my good ole Ford."

I understand what you are saying, but....build a D3 Marquis sedan on the MKT chassis, and I think you will have a hit in the livery/taxi market as well as the "near luxury" set....MKT is already in production...just need a sedan top-hat for the existing chassis.