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she's been in top tier equipment her whole career and has one win across how many series to show for it.

I disagree, if that were the case Danica would have more wins in IRL and NASCAR

Drivers are a big part of that. 3 of 4 SHR drivers are top tier. RFR's drivers are just meh.

Don't know yet. Production timing for MY2018 hasn't been determined yet. When I was forcibly brought back to MAP in June of last year the union told us the production forecast was 250k units. I haven't heard anything since then but I get the impression the market has dictated that number to get smaller. That 20k C-Max order for China has thrown a wrench into the plan.

How's this for life 186,334.8 miles on the factory rear drum brakes

The titanium hasn't had a manual since MY2014. Currently the only way you can get a Focus with a manual outside of the RS/ST models is if you get a barebones S model (5 speed) or a sedan with the 1.0EB (6 speed). You cannot get a hatchback with a manual unless it's a performance model. The manual transmission is dead.

V8 Supercars intrigues me, the problem is I don't find it to be all that accessible outside of Australia

uh, Indy cars do that at oval tracks without plates

I'm pretty sure that's production for the local market, not for ROW.

as long as I can get Moonroof, heated seats/steering wheel and premium sound I'll take it

All 4 SHR cars were very strong until the wrecks took 3 of them out. The two RFR cars looked alright too Kudos to Go-Fas for finishing in the top 10

I don't want an automatic period But I'm being forced to accept reality and will begrudgingly get one since I will be forced to

Don't count on it unless you want a base 2x4 model.

We at MAP have been told nothing, and I expect that to continue until Ranger production begins. That's just the way the company works for whatever reason. There's a weird rumor that popped up a few days ago I just heard in the employee forum here yesterday that apparently we may be only building C-Maxes after December because of suppliers. We also got a large (around 20k) fleet order of C-Maxes for China so as of now all of our TLO weeks after 3/20 are cancelled. As for temporary assignments during the long retooling layoff, I don't know. They might. They did for DTP during the aluminum switch so I don't see why they can't do it for us, I'm just not sure if they will or not.

Stay tuned, it could happen

Tooling Trials. The first preproduction builds.

Word from a friend at FRAP is TT builds are starting early next month.

So they ARE killing the Focus sooner than we all thought? Interesting. I wondered if they were going to do an inverted TLO as we got closer to the end of the Focus. Anyone heard of they are going to do the temporary assignment BS again?

Could be worse They could be Faraday Future

All of this plays into the belief around here that Tesla is not structured survival and their stock is over valued. Analysts seem to be taking notice finally. I'm seeing more and more articles questioning whether or not Tesla is overvalued. It seems the honeymoon is finally coming to an end.

I just heard that and came here to post about it

the press conference was a disaster

isn't it also made in Nigeria or something like that?

All GMC and Buick really do at this point is hold Chevy back. You could easily do with the Chevy brand what Ford has done with their eponymous brand and offer more luxury.

on the interior?