People like this are the reason we can't have nice things. These patent trolls shouldn't be allowed to do what they do.
Adam Corolla has been fighting a fairly well publicized war against these idiots over something to do with the way most podcasts are presented in an episodic fashion.
Pieces of garbage like this need to be stopped
From what I know talking to people at work that were there when MKII was still in production, that car was a major headache to build. My team leader said the front clip itself was one of the worst designs she had ever seen in her then 15 years working there. The fact that they ruled out a hatchback due to crash test worries doesn't surprise me at all.
Here's the other thing too, how many MKII focus do you see driving around? I see one every now and then, but not nearly as often as you should to warrant keeping it on sale. There's a reason it only made it one model year.
It's not that it's not flexible, it's that they crammed too much into a tiny space. Someone didn't think they layout through very well when they designed and rebuilt it after they moved the Expedition down to Kentucky.
Any mechanically inclined folks know how hard of a job it is to replace the lower control arms and sway bar links? I just replaced my struts and the guys at the alignment shop told me they are in dire need of replacement. Any special tools needed?
Being that WRC uses the Fiesta as a rally car, Ford can take lessons learned from engineering that car and apply it to the AWD system of the street performance car