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They didn't bother changing any of it with the refresh. It's the only trim level that was completely unchanged

The light would be a wrench on top of a gear. At my last job before I started at Ford my work van was a 2011 Transit Connect and it had a very similar problem. The electronics in the throttle body failed and it got stuck closed. Might be a similar problem here.

The more shocking part of that is Mazda 6 being 4th. Always thought it was generally looked at as worse after gen 1

So it is more or less an average.

and in the name of jeebus PLEASE don't give the blandest style in the history of anything styled like some current EVs. I'm looking at you Focus Electric!

Is that an average? I don't understand it, how about a link to the article

You don't live in Michigan, do you? Road salt and the worst roads in the country killed those things. I see them all the time with the bottoms rusting out. It happened to my fiance's before she traded it in, it was weeks away from dropping the passenger seat out of it. The drivetrains however, were bulletproof. Mine and hers both made it to 150k miles with little trouble beyond normal wear and tear type stuff, though mine had a seemingly unusual appetite for alternators.

As long as the bodies didn't fall apart around them, particularly the ZX2s.

Playing games because it's a contract year maybe?

Depends on what happens with the fiesta and the timing of its next update. I don't think it will make it to the Focus until MY2017

I hope the remaining '14s go fast....

Let me correct you on one thing. They shifted Transit Connect production from Turkey to Ibiza, Spain. And they ARE union

You really think so? I feel like there's more headroom for the rearmost seats in TC vs Grand C-Max, plus more cargo room than C-max, even if the seats are a nightmare to fold down. I could be wrong, but I don't think the 2nd row folds down in the C-max.

A far less daunting (and cheaper) of a task than going from Kentucky to Ohio

At that rate, you would be better off moving the entire assembly process. I can't think of a single way of feasibly shipping thousands of fully assembled cabs from Kentucky to Ohio without A. Costing a fortune and B. Being a logistic nightmare

I believe he was talking of shipping fully assembled cabs

I have little faith my generation is going to help things much.

Cost to ship would probably be a good place to start

All great points, one question though. how much heavier is the DCT competed to a conventional automatic? That's one thing I haven't heard too much about.

There's one pretty good reason CAFE Can't keep surviving on bought tesla credits forever

Once again, you and I are in violent agreement!

It won't be a major issue, it's one fire. Teslas were self destructing left and right for a while

No doubt there were bad decisions made, but I refuse to believe that the added pressure of CAFE didn't contribute to that bad decision at all

I wouldn't say its necessarily the fault of the DCT used in the Focus/Fiesta, but rather a matter of it coming to market a year or two too soon. CAFE plays a major role in "sqeezing every MPG" out of a particular car. It's an issue my Dad has been howling about for years. I'm all for progress, but forcing it too fast leads to these kinds of problems because there's not enough time to do thurough testing. Again, it's not always a Ford exclusive issue, everyone has to deal with it, except for apparently certain European automakers.

Good to know, I've never seen either version on the road or on a dealer lot