Originally posted by allibaster
Originally posted by ford351c594
Fusion, Edge, new Taurus, so the Milan, Sable, MKZ, and MKX would be up there as well.
Aren't most of these the same cars? That's one of the problems with GM and Ford: they have several brands of the exact same vehicle. They're actually competing with their own brands.
The Explorer marks a huge blemish on Ford's record. The damn thing was a true piece of shit. That vehicle is solely responsible for America's "SUV" addition. From the Explorer summoned the Excusion, Expedition, Escalade, and Hummer. All of wich have no SUV capabilities besides picking up kid from soccer practice. While American companies focused on trying to build the biggest SUV, foreign companies focused on fuel economy and quality. I hope the American companies don't fail, but they certainly deserve to for failing to adapt to the market. It's like they've had blinders on for the last 15 years.
That is the simple. The truth is that the foreign car companies are not solely focused in the US market. We are the only culture that went SUV crazy. The American market is the largest market for US car companies, of course they are going to focus on what the public wanted. The Japanese and European companies started making SUVs because of their popularity based off the success of the US models. Japanese and Europeans have the advantage in smaller, efficient vehicles because they sell those to the rest of the world, that is a huge market. Apparently the American makers do have smaller cars for foreign markets, but they are reluctant to introduce them in the US because no one wants a compact car.
Originally posted by ford351c594
Fusion, Edge, new Taurus, so the Milan, Sable, MKZ, and MKX would be up there as well.
Aren't most of these the same cars? That's one of the problems with GM and Ford: they have several brands of the exact same vehicle. They're actually competing with their own brands.
The Explorer marks a huge blemish on Ford's record. The damn thing was a true piece of shit. That vehicle is solely responsible for America's "SUV" addition. From the Explorer summoned the Excusion, Expedition, Escalade, and Hummer. All of wich have no SUV capabilities besides picking up kid from soccer practice. While American companies focused on trying to build the biggest SUV, foreign companies focused on fuel economy and quality. I hope the American companies don't fail, but they certainly deserve to for failing to adapt to the market. It's like they've had blinders on for the last 15 years.
That is the simple. The truth is that the foreign car companies are not solely focused in the US market. We are the only culture that went SUV crazy. The American market is the largest market for US car companies, of course they are going to focus on what the public wanted. The Japanese and European companies started making SUVs because of their popularity based off the success of the US models. Japanese and Europeans have the advantage in smaller, efficient vehicles because they sell those to the rest of the world, that is a huge market. Apparently the American makers do have smaller cars for foreign markets, but they are reluctant to introduce them in the US because no one wants a compact car.
Last edited Feb 16, 2009 08:53:49
I've actally been lucky with the vehicle. So many other owners of the same vehicle have had problems with cracked cylinder heads....another quality problem. 
