[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('0mar', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mekrob', 'W')hat's IIRC? I never figured that out...

[Chicken_Little]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('0mar', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mekrob', 'W')hat's IIRC? I never figured that out...

[mekrob]

ICWUPOSTGSWD.

[TITAN]

[quote="Zardoz"]How low can Ford go? Low enough to cynically and deliberately design their primary advertising approach and product line around the denial of reality.

In a stunning display of callous corporate disregard for the future while thinking only of the next quarter's financial report, Ford is encouraging us to forget the ever-worsening gasoline situation, pretend it's 1965, and make tire smoke instead:



"Featuring a 475-horsepower supercharged 5.4-liter 32-valve V-8 with a 6-speed manual transmission, race-tuned suspension and four-piston Brembo brakes, the new GT500 packs a heavy dose of pure American muscle to back up its aggressive looks. Its unique front-end design, bulging hood with heat extractors, rear spoiler, and unmistakable Le Mans racing stripes tells the world this is not your typical Mustang."

quote]


I was actually on the waiting list for one of the new GT500s but I finally realized that it would most likely sit next to my '67 mustang, collecting dust...

Very depressing...

Now I am with polestar: bring on the decline, hard fast and quick, that's what would be best for this country...

[hippiegunlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cynus', 'Y')ou can't be the tough, hot-blooded, meat and potatoes car company and have a car called the "Shelby."

[strider3700]

last night I saw that Jeep was showing off the amazing 18 MPG you get from a jeep liberty. All they need to do is convince us that better then 15 is really really good and 20 mpg is spectacular and we'll flock to them. Hell we could easily beat 50 but right now we wait almost a year for a prius at what 60? it's all in how they market them. That 200 mpg vw concept shouldn't be mentioned ever

[Antimatter]

5.4L supercharged V8 and only 475hp...weak

[TITAN]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Antimatter', '5').4L supercharged V8 and only 475hp...weak

[Battle_Scarred_Galactico]

Hardly suprising behaviour, no company wants to go bankrupt. I think we'll see far more of these campaigns.

[linlithgowoil]

Ford doesnt have a choice. Thye've already spent money developing these cars - they aren't going to advertise them as appaling pieces of crap that have no future.

Still though, that size of engine and supercharged and only that amount of power? What is it with american sports cars? They dont handle well, are flabby and their engines are weak as hell.

[dukey]

living in uk ..
not even sure i've ever seen a car with a 5.3 litre engine.

Thats the sort of size engine you would find in a tractor ...

[whereagles]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dukey', 'l')iving in uk ..
not even sure i've ever seen a car with a 5.3 litre engine.

Thats the sort of size engine you would find in a tractor ...

[Novus]

In an ironic twist of fate many Americans think it is their patriotic duty to buy SUVs especially the super patriotic hummer as a way of supporting our troops. Ford is only going with this trend. If they really wanted to be patriotic they could be less wastefull an buy little geos or better yet take the bus.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('linlithgowil', 'W')hat is it with american sports cars? They dont handle well, are flabby and their engines are weak as hell.

[ubercrap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('linlithgowoil', 'F')ord doesnt have a choice. Thye've already spent money developing these cars - they aren't going to advertise them as appaling pieces of crap that have no future.

Still though, that size of engine and supercharged and only that amount of power? What is it with american sports cars? They dont handle well, are flabby and their engines are weak as hell.

[Fergus]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5198324.stm

Ford is closing 12 plants (maybe it was 14 plants) and cutting 30,000 jobs by 2012.

Ford is hurting.....big time.

Though I think a lot of Fords problems lie within thier management decisions over the last 20 years, I am sure the oil impact and economic impact of the oil impact will hasten their slide down to bankruptcy or insolvency.

Could be worth watching over the next couple of years. The first of the big guys are starting to get dazed, a few more punches and we could have the first casualty of PO.

[strider3700]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Fergus', 'T')he first of the big guys are starting to get dazed, a few more punches and we could have the first casualty of PO.

[Dreamtwister]

Yeah, GM announced it was laying off 30,000 workers last year. That, and the union problems at Delphi make me think they are beating Ford to the scrapyard by a fairly wide margin.

[Euric]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Fergus', 'h')ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5198324.stm
Ford is closing 12 plants (maybe it was 14 plants) and cutting 30,000 jobs by 2012.
Ford is hurting.....big time.
Though I think a lot of Fords problems lie within their management decisions over the last 20 years, I am sure the oil impact and economic impact of the oil impact will hasten their slide down to bankruptcy or insolvency.
Could be worth watching over the next couple of years. The first of the big guys are starting to get dazed, a few more punches and we could have the first casualty of PO.

[EnergyHog]

2 out of every 3 people on GM's payroll don't even work. That's a glimpse of what the baby boomer's retiring will do to this country. Where do you get all the money you promised them? Print it.