Hi, Guest
Okay I am losing my sympathy for Ford and only recently have I regained it and some respect for GM.
Without turning this into a rant, I'm surprised nobody on this FORUM has boycotted/petitioned or written to get the current Euro Focus (CMAX body?) Instead, we are getting the 1998 Focus with a restyled front snout. Don't get me a wrong, the Focus handles really well and the ZX3 looks very nice, but Ford is really stretching their luck it seems especially when My Camry Solara (only made in USA) has more Canadian/American content (85%) than a Ford Fusion, Focus or domestic Big 3.
Oh and to top it off, Ford doesn't even Offer stability control on any of its cars, not even a Lincoln sedan! How they heck are they supposed to compete? I personally have some stock market/bonds? in Ford, a chump change amount really, but I had faith in the company to do better than this! What ever happened to the days of $100k jobs for Blue collar and so on? Aka the Canadian/ American dream?
One more thing, I hate when people at my univ. in Buffalo (whose parents work for Ford) are crying and are like Toyota and Honda are stealing their jobs. I think the consumer i.e. people like you (current Ford/Focus owners) and maybe myself need to write a petition, frankly all of the high end and blue collar jobs are being sent all over the place, but not to Ford/GM. If you really think about it it is estimated between 10 to 50% of all jobs in Canada/USA are directly tied to the auto industry.
Now for the VSC (Vehicle Stability Control) concern; I saw a used 2006 Lincoln Zephyr for lease with 18000km and the price was discounted almost $12000 CDN off sticker from new from the ford dealer.. So I thought all was good, a really good looking car, a really good price and very reliable too, but for some reason there is not Vehicle Stability Control available as of yet on any of Ford/Lincoln sedans... drive a car with that system in the winter, even with the best snow tires and you will never want to own a car with out it beyond a classic car of course. So basically, I am now looking at buying a Honda Civic spaceship with VSC and head airbags and more domestic content than any Domestic car (i.e. FORD), thanks Ford!
With an attitude like that of Ford's and a lack of innovation, bankruptcy is around the corner. Oh and to see Toyota become #1 (even though I've owned 2 so far) is just scary, I'm used to seeing GM/Ford being big.
Anyone have any opinions on this?
Without turning this into a rant, I'm surprised nobody on this FORUM has boycotted/petitioned or written to get the current Euro Focus (CMAX body?) Instead, we are getting the 1998 Focus with a restyled front snout. Don't get me a wrong, the Focus handles really well and the ZX3 looks very nice, but Ford is really stretching their luck it seems especially when My Camry Solara (only made in USA) has more Canadian/American content (85%) than a Ford Fusion, Focus or domestic Big 3.
Oh and to top it off, Ford doesn't even Offer stability control on any of its cars, not even a Lincoln sedan! How they heck are they supposed to compete? I personally have some stock market/bonds? in Ford, a chump change amount really, but I had faith in the company to do better than this! What ever happened to the days of $100k jobs for Blue collar and so on? Aka the Canadian/ American dream?
One more thing, I hate when people at my univ. in Buffalo (whose parents work for Ford) are crying and are like Toyota and Honda are stealing their jobs. I think the consumer i.e. people like you (current Ford/Focus owners) and maybe myself need to write a petition, frankly all of the high end and blue collar jobs are being sent all over the place, but not to Ford/GM. If you really think about it it is estimated between 10 to 50% of all jobs in Canada/USA are directly tied to the auto industry.
Now for the VSC (Vehicle Stability Control) concern; I saw a used 2006 Lincoln Zephyr for lease with 18000km and the price was discounted almost $12000 CDN off sticker from new from the ford dealer.. So I thought all was good, a really good looking car, a really good price and very reliable too, but for some reason there is not Vehicle Stability Control available as of yet on any of Ford/Lincoln sedans... drive a car with that system in the winter, even with the best snow tires and you will never want to own a car with out it beyond a classic car of course. So basically, I am now looking at buying a Honda Civic spaceship with VSC and head airbags and more domestic content than any Domestic car (i.e. FORD), thanks Ford!
With an attitude like that of Ford's and a lack of innovation, bankruptcy is around the corner. Oh and to see Toyota become #1 (even though I've owned 2 so far) is just scary, I'm used to seeing GM/Ford being big.
Anyone have any opinions on this?
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