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Fords admits that its cars suck!

If you want to compare a car like the Camry, you have to go with the Accord. Top 2 most stolen for a reason. The Taurus? I wouldn't know where to begin.
 
Well, the first step is admitting you have a problem. The next step is trying to correct it.
 
Sooner or later everyone will come to realize that all vehicles suck in one way or another.

(Don't get me wrong, I am a devout Ford hater) 😉
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Well, the first step is admitting you have a problem. The next step is trying to correct it.
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That's real bad publicity on Ford though. Who's going to go out now to buy a Taurus once they've read the comment by the Ford VP.
 
You just can't beat the reliability of a Honda, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna start to buy them. It will be a while before I start to buy cars (maybe never) that are not made in the USA. Call me a loyalist :/
 
Every night I pray that their corporate office runs out of letterheads and has to use older ones from the 80's.

Technical Service Bulletins and Recall Notices printed on stock that has "Ford - Where Quality is Job One" stenciled on the header.

-PAB
 
Originally posted by: csiro
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Well, the first step is admitting you have a problem. The next step is trying to correct it.
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That's real bad publicity on Ford though. Who's going to go out now to buy a Taurus once they've read the comment by the Ford VP.
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GM, under Lutz's supervision, said the same thing, only a little more diplomatically. They basically admitted that VW/Audi were the defacto standard for what makes an interior "good". Decent looking, decent feeling, and solidly constructed. Lutz is having his design team study the VAG group's cars for ways to improve GM's interiors to step up the standards a bit.

Imitation is the best form of flattery.
 
This is a surprisingly candid statement - I'm not sure how I would feel about that if I were a shareholder. At least, IMO, Ford is a lot closer to the standards of the Japanese marques than GM is.
 
GM, under Lutz's supervision, said the same thing, only a little more diplomatically. They basically admitted that VW/Audi were the defacto standard for what makes an interior "good". Decent looking, decent feeling, and solidly constructed. Lutz is having his design team study the VAG group's cars for ways to improve GM's interiors to step up the standards a bit.

Imitation is the best form of flattery.
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VAG needs to do the same thing towards GM to make thier vehicles more reliable.
 
Originally posted by: Mallow
You just can't beat the reliability of a Honda, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna start to buy them. It will be a while before I start to buy cars (maybe never) that are not made in the USA. Call me a loyalist :/
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Then you should probably stop buying Chevys or Fords (Mexico, Canada)..
 
A new sedan, the Ford Five Hundred, will be launched next year, and the world's No. 2 automaker hopes it will help it recoup some of the car segment's losses.
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Anyone have any pics of this "Ford Five Hundred"?
 
They didn't admit anything about their cars, they just admitted that the Camry is better. I guess it's a step in the right direction, but until there is a blanket apology for every "quality" car built before like 1999, and their still lackluster "QualityCare" service, I'm not gonna bite.

I will pull one quote:
The product is better than its image, that's my view of it," he said
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The Sable/Taurus does get a lot less credit than it deserves. Friend of mine recently got a Sable, and it has a very smooth ride, decent power and looks very stylish and classy. You get a lot for your money.

It's still a Ford, though. And in the year he's had it, he's had is fair share of Ford "issues." Faced with a warning from his lawyer that if the problem wasn't resolved after his next visit, they would face a suit filed under NJs lemon law. It would have forced them to give him a new car to replace his leased car that was already well over its mileage allotment, essentially ensuring that he would never again go over his allotment for the remainder of the lease.

Lo and behold, the problem was solved after his next visit.
 
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