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i've owned 3 fords from new or near new and all have been near trouble free. whatever glitches have been minor. glad this is showing up on CR reports now. it's a big part why i picked my 500 over a maxima even though both were within my reach. i felt skittish about the nissan's record and i knew i could trust the ford even if it was a new model. my 500 feels as tight now at over 30k as it did new. sometimes domestics feel sloppy starting around 30k. throw some kudos in here to volvo and mazda i think its a big part of this, especially with the fusion. the mazda6 chassis is bulletproof. the focus is very recommended by them to, because its the US version that is tried and true.

there are plenty of folks with artistic talent and choose not to lead self defeating lifestyles that never get recognized, but they probably don't get or crave all the attention.

keep in mind this is the sort of thing you do if you are simply trying to prepare a business that is easier to sell. the notion of paring models and such and cutting dealers is in vogue with the analysts and press (the media, not JIM press neccessarily) so yeah i could believe this. but to me it falls apart because dodge really needs to have passenger cars. it really wasn't long ago that the intrepid and stratus were big mainstream sellers. of course, they made the intrepid into a rwd charger and killed that market base and then turned the stratus into avenger which killed that group too. the 300/LHS/Concorde had wide appeal and then they went bling and gangsta with the polarizing 300 and now they have issues because of that. this move will really drag the chrysler brand. chrysler will become a commodity car. this whole things reeks of doing what they can to gain enough favor from the media and industry pundits, to prop up the worth of the company and sell it. this really does not sound good. at all.

40% or more mpg increase in like vehicle does not merit an achievement?

part of this is society's problem because we glamorize these coked up addicts in the press. And somehow people think the only way you can be a worthwhile artist is to lead a not so humble self indulgent arrogant free wheeling lifestyle. Fine. Go ahead and lead your effed up existence and pay the price then. We'll just take the next person in line to replace you and idolize you and tear you down again. You're just a media creation half the time anyways. I tend to think a lot less about artists after I hear about this kind of crap. Like they have pain and angst in their lives that no other people have and i have to sit and listen to them dealing with it. News flash. Everyone has issues. No doubt she does have some talent, but have some fricking dignity and self preservation skills and clean up. Then step up to the mic and see if there's anything worth talking about.

i think it's recongnizing what market is available to them, realizing the prices that they can get, and building enough car to sell them at enough profit and volume to keep the dealer doors open. what people are so lame to forget is that lincoln's lineup as it is now was not conceived to duel MB/BMW/Cadillac and was all conceived under the premise of Jaguar as the premeir Ford luxury brand. It's probably been intentionally positioned to be somewhere between Buick and Volvo and Acura and quite honestly its not law for them to have an M5 equivalent or an XLR equivalent, etc. I think L/M sales were up on the newer models last i checked. So if they sell the expected volume, make the sales, make profit and keep the dealerships healthy.......and there is only a limited market of top dollar luxury cars, if this keep Lincoln existing rather than dying, then you all will just have to accept it. Yeah they left the LS die on the vine and did not replace it. that was wrong to do but i think they are working on it. give it time. last I checked Lincoln has put out 3 new models in the last 2 years. Caddy has only put out 1 i think. Acuras sedans are graying. Look how ancient the DTS is and how it won't be fixed till like 2010. Considering how Jac Nasser starved the company and how inept bill F was running it initially, you have to accept that this is all they get for now and like GM it will take time to rebuild the lineup. I would venture to say the MKs will have as many takers as the new CTS. they will be for different reasons, but 60,000 of CTS sales is no better or worse than MKs sales. In light of what they had to work with and if they sell that many, I doubt they would whine about that over at Ford.

thank you for noticing. yes moltar, the HHR, magnum both feel limited in outward vis.

oh really? honda is god because they can't sell any RL's which have no power, no style, cost too much and are front wheel based as well? tell me how the RL is a market star? tell me why when you look at acura's sales lately they are great big negatives. tell me why the MDX costs 10 grand more than the lambdas. tell me why the rdx is close to 40k yet only packs a 4 cylinder turbo that outconsumes many of GM's full sized products. because the mks is a viable alternative to the ES lexus ? or the lower content a6's or all the glorified hondas. because the twinforce v6 with powershift will nudge 400hp with one of the segments first dual clutch trannies? because the mks is better than what's in your garage? I don't suspect you'll be owning an M3 any time soon. No one said this car was Jesus Christ on a stick. Go back and read, I already said this car is not meant to compete with BMW or mercedes. step back long enough to digest the message in the post before you go off with personal $h! again. you cannot seem to post without taking jabs at people and that is pure bull$h!. so cut the fricking punk crap already and grow up. grow some balls. when i comment on something its about the cars, i don't use posts to direct comments at people like you seem to make sport of.

yuk. just yuk.

new accords doors feel pretty thin and flimsy too

i think some hardcore long time auto journalists are upset that the new accord got bigger, and went the way it did on its interior (a step backwards). i also think they take issue with the accords 'premium korean' styling. new accord likely is a great car if you take away its styling issues and the probable press' resentment of the car 'selling out' what it used to be.

so funny all the backlash considering this car is better than 90% of the rolling piles of $h! that are in everyone's garage now. i can't recall what the power figures are going to be for the twinforce version of this car....like 370 or something. again, this car was not conceived to duel a 5 series. But to be a decent alternative to say, an ES Lexus...sure. Audi, Volvo and Saab and Honda have been selling luxury cars for years built on FWD platforms. Not ideal, but they still maintain a decent standing in the lux car pecking order. Look at Acura, the RL (really lame, with SHAWD!) TL (totally lame or thoroughly lame, take your pick) RDX (really dumb Xover) and MDX (just mildly dumb crossover). All front drive. Not to mention the Canadian exclusive EL (extremely lame).

MKS = gives town car buyers something new, provides upgrade from MKz. Provides a better alternatives to some Japanese lux sedans like Lexus ES, Honda RL and TL. Buick, DTS and STS buyers will cross shop this. Volvo buyers might even consider this. Fly again is spot on. This was never meant to duel the CTS. Lincoln is positioned itself below caddy these days. Not every luxury sedan needs to shred pavement like the BMW's. This package is a nice blend of euroasian bland luxury and tradtional lincoln style. It immediately is Lincoln's best product and has a long life cycle of updates planned. I hate how much the interior still reminds of my 500. The shifter and console area sucks. The front looks like my old Diamantes mated with a grand am. But I do like the new front. Ford was wise to redesign it before production. Truth is, I LOVE the CTS, but I would totally shop the MKs myself because its more commodious and still looks elegant. I bet it handles well enough for me. Twin Force and powershift would rule. Some might argue that Lincoln's current lineup can attract more buyers at retail than Caddy now. MKx sells well. The MKs should do well out of the gate. MKz has done well. STS and SRX are not busting sales charts for caddy. XLR barely sells. If you are a Lincoln+Merc dealer, you are doing better than standalone caddy dealer for sure.

GM ford etc don't use as much lighter high strength steel and aluminum because of cost. union contracts, ya know.

is that a subwoofer box in the cab or an electric battery? LOL why is this truck not here NOW?

it sucks we'll get a cadillac vue. the cts wagon chops will be mistaken for harry's maxx by some. gm's problem, too many platforms. caddy should have like 2, 3 semi exclusive platforms for nearly all their vehicles. the rest of gm could cover the bulk of the rest of their cars and crossovers with maybe 3,4 really good platforms. the multiplicity of their efforts is money and time wasting.

people are idiots because its easy to say something in a meaningless poll and its another when the cops show up at your door to take away your family acadia and replace it with a toyota matrix.

she has some value if you think of her as an animated blow up doll

i am currently email fighting a gain with someone who says the problem is all to do with cars.

first cost seems to rule in the USA

the leathers i saw still looked abysmal. the dashtop and center stack were the biggest improvements. the door panels had some improvement. they still did not swing for the fences with the redo, but the cupholders were good with the chrome rings and the shifter is nice. i wish the design of the gauge hood wasn't so lumpy.

word is saturn has a big surprise for detroit. my money is on saturn vapor.

when does this thing hit market

black or red or white would do. i guess orange is ok too.

you speak the truth. i was email fighting with someone at work recently (i am an architect...hehe mustang got to see that). she was bitching that cars pollute and need to get better mileage. i said emisssions have been cleaned up like 99% in the last 20 years or whatever. I said, do you see buildings have gotten 99% improved in that time? my point was, stop ragging on cars. today i saw there is an article....the founder of weather channel, a meteorologist, says global warming is a big sham.