In my opinion they never should have dropped the ball on the Falcon, Futura, Comet, Cyclone, Fairlane, Galaxy, Comet, Thunderbird brands of days gone by. All great cars all morphed into bodies and platforms that were unrecognizable to those who knew them.
It is as if the people who bought these cars wanted the car to change to fit their new social, economic and family requirements. College kid buys a sporty Mustang because he wants performance, handling and styling, two years down the line he has a wife and family and a baby in the oven and Ford thinks they can sell this guy another Mustang if they turn the Mustang into a station wagon to fit his growing family! They have got it all wrong and have been screwing up these cars longer than I care to remember. Cougars and Thunderbirds evolving into Luxury class vehicles, Falcons turning into Torinos and the Mustang II… What the hell was that, a Pinto?
The Focus, the Fusion, and the 500 are great new additions but the Taurus is a turd. It has no since of design or styling or performance, now they want to morph it into the 500? It is not even in the same class as the Taurus! The 500 should be out there side by side and kicking the pants off the Chrysler 300M.
It seems the Mustang and the SUV’s are the only production items holding down the fort. It was a smart move on their part to revive that Mustang from the ashes. They have most likely since been to busy patting them selves on the back instead of putting that same energy into some of their other product line. And since the Japanese started producing dependable V-8s in work class trucks they have all been taking a beating.
How much money do you think Ford throws down the ****ter designing cars like the Probe, the 500 and the new retro Thunderbird only to scrap the idea because they did not market the car properly and thought it would sell on its mere presence alone? Oh! I know lets put a different badge on it! Yeah, that's the ticket!
I happened to hear on a local radio station here in LA when the word was out that Ford was closing up production plants, lying off countless workers that the Ford Taurus was to be cut from its line. The radio host said “ Now that we no longer have the Taurus, all those young thirty something’s will have to find a new car that says I have given up on all my hopes and dreams.”
Do you think the Ford CEO’s read these posts, are we not their public? [img]/forums/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Just my .02 rant.
Ras Daniel [img]/forums/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]

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