The shocccwave would have been one of the best non-supercars available at the time if it had been built with that engine and awd. The SHO engine was also a piece of art. Very few cars get engines that pretty.

Dodge didn’t kill the Dart, that thing was stillborn.

Yeah, the Focus ST and the Edge ST are totally going to have similar driving dynamics...

Ford just lost one of their own employees as a customer. That takes real effort.

This strikes me as a choice that Ford may find regrettable when gas prices climb back up. But I’d assume that Ford has put much more thought into this decision than I have.

At least the guy got some sphincter reps in.

A Tesla spokesperson gave Jalopnik the following statement:

Combine this news with the decline of the Taurus - the only car Ford has left is the Mustang.

I didn’t know Jezza worked for FCA

No more Fusion, Focus, Fiesta...the root of the problem is that Ford is simply running out of Fs to give.

“The phot”

You can have an impressive handling, well equipped car that still has shit build quality:

But then why title this ‘what it’s like to drive this specific example’ or call it a review in the tag if it’s not about what it’s like to drive it or a review, so much as what it’s like to reminisce about the idea of it?

You guys really need to start adding an audio recording of the exhaust note/engine sound on these write ups, something to accompany the great photos.
I can’t think of how many of these I have read and then had to go dig up a youtube video to hear em.

This should be called the Hissy Fit

See, this is exactly how I would feel about a car like that. Like it’s totally fucking awesome on paper, but then driving it I’d be like “why aren’t you a stick, car?!”

Maybe I’m misreading the article you linked, but doesn’t it say he made modifications to the car? Like the Holley EFI system?

My experiance was on beater ‘92 Paseo which I managed not to stall the first time in reverse but I did 3 times subsequently in 1st gear.

I mean this is easy, obvious and right out there but here it is: