I had friends who though this way as well. Funny part was he always drove around resting his other foot on the brake pedal so everywhere he went he was roasting the brakes. He managed to somehow get Subaru to buy back a 4 year old WRX because he was going through brakes every 3000 miles and managed to kill 3 clutches…

And place all the wear and tear on the transmission. Better to replace a thousand dollar plus item then hundred dollar items.

My driving instructor told me at a stop sign you yield left. I told him that’s not what drivers ed said and he was not having it.

I have the base FiST seats and it is my biggest regret with that car. I am keeping my eye out for at least a drivers Recaro.

My only real issue with the ST1 FoST is the Sync 1, its garbage. Fiesta on the other hand doesn’t have those ST1,2,3 levels etc. Its all Sync 2/3 with options for seats or nav etc so it can work out a lot better.

I know a few really big guys who have the Recaros in the Fiesta. They said it was hell for the first month or two but after a while the seats broke in and are very comfortable. Before you write them off completely see if you can find any larger owners of either who have had their cars for some time and sit in them. By…

Are you outside the US? In the US the FiST gets the same insurance rates as the Fiesta S with most carriers.

1st Gear: And even with all this info shareholders are forcing GM, Ford, FCA etc to act the same way.

Sure they can, you can lose money on something developed because the cost to keep the supply lines running, transportation, time they sit on the lot, hefty discounts dealers are giving just to get rid of them. This is not in the span of the whole cars life, but more of a here and now thing. The line may be profitable…

So it was a boat that bombed the Cole, not a car. A quick google would have told you this.

They would still lose money because of the time to develop something like that. Also manufacturers don’t give a shit about that that so anything they can do to get you in. I have had two different dealers tell me that I was doing my yearly maintenance wrong and needed to bring the car in or I might void my warranty.…

So the Taurus is apparently dead as well, I did not know that when I made this comment. CHP is heading to SUVs at a rapid pace.

I can see contempt elsewhere, well at least for us in the US. There are things they do that is just frustrating as hell.

Ford is HUGE in Europe, they have the 4th best selling car for 2017 over there, it was number 2 in 2014. Europe is very interesting to Ford.

I may have missed it but they could be referring to just the US market.

They have a very good excuse for it, to get you to the dealer.

That stuff takes time but they will be keeping it in their back pocket no doubt. The real supply chain issues will be getting the cars over here from Europe. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have this stuff already negotiated if the issue ever came up. Dealers won’t be a issue, if they are not selling anything they…

You will either shop elsewhere or get talked into a SUV. Ford knows this and has taken that into account here, they feel they are better off either way.

Their new subcompact is the Ecosport, compact is the Escape, and intermediate is the Edge. Welcome to 2019 America, where SUVs have replaced sedans, coupes, and hatchbacks.

If we need small cars Ford will be fine. The nature of their global company structure means they can just grab these cars from other markets and drop them here in short order after only a few changes.