100% agree 2010 was a weird year for sure.

Probably the ancient steering design.

Unlike FCA, Ford is well positioned in Europe with popular economical cars. Those cars can easily be converted to the US market. In fact, they’ve already done it with success. Just look at the success of their Global C platform: Focus, Escape, and to a smaller degree the C-Max. Plus they still have Fiesta.…

BMW’s M division does this, the M variant is usually a year or two behind in styling.

Different engine. The GT500 is based on the 5.4L truck engine mainly. Just coincidental timing I suppose.

E9. Cause money is expensive.

I miss my 840i. Too bad it only came with an automatic. Given the opportunity again, I’d have the 850i version, maintenance cost be damned.

He’s not wrong.

They’re very simple cars, the hardest thing to do is the rear suspension bushings. DO IT!

Does the Ford GT have 5 tires? They overcharged him a buck to boot!

The true measure of how well a car ages is how many times you’re asked “what kind of car?” followed by “is it new?” by non-car, normal people. I had an 840i, and got asked all the time. It think it would sell today with some minor exterior tweaks, and a new interior. The interior isn’t bad, but you can tell it’s got…

I have a slicktop 318i 4 door with an LSD. I think about selling it every now and then, but then I go drive it.

The only thing I can think of is that because it’s not emissions related, they may have taken a production truck and modified it for testing.

Why does it have normal plates. If it was a prototype, it would have MFG plates.

I once saw a Mora Metallic 840ci in a pick n pull. Car was trashed, body was mostly straight though, damn shame.

My boss has an old beater Honda with nearly 300k miles on it that he said just up and died one day and wouldn’t start. He was going to donate it. I told him to let me take a look and we’ll see what it would take.

They have to make sure the failures are outside of normal margins for error. Every mechanical part has an average failure rate. You can’t make millions of parts and never have anything with a manufacturing defect. I’m sure Engineering requests the dealer send them the part and pictures to figure out why it failed. If…

After further research, this color is actually Mora Metallic.

The 8-Series in any color is acceptable. The car is so beautiful it transcends colors. That said, I’ll take one in Technoviolet thankyouverymuch:

That’s because Frisco exists, in both Texas and Colorado. There’s also a Frisco City, AL.