2nd Gear: When I last checked, Renault has a controlling stake in Nissan. Renault could play hardball and have any non-compliant board members removed, who then could turf any ‘difficult’ Nissan execs.

The idea that they think people are just going to switch to other Ford products rather than shop around is fucking bonkers to me.

true, It’s pretty cocky on Ford’s part that die hard hot hatch users would jump on a bloated Fords as a substitute. They will migrate to those other brands you mentioned. Ford transformed back to it’s good old self that got them in trouble in the first place. Detroit is getting arrogant again. 

The first sentence of the second paragraph starts with a notification about how the global market for cars is soft - a worrying leading indicator of a likely recession - and then we are left to ponder Ford’s strategy of relying on vehicles which are by nature more costly, both to purchase (if admittedly more…

1970's split level Dutch architecture? Wow. Just wow.

Here is the house on Google Maps Street View minus the PT Cruisers for anyone interested.

Yugo has led me to believe it’s the obvious and clear winner offroad.

And I thought the 2013 with a quarter-million miles for $5k was a CP...that one is a super duper CP.

7k for a 13 Avenger with 225k?! Holy CP!

The 2020 Hyundai Sonata will come in Glowing Yellow.

Well this is what happens when prices go up, but wages are stagnant for decades. Back when I started driving, gas was under a buck and I was making about $7/hour at a restaurant busing tables. Wages are still at about the same as my teen years, yet gas is nearly 4 times as much, used car prices are insane, and…

What it will actually be if it hits the market:

The trailing edge of the rear door is just inches from where the rear hatch starts.  Where the Hell are the groceries supposed to go?  Auto companies moan that no one will buy a hatch back but they make hatches with no back.

Yeah, but the PowerShit really sucked! They could’ve scrapped them after a year or two when the problems first became obvious.

Um... yes...

Do you mean 90s ford Festiva?

As a FiST owner who also bought new, I second this statement.

Oh they can. Trust me, the EcoSport is overpriced for what it is.

I say this as a current Ford Fiesta ST owner (bought new):

Of course the obvious solution is to bring back the Focus and Fiesta, but you know they’re too stupid to do that!