Ford used to make some good reliable vehicles. But they were SIMPLE. Now, they're techy, complicated and kind of fragile. Then they price them way up, and put people into long term loans to pay for them. Prime example, the current F150 warranty is 5 years 60K miles. But they'll finance a loan for up to 84 months.…

Also the American consumer. GM/Ford have been perpetually by decade guilty of one thing or another. But if you want to support American auto which is a big deal for some people, you have traditionally had to go to them.

They hadn’t got the engines or transmissions right yet either. I wouldn’t buy one that didn’t have a Coyote V8, or a later Ecoboost in which the head gasket failures were solved and the GDI was switched to port injection+GDI.

people still think of Fords as reasonably well-built American cars

Ford’s greatest strength has been its marketing department. I think it’s starting to catch up to them.

ford wants the appearance of a well engineered product, not a well engineered product. doing the right thing is too expensive.

Mine had a light blue one. Like traveling in a living room. He drove for a living (sales in steel forgings). I think this is VERY pretty (for non-curvy). And yet I’d still pass because that’s just too much for something I wouldn’t want to gas or service.

Tuesday, the EU voted in favor of a ban of gasoline-powered vehicles throughout its 27 nations by the year 2035.

I mean they did detect it over the Aleutian Islands, and tracked it from there until they shot it down over South Carolina. Counterintelligence is just as important as intelligence. 

You answered your own question:  If we got rid of the chicken tax, Ford, Chevy and Dodge would actually have to compete with foreign competition. 

Who is this information for? Certainly not prospective purchasers of a Maverick, given that they’re sold out for the foreseeable future. And I’m certainly not paying $5k or more over MSRP for a base-spec Maverick, which is what dealers seem to be fetching.

Why can’t automakers and/or automotive journalists find / show us graphs of the power curves of these engines? They all blab all day long about peak hp and peak torque, but say nothing about the area under those power/torque curves. Does the bulk of the power come in sooner in the powerband? Is it a broad protracted…

I’m not sure these are graphs typically provided by manufactures, and I think most people care about the headline number and can’t be bothered to think beyond that. But yeah, it’s very important in understanding how fast a car is (and how fast it’s going to feel). 

I have a 2019 Hybrid Touring, it passes easily. I don’t know the exacts, but I have never had issues with passing on back roads or anything like that. Even on the highway it has more than enough power to pass. I’ve had both the 1.5T and 2.0T as loaners, the hybrid is closer to the 2.0T in power and passing ability.

Did I actually miss the part where you are describing the way this car drive ?!? (beside one sentence). Not trying to be mean but this article is like reading a spec sheet, I did not really learn anything I already knew.

Can they do a study on small dicks and bro trucks next? 

The common thing about all these vehicles is they give their owners EXACTLY what they wanted when they bought them.

The thing they have in common is these are all cars that buyers likely only had that car on their list. Including the Toyota Rav4 Prime, since they were probably mostly already loyal Toyota customers and saw the new vehicle and specifically wanted that.

This is just something to test US’s response.

The 6 cylinder isn’t about power or fuel economy; it’s about presenting a “premium” powertrain option. Look at who else is offering inline 6 engines (in many cases now as a replacement for a v8).