You’re right, but since the GOP has embraced amorality with enthusiasm, the poor darlings feel targeted

The fact I have a perfectly good car that’s only 2 yrs old and isn’t offered stateside anymore (thanks for that Ford).

These are incredible numbers from a stock turbo. My guess is, with an aftermarket tune, and a larger turbocharger, this car might do two seconds, flat. I’m not sure how much these turbos are tuned for low-end, off the line torque, but my gut tells me with a quarter mile time like that, they have to come on boost…

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Same. From an E36 compact, to a MKV Rabbit, and now a Fiesta ST I can confirm that my 6'3" self has no need or desire for bigger cars. Just wish Ford would have brought the latest batch of ST twins over, wouldn’t mind ‘sizing up’ to the focus st. Hell even the rumored/spied Puma ST would have been fun to cross shop

My problem with Ford was that instead of trying to figure out why we are inefficient and can’t make money on the tight stuff, we just swept it under the SUV margin rug. I’ve heard that Ford’s profitability is questionable on the Ecosport and Escape now too, so it’s all coming back to haunt them.

As someone who has purchased a 2014 Fiesta (ST), 2018 Forte and will buy an 2019/2020 Impreza soon, I can confirm that small car owners do like to stay with what they know.

When you compare a $60k Corvette to a $200k+ Ferrari, the Corvette already wins.

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It’s time for the winter tire lie to go away. You probably don’t need them. All seasons are fantastic. And they have MORE grip in the situations where you drive the most and likely aren’t paying as much attention. Plus they aren’t weirdly soft and squishy (how in the heck anyone who likes to drive can stand to go a…

Actually it’s to build a customer base for future self-driving cars, when the drivers will get tossed to the curb.

Except the reality is that traditional taxis aren’t really any less affordable than ubers/lyfts.

Its amazing to me that a company who is screwing customers and workers with price fixing using surge pricing AND declaring their actual workers as independent contractors, all to make more money, and they STILL lose billions of dollars a quarter

I’m with one of the largest dealers in the country for Corvette, can confirm our nearly 250 allocations for the year will all be going for MSRP and not a penny over.

It involves someone—maybe Uber, but more likely someone else—inventing robot cars. 

What nonsense. Victimization is the true goal of all insurance companies too. Hell, a LOT of “legitimate” businesses. Insurance companies aren’t there to provide you great coverage because they care about you and your family. Nope. They are there to cover as few as possible in order to turn the highest profit…

Glad you mentioned that, as I’m seriously considering the Veloster N to replace my ST.

Ford’s problem was that it managed to create in the Focus and Fiesta two fairly popular small cars (even with the “low” sales figures they moved at least 100,000+ of them every full year of production) that somehow could only be sold at a loss. The PowerShift reliability issue has to be part of that, but some of it…

I think the problem with Ford was that the cars were good, they just didn’t have volume. Volume across the board is key to success, if you’re hot hatch doesn’t sell as well as your standard car (Golf, Civic, Veloster) then it makes no sense. 

I’ve never driven a GTI but I have driven a few Golf Rs and I was bored. The golf is good but the German feel isn’t for everyone. There is room for hot hatches with more feedback and more silliness and I think the Fiesta ST and Focus ST/RS succeeded because they tapped into that. I’d argue that the demise of the Focus…