“This entire car is a fucking death trap. from design to assembly this car should have never been built. Maybe if he wasn’t so arrogant he would have listened to the people telling him how unsafe it was.”

Are you sure you didn’t mean worst to best?

That’s a lovely interior. I would take my shoes off every time I stepped in (and make my passengers do the same).

Yes, because I have a sense of humor ;)

That’s a strange pact...

Here are two other concepts that some people may not be familiar with:

Right... a reputation Ford hasn’t earned. Ford is simply recognizing that their strength is trucks and SUVs, which is a growing segment, so they’re simply redirecting their resources. Smart move IMO.

I think it’s a matter of redirecting resources to segments that are more profitable than small cars. Ford probably realized that their strength is trucks / SUVs / crossovers, so why should they try to compete in a shrinking segment in which they’d have to play catch up?

I think one of the reasons is the cars have gotten much larger, so smaller wheels would look weird. Also, all cars are now expected to have a ‘sporty’ feel which is hard to achieve with smaller wheels / higher profile tires.

People still bought the Corolla because it is a Corolla it had a reputation for being pretty much bulletproof (and still does).

100% agree. I hate it when I have to google that crap.

But they didn’t spread like wildfire the way they do now...

RUPTURE not rapture!

What really stuck out for me is this:

Have you considered the fact that some shoppers put more emphasis on things like luxury, exclusivity, and image? Different strokes for different folks...

I will probably never forget the yellow GT Ford brought to the NY auto show last year. It would have been far less memorable in black. Black, white, silver and gray belong on sedans, crossovers, and SUVs.

That car has quite a badonkadonk.

The funny thing is I was going to post that shot in response to the article, then started scrolling down and came across your post lol.

I know not everyone will agree, but I absolutely LOVE how the custom versions of these cars look. So cool!

I agree. I also don’t think a few years old C-class and a 2005 ‘big Acura sedan’ are too far apart on the ‘fanciness’ scale.