Why can we have this in the states. We get us another Taurus or Mustang, they get the cool sedan. 
Edit: sorry had brain fade and forgot the link.... http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/specialty_files_tun...
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May 22, 2009 5:27 p.m. Toyman01 Reader
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May 22, 2009 5:38 p.m. aussiesmg Dork
do we have to guess?
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May 22, 2009 5:43 p.m. maroon92 UltraDork
My guess is a Ford Mondeo...old news...
honestly, as awesome as Ford's lineup is overseas, I think they have the best current lineup in the United States. Ford is in a good spot right now, and the upcoming product makes me even more excited.
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May 22, 2009 6:09 p.m. Toyman01 Reader
Link added....duh
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May 22, 2009 6:14 p.m. kreb Dork
320 HP and only a 5.9 0-60 time? What a pig!
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May 22, 2009 6:15 p.m. aussiesmg Dork
If they bring it, I will own one
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May 22, 2009 6:31 p.m. fastbmw New Reader
Isn't this article from 2004?
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May 22, 2009 6:38 p.m. mad_machine UltraDork
thought it would be the falcon....
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May 22, 2009 6:42 p.m. aussiesmg Dork
It is an older version, still want one
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May 22, 2009 6:44 p.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader
Me too.
I am about to buy a car.
I want a Ford. But there is none for me to buy, except out of my range new look mustang GT's
I wish i could see a CEO or COO or whatever, and just convey to him.
Im 24, have good job and have about 10G i want to spend. I want to buy a Used Ford. GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BUY. Cheers!
That said, its a SVTF to save some money, or a SRT-4 to have something that scoots.
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May 22, 2009 7:11 p.m. thatsnowinnebago HalfDork
I saw a new Fiesta yesterday while visiting my parents and I quite liked it.
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May 22, 2009 8:03 p.m. alfadriver HalfDork
BobOfTheFuture wrote:
Me too.
I am about to buy a car.
I want a Ford. But there is none for me to buy, except out of my range new look mustang GT's
I wish i could see a CEO or COO or whatever, and just convey to him.
Im 24, have good job and have about 10G i want to spend. I want to buy a Used Ford. GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BUY. Cheers!
That said, its a SVTF to save some money, or a SRT-4 to have something that scoots.
Uh.... buying USED doesn't really help Ford. On the other hand, New does. What are you looking for? The old SVT Focus?
BTW, the G8/GTO- how'd that go over? Probably one of the main reasons the car would be coming...
Eric
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May 22, 2009 8:04 p.m. alfadriver HalfDork
thatsnowinnebago wrote:
I saw a new Fiesta yesterday while visiting my parents and I quite liked it.
There are a bumch of Fiesta running around for the Fiesta movemnet. I'm seeing more and more of them- I think the all have M plates. I think that's going to be a killer car.
Eric
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May 22, 2009 8:18 p.m. ignorant PowerDork
I saw the hints on pickuptruck.com about the ranger with the 1.6 DI turbo gas engine..
I like.
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May 22, 2009 8:21 p.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader
BobOfTheFuture wrote:
Me too.
I am about to buy a car.
I want a Ford. But there is none for me to buy, except out of my range new look mustang GT's
I wish i could see a CEO or COO or whatever, and just convey to him.
Im 24, have good job and have about 10G i want to spend. I want to buy a Used Ford. GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BUY. Cheers!
That said, its a SVTF to save some money, or a SRT-4 to have something that scoots.
I knew somebody would ask this.
How many people here, while they were younger, found out what car/brand they want, with a used cheap version of said car?
With all the above said, I'm lookin foward to the new fiesta, and the possible future Focus.
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May 23, 2009 12:48 a.m. Strizzo Dork
fingers crossed on the new focus, until that happens, i'll keep enjoying my newer-focus-than-the-focus-ford-sells mazdaspeed3 while ford takes their time pulling their heads out of their collective hind end. sure hope they can get it together by what is it? 2012? i might even be in the market again by then
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May 23, 2009 8:40 a.m. alfadriver HalfDork
Strizzo wrote:
fingers crossed on the new focus, until that happens, i'll keep enjoying my newer-focus-than-the-focus-ford-sells mazdaspeed3 while ford takes their time pulling their heads out of their collective hind end. sure hope they can get it together by what is it? 2012? i might even be in the market again by then
Just want to point out that the current Focus is a great car. If you are not trying it just because what you read, you may want to reconsider. Remember, this car was based on the first gen Focus, which was always credited as being a really fine driving car.
Not sure why people think that the car took steps backward, since it's an improvement on what was the class leading chassis.
Thankfully, there are enough people who ignore magazines and car boards that they are selling quite well.
Eric
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May 23, 2009 10:47 a.m. Tyler H Dork
It's $35-38k! The reason Ford doesn't bring it over is because they can't. They've been selling watered-down crap in this market for years and they couldn't push a sedan with that price tag, even if it was worth it.
Maybe in Australia Ford never turned out enough crappy fleet cars to do irreparable damage to their brand image?
Nice car, but I couldn't ever drop $40k on a Ford.
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May 23, 2009 10:49 a.m. maroon92 UltraDork
well unfortunately, that chassis is over 10 years old now. they havn't taken steps backward with the focus...they just havn't taken any steps....
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May 23, 2009 3:16 p.m. Strizzo Dork
maroon92 wrote:
well unfortunately, that chassis is over 10 years old now. they havn't taken steps backward with the focus...they just havn't taken any steps....
this was exactly my point in my post above. ford skipped platform updates on the focus and passed on the mondeo saying they couldn't sell them profitably in the US, all the while Mazda was selling the crap out of the mazda6 and mazda3.
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May 23, 2009 6:10 p.m. Toyman01 Reader
If they can't sell it as a Ford, sell it as a Mazda 8.
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May 23, 2009 10:42 p.m. HappyAndy Reader
I am seriously disappointed in Ford. give up and get used to it.
A funny ford dissapointment story; Back in the early ninties I knew an older couple that had just moved to the US from Scotland due to a corporate transfer. When the man realized that he would be here for a while he decided to buy a car. He saw an add in the newspaper from a local Ford dealer for some good deals on low mile used escort gt's. Needless to say, they were not what he was expecting and he didn't buy one
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May 24, 2009 7:30 a.m. ignorant PowerDork
An old boss of mine, a kart racer, moved here on a corp. move from england many years ago. He always wanted a v8 car and went out and purchased a 5.0 Fox Body 'Stang. He loved the engine, but said the chassis was so poor they wouldn't think of selling it in europe.
Now.. He did go on to drop thousands of dollars in that car and make it capable.
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May 26, 2009 7:41 a.m. John Brown MegaDork
HappyAndy wrote:
I am seriously disappointed in Ford. give up and get used to it.
A funny ford dissapointment story; Back in the early ninties I knew an older couple that had just moved to the US from Scotland due to a corporate transfer. When the man realized that he would be here for a while he decided to buy a car. He saw an add in the newspaper from a local Ford dealer for some good deals on low mile used escort gt's. Needless to say, they were not what he was expecting and he didn't buy one
My cousin Roger came over from Scotland in 1998 and did the exact same thing, except he bought a Ford Probe V6 used. He claims it is the lousiest car he has ever owned, but he will not sell it. It seems that every Scot out there hates everything.
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May 26, 2009 7:44 a.m. ignorant PowerDork
John Brown wrote: . It seems that every Scot out there hates everything.
thats where i get it from.
