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Edited June 22, 20241 yr by tobeymaguire

 

 Crown Vics that came before weren't designed at all, they were big boxes with smaller boxes attached to it.

NO! The crown Vic has always been the best looking police car. Period. 

 

 

 

Yes, very Japanese indeed.

 

 

The new PIS is a major step forward for Ford, the Crown Vics that came before weren't designed at all, they were big boxes with smaller boxes attached to it.

 

Actually, Ford is going for a more European styling. I've got some family friends that work for Ford and they've said the same thing (their notices, not saying that they sent a memo or anything). So I've heard that their cars are selling pretty well in Europe. Plus, they're taking on a Aston Martin styling (since Aston was owned by Ford at one point). See for your self.

 

 

I honestly think that the Fusions/Mondeo (I guess from NicolaiB's pic) are one of the best looking American cars on the road right now(at least sedans). They look better than anything Dodge or even Chevy has made as of late. Especially the hideous Charger. Granted, I'd take a Telsa Model S over any other American car right now :D

Edited April 18, 201412 yr by Ringo4493

The Fiesta and Focus is consistently the top selling cars in various European countries and they have always been among the highest quality hatchbacks available, they aren't designed for the US market (what car that doesn't have a V6 as the smallest engine is?), they are popular where Ford wanted the cars to do well.

 

The Focus will deliver back-road fun in buckets, the chassis, steering and suspension is perfect (and have been since the first generation Focus), you really do not need a 2.0 ST or RS to have fun. The latest Focus is more grown-up than previous ilterations, but it's still fun to drive, the interior is very nice (though a tad outdated) - it's one of the few cars in the class that I can comfortably sit in. The Asians haven't figured out that some people are tall and has wide shoulders.

 

It's the same story with the Mondeo, it's difficult to find a car that drives as well for the same money (or anything outside M3 money) as the Mondeo.

 

 

Where Ford goes horribly wrong is with the parts and garage (in)competence, particularly the electronics is horribly bad in the newer cars, someone I know bought a Focus back in '11, only late last year did they fix some serious electrical issues such as the headlights locking themselves in trailer mode (pointing into the ground), the tyre pressure sensors would also play games, I'm told that its a delightful experience to have when you're driving on holiday in Provence. The garage itself was too incompetent to fix this despite having it in for 30+ checks,  replacing all the wiring thrice and all major electrical components twice.

 

The Climate Control still doesn't fully work, but the garage cannot find any issues with the cars when they plug in their computers (which is all they care about).

 

I suppose that's what will happen you fit a car with the cheapest wiring you can find, I'm told that the wiring for the Focuses are made somewhere in Africa, presumably very cheaply.

 

 

 

Keep in mind that we don't get cars like the Charger over here, the vast majority of our infrastructure is built upon roads from a few centuries ago, some major cities in Europe dates back a couple millennia and most other cities are centuries old, they weren't thinking about sweet V8's and big cruisers, but horses and pedestrians.

Cars like the Charger and SUV's simply does not work well, especially in Southern Europe, you'd rather be driving a Fiesta than a Mustang along the French rivera from Nice to Saint-Tropez without using the motorway during tourist season, or any French/Italian/Spanish town for that matter.

 

I actually can't think of a better car than a Fiesta ST for a blast down a road like this

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Edited June 22, 20241 yr by tobeymaguire