Originally posted by Yankees25:



1st off - thats not even the same car - so dont compare them. second - what is wrong with Mazda and Volvo doing what they do best? Ford is smart to allow them to do the work that they are good at - its only good sense to then use that work and make a ford verison of an outstanding engineering workpiece.

You sound like a biased buyer that wouldnt purchase the mazda because its japanese and the volvo because its european, even if they are better cars for cheaper.



Read my sig. Obviously I had no problem owning American in the past, and now I obviously own Japanese. I have no problem with Mazda and Volvo doing what they are doing. The problem is that Ford (USA) is only capable of making trucks for themselves these days. Every sedan we get is a compromise because it was designed for another market, or a compromise b/c they tone it down for this market. Ford hasn't had a class leader in years, and I don't see anything coming along to change that. My point is that there is not much differentiating Ford from Buick. Every Buick is a hand-me-down off the shelf from it's stablemates. Now every Ford is too. Maybe if Ford had a suitable follow-on product to the SVT, I'd still be driving American instead of my G35. But that's not the case.

At least they still have the Mustang...



How do you like that G35 6M? That's what I'll probably get next fall.














....unless I just say screw being rational, logical and practical and but a '05 GTO.

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