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Lincoln: Can Ford save them and how?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jroc" data-source="post: 13754987" data-attributes="member: 51847"><p>Agreed.</p><p></p><p>This is somewhat typical of Ford though. Even back to the 70's with cars like the Mustang II, and then with the introduction of the 4.6 in the early 90's. Ford idea seems to generally be that they need to down size and make all there cars more economy based. They did that back in the day to compete with the Japanese cars that started to sell well over here. That's not necessarily a bad thing to do that with much of the line of cars, but Ford needs to understand that there is still a large market for a big v8 power RWD sedan. Look at how well they have sold for Chrysler and even GM in the last 10 years or so. Ford should of done something to replace the Panther cars instead of making a large FWD based v6 Taurus. Even in AWD trim the Taurus motor and tranny is still setup like a FWD cars. the only real high performance AWD car I know of with the same drivetrain layout is a EVO. Most other performance AWD cars I know of has their motor and tranny motored like a RWD car as it generally offers better performance. And Ecoboost motors are very good, but not everyone wants a v6 car, and especially people with money to spend on expensive luxury cars. Many of the people buying expensive luxury cars want large, powerful, comfortable, safe, RWD cars that aren't unlikely going to get 35/40 MPG's. People looking to get that kind of gas mileage in a practical and economy car are going to look at Camry's, Accords, Fusions, and cheaper vehicles like these instead of some high-end luxury branded. Many Americans want v8's in there larger cars,(particularly American branded cars, and especially if they are going to be expensive luxury branded cars) and by dropping them Ford makes them have to shop elsewhere. Ford trying to make high-end luxury vehicles out of their budget economy line of Ford cars and crossover and badging them as Lincolns isn't going to work or fool people.</p><p></p><p>I understand Ford needs to try and meet CAFE standards, but I don't see GM, Chrysler, MB, Audi, BMW, or Lexus abandoning their larger RWD v8 powered cars because of it. Hell even Hyundai offers a very nice large v8 powered RWD sedan. Obviously Ford doesn't need to just make a bunch of v8 Lincolns and disregard the Ecoboost or v6 line of motors, but a large v8 powered Lincoln car that's RWD based and modern would really help their image and show that they are not just some economy brand of luxury car which they have become.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jroc, post: 13754987, member: 51847"] Agreed. This is somewhat typical of Ford though. Even back to the 70's with cars like the Mustang II, and then with the introduction of the 4.6 in the early 90's. Ford idea seems to generally be that they need to down size and make all there cars more economy based. They did that back in the day to compete with the Japanese cars that started to sell well over here. That's not necessarily a bad thing to do that with much of the line of cars, but Ford needs to understand that there is still a large market for a big v8 power RWD sedan. Look at how well they have sold for Chrysler and even GM in the last 10 years or so. Ford should of done something to replace the Panther cars instead of making a large FWD based v6 Taurus. Even in AWD trim the Taurus motor and tranny is still setup like a FWD cars. the only real high performance AWD car I know of with the same drivetrain layout is a EVO. Most other performance AWD cars I know of has their motor and tranny motored like a RWD car as it generally offers better performance. And Ecoboost motors are very good, but not everyone wants a v6 car, and especially people with money to spend on expensive luxury cars. Many of the people buying expensive luxury cars want large, powerful, comfortable, safe, RWD cars that aren't unlikely going to get 35/40 MPG's. People looking to get that kind of gas mileage in a practical and economy car are going to look at Camry's, Accords, Fusions, and cheaper vehicles like these instead of some high-end luxury branded. Many Americans want v8's in there larger cars,(particularly American branded cars, and especially if they are going to be expensive luxury branded cars) and by dropping them Ford makes them have to shop elsewhere. Ford trying to make high-end luxury vehicles out of their budget economy line of Ford cars and crossover and badging them as Lincolns isn't going to work or fool people. I understand Ford needs to try and meet CAFE standards, but I don't see GM, Chrysler, MB, Audi, BMW, or Lexus abandoning their larger RWD v8 powered cars because of it. Hell even Hyundai offers a very nice large v8 powered RWD sedan. Obviously Ford doesn't need to just make a bunch of v8 Lincolns and disregard the Ecoboost or v6 line of motors, but a large v8 powered Lincoln car that's RWD based and modern would really help their image and show that they are not just some economy brand of luxury car which they have become. [/QUOTE]
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