[Shotimes] (OT) Marauder

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Ford is in dire straights, as someone said their credit (bond) rating at an
all time low.  They are in no fiscal position to come up with any new
designs, which cost billions to implement.  Rather they are digging around
in the parts bin looking for a way to combine whats in there.  Its a pity,
and totally due to inept management that started back 10 years ago, when the
company was rolling in cash, due to the success of their lineup.  They had
5? 6? of the top selling cars on the planet, and apparently thought the good
times would keep on forever.  But it is a cyclic business; GM was in bad
shape at the same time Ford was doing well.  But GM has so many subsidiary
companies that it just keeps rolling along.  Does anyone else see the
Marauder as another version of the Impala from the mid-90s?  Too big,
unlikely to be any more successful, IMHO.
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Salaets" <jsalaets@msn.com>
To: <BJamesjr@aol.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) Marauder


> > Despite all of this I wonder why the car isn't selling better.  It LOOKS
> good
> > and has a popular engine in it.  The average buyer probably doesn't read
> the
> > magazines and doesn't know that it performs below par.  The average
buyer
> > ought to be buying it anyway.  I'm thinking that maybe there isn't that
> much
> > market for a large performance car.
>
> I think the Marauder is an awesome idea that failed during implementation.
> Ford could have had a really cool car if they had just done some more
> tweaking to it.  The current Marauder definitely has the looks (IMO), but