[Shotimes] (OT) Forbe's article about Ford

[Mark Kelley]

Something that occurred to me on my drive home from work is that the Euro
and Japanese Accords are smaller than the American Accord (not sure about
the Camry) because that aren't the right size for American tastes.  Nick
Scheele needs to keep that in mind before he downsizes the Taurus (or
whatever replaces it) due to his belief that Americans want smaller cars.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Don McKinnon (AST)
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 4:28 PM
> To: mrkelley64@earthlink.net; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] (OT) Forbe's article about Ford
>
>
> I really like this article!
> http://www.forbes.com/columnists/2002/10/29/cz_jf_1029flint.html
>
> "The way to fix the problem is to build a better Taurus. Keep it
> longer, but
> get more powerful motors. Your engines are no match for the
> competition, and
> you need a punchier four-cylinder for Taurus, too. "
>
> and...
> "Meanwhile, rear-wheel drive is coming back into vogue, and Ford,
> which has
> the only rear-wheel-drive big U.S. sedans in production (the Ford Crown
> Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis), could take advantage of this
> fact. But
> instead of turning these into competitive products, the automaker is happy
> to let them age and sell the Fords to taxi drivers and cops, and the Mercs
> to geezers like myself. "
>
> Don McKinnon
> 95 MTX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Mark Kelley
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:04 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] (OT) Forbe's article about Ford
>
>
> We've all heard the bad news about Ford.  This Forbe's article points out
> some of the strengths of Ford:
>
> http://www.forbes.com/home/2002/11/04/cz_jf_1104flint.html
>
> I find it interesting that some of the observations made in the
> article are
> the same as some observations posted on this list.
>
> Mark
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