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

[Ron Childs]

The smaller Euro Accord is coming to the USA to replace the departed 4-door 
Integra. We will get a chance to see how well liked it is here.

-Ron


>From: "Mark Kelley" <mrkelley64@earthlink.net>
>To: "Don McKinnon \(AST\)" <dmckinnon@asttechlabs.com>
>CC: "SHOtimes \(Team.net\)" <SHOtimes@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] (OT) Forbe's article about Ford
>Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 18:13:01 -0600
>
>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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