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

[Mark Kelley]

True, but it's coming in as an entry level sedan, not a mid-range sedan like
the Taurus, Accord, or Camry.  If Honda thought it was sell as a mid-range,
they wouldn't have spent the money designing a larger Accord just for the
American market.

Mark

On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 07:27:24 -0800 Ron Childs <rchildssho@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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" 
> >To: "Don McKinnon \(AST\)" 
> >CC: "SHOtimes \(Team.net\)" 
> >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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