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

[Ron Childs]

I would not be surprised to see a reasonably well equipped 4door RSX (or 
whatever it will be called) to sell in the $21K range (or higher)since that 
is where the RSX starts. This would put it in the midst of 
Taurus/Accord/Camry/Altima pricing. Acura is Honda's premium division.

-Ron



>From: "Mark Kelley"<mrkelley64@earthlink.net>
>Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 07:52:38 -0800
>
>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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