[Shotimes] Sorta OT: Ford to replace Taurus with Futura

[Josh Salaets]

> IMHO, any special models will all be SVT-type models in the future, with
> only SVT-certified dealers handling them. And no SHOs.....as I said, SHO =
> Edsel in the dealers' minds.

Rumor has it that Ford is going to start allowing all of their dealers to
begin selling the SVT Focus.  I don't know if this is a good move or not.
On one hand, dealers can't use the excuse that they are the only "certified"
dealer around to mark up their prices, while on the other hand, the car will
fall into dealerships that have less knowledge about the car than SVT
dealers, and SVT dealers don't know next to nothing.

One sales guy that apparently knew "all there is to know about the car" said
it has a real nice 5-speed.  I had to remind him it was a 6-speed.  Another
one said that I might as well buy a ZX3 before the SVTs were available,
because there wasn't much difference, and the SVTs would be very hard to
come by.  Funny, since now the dealers can't GIVE them away! : )

Josh Salaets
95 SHO MTX (See it at: www.cardomain.com/id/sh0gun)
85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
NWSHOC Member
Eugene, OR