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>> My Name Is Nobody wrote:
>>> "Michael Johnson" > wrote in message
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>>>> Big Al wrote:
>>>>>> IMO, because Ford couldn't charge the outrageous prices for an option
>>>>>> package like they can for cars like the GT500. They are making
>>>>>> insane profits on the GT500 and will on he new Boss etc. Making
>>>>>> these car's components just option choices kills their exclusivity
>>>>>> and therefore profits.
>>>>> Insane is right. They make cars few people could afford and keep the
>>>>> price high while the company is going down the tubes. Why not SELL the
>>>>> cars? Selling cars is what they are supposed to do. Now they are going
>>>>> to quit selling Crown Vic's except to fleets. Sell the people what
>>>>> they want. What genius decided to re-badge the 500 and call it a
>>>>> Taurus? That should really help.
>>>> Unfortunately, Ford's problems run much deeper than what they are doing
>>>> with the GT500/Mustang sales. They only wish the rest of their car
>>>> line was as successful as the Mustang. IMO, Ford's biggest problem is
>>>> they have good cars that have no identity. They have ditched their
>>>> long time model names and in the process disconnected themselves from a
>>>> large number of past buyers of those cars. Re-badging the 500 a Taurus
>>>> is a step in the right direction, IMO. They need to bring out a RWD,
>>>> V-8 two door coupe and sell it as the Thunderbird too. Maybe even make
>>>> an upscale version of the Mustang and market as the new Cougar.
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>>> Except the 500 badge name was in my opinion a step in the right
>>> direction, I liked the car and the name. Sticking the Taurus name on
>>> that car ****es me off, they couldn't have kept the 500 and redone the
>>> Taurus?
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>> I think re-badging the 500 was the best they could do to stop the profuse
>> bleeding. I think they would prefer to bring out a new Taurus but didn't
>> have the time, and maybe the cash, to pull it off. I think they should
>> have designed an all new car that was as risky as the first Taurus was in
>> its day. Ford really crawled out on a limb with the original Taurus and
>> it paid off BIG. They did the same with the new Mustang's styling and it
>> too paid off big. IMO, they need to regain that same spirit in order to
>> get themselves out of their current mess.
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>>> Now where the hell is the new Mustang chassis based retro 1969~1970
>>> styled Mercury Cougar??? I want my 500 horse 5.4 2009 Cougar
>>> Eliminator!!!
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>> I think an upscale Cougar well optioned with a 400 hp, 5.0L, N/A 32 valve
>> V-8 would sell like hotcakes priced around $35k.
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> I still say a 4 door, sporty station wagon Mustang would sell like crazy!


Yeah, to everyone who bought pinto station wagons, no doubt...

Just the thought of it is repulsive...


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