“Afraid Ford don’t …
“Afraid Ford don’t care about you. They want you to stay at home by yourself and eat worms.”

lol, priceless.

its all in your …
its all in your head…all in your head

Did the fact the …
Did the fact the company was called DaimlerChrysler along with DaimlerBenz until they changed to just Daimler AG not give that away at any point? And maybe that they had Mercedes engines??? Chrysler was sold in 2007 to a private equity firm from New york.

Yea 99% of kids go …
Yea 99% of kids go to school in a 7-seater car, If i cant fit 1 more kid in a car id want them to stay at home and eat worms, and I have 5 kids, 4 of which have to travel in my car with shields and crash helmets in case i crash. And yea i bought a brand new focus for my 5 kids too.

Wow Top gear have come on leaps and bounds over the years unlike the crap they talk here

i don’t get why …
i don’t get why more families don’t buy the focus. i’d sure rather have one than a huge minivan or suv. my uncle only has one kid, yet for no reason i can see, has an 8 seater suv. why? it’s not fun to drive, and wasteful.

I’m a little …
I’m a little surprised that Ford beat Toyota in the reliability ratings. I had a Tercel that was a great little solid car, great fuel economy, indestructible, and with the 5 speed, actually kind of fun to drive. (I could chirp second gear, yeah it was a beast :P). Also had an Escort that was…yeah, none of the above.

So the whole “American cars are unreliable” shtick is definitely outdated, but when camrys are made in america, and fords have euro & jap parts & are built in mexico, etc…?

Don’t forget …
Don’t forget not-so-bland cars like the Toyota Supra, Mitsubish and Subaru’s rally derived road cars, and the numerous other sports cars their otherwise bland big automotive manufacturers produce.

The Mazda RX8 was …
The Mazda RX8 was designed in America.
so does that mean it’s not Japanese?
auto manufactures are so big there not really European,Japanese,American, There global.

first of all, i …
first of all, i never said it was “american;” that would be the post to which i replied. second, the ford’s european-market models are almost always different from their american-market models, even when they share a name.

the focus isn’t …
the focus isn’t american, it was built in belgium, designed in england, and primarily sold in the european market. the only thing american about it was the money to finance it’s development.

Yeah, by Japanese, …
Yeah, by Japanese, I meant mostly Honda and Toyota. However, I have recently looked at the reliability of new Toyota cars and the overall reliability of Toyota is now worse than Ford. However, Ford cannot match the reliability of Honda. However, I do agree that the 90s and early 2000s Japanese cars were bland as .

…oh yeah, and …
…oh yeah, and Suzuki is dead last in the reliability rankings, and they’ve historically been godawful reliability wise, so the whole “Japanese cars are reliable” Kool Aid is a ridiculous generalization based on a few excellent, albeit bland as cars, like the Accord and Camry.

never seen a group …
never seen a group of people that excited about a focus. lmfaooo