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darkpuppet,Jun 22 2009, 10:57 PM Wrote:

OAC_Sparky,Jun 18 2009, 08:16 PM Wrote:See, that's what I've  been saying all along. Everybody here complained that they didn't bring Europe's performance Focus over here, but when it comes to putting out the money people would pooh-pooh it because it's "still a focus".
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A Focus is a world-renowned sport compact, "hot hatch", rally car-based compact. It can haul groceries, kids and ass - at least in Mexico, the UK and the rest of Europe. In Canada and the U.S., it's been the laughing stock of performance. For 3 years we had the SVT, and while the chassis and brakes were great, as well as the interior, the motor still needed MORE. But as a first real effort, it was good. It's on my list of "cars to collect one day".

A Taurus is a large, unwieldly economical family transport that Ford tried to make interesting to compete with the 1980s 3-series BMWs and a few others. To wit, they couldn't even develop a respectable motor and they turned to Yamaha (and a bit of Cosworth if memory serves) for that. The V8 models were jokes, even more so than the original V6s. This new one is an attempt once again to steal some 3-series lunch. You know what that's going to get it? More of the same - lumps, bruises, black eyes and snickers.

Once again, Ford prices them out of the reach of the guys that appreciate them and puts them square in the hands of the guys that don't know what to do with them.

If I had the need, I'd buy a Mustang GT with the Track Pack just to spite the new SHO. It's all great on paper until you get to the (unreasonable) price.