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Fair enough, there are still the Fiesta, Focus, and Mondeo in the EU, with ST models even. Back to the bad old days where the US gets none of that. Maybe if cars come back into fashion they'll bring back the Tempo instead.

Yeah, a genuine car guy at the helm of a company that has one (1) genuine car in its lineup. And he's about to restyle that one to look like a truck. :giggle:

Yeah, no. If I look through my response across the history of Mustang restyles, I don't see any aversion to change in my likes or dislikes. It's more about whether the restyle was appealing and whether the design feels true to the image or not. Sorry, but a gaping, carp-lipped truck maw is...

Ford at its best has had great styling that helped define industry trends. Ford at its worst has been just another me-too make chasing industry trends. <--You are here.

Looks like Ford plans to open the front grill up more, making it look like every other car and SUV on the road. No thanks.

I'm holding out for my flying car. This is the 1990s all over for Ford. Ignoring passenger cars in favor of their "SUV future". Meanwhile Camrys, Corrolas, Accords, and Civics outsell every Ford SUV.

I'm skeptical that they can stay competitive with the current platform. They need it to lose some weight unless CAFE targets change significantly. I'm a little worried that we're seeing a repeat of the '90s when Ford was ignoring their passenger cars in favor of trucks. They may think it's...

While Ford could soldier on for a while with the S550 platform, they really need to trim some weight if they want to keep making the required progress on fuel economy. A clean sheet could probably also make the platform more hybrid friendly.