Ford CEO - Americans need to “get back in love” with small cars

[MITCHAY]

I'm really hoping this whole ute and SUV thing comes full circle because apart from the fact I don't want one we have more useless people in these things who have no fear of anything who'd be less dangerous in a sedan or hatch. Doubt it will happen anytime soon.

Cut off by a Ranger and Prado in a row the other day in a gap I wouldn't even try to. I'd like to say **** it but I'd be on the losing side of that argument

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Falcon SXR8

Was reading some comments on facebook on this and most of them were people still ticked off over the auto issues ford had. They really shot themselves in the foot with that.

But they all do that

I question the people who think it's a good idea to have a $20,000 gearbox that can change gears in .00000000000001 seconds in a cheap car that has 100KW, that's most likely going to spend its time going between traffic lights at 50km/h with an average journey length of 7km.

Torque converter auto works pretty good in that use case for those who can't change their own gears. In fact torque converter auto is pretty much peak gearbox, reliable, works well, nice driving manners, cheap and proven.

Given the imminent economic doom we're about to hit, I wonder if there's going to be a market for cheap basic new cars. Or we're just going to double down and we'll have $150,000 Ford Ranger and everyone else on foot

[simon varley]

Originally Posted by CyberWasp

Small Cars could be made fun.

once upon a time, small cars certainly were fun. In their wisdom, Ford decided we didn't need hot hatches any more