2009-04-16

I'M SUDDENLY DIGGING FORD CARS.  

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This will come as a shock to my family and friends, but I'm actually starting to dig Fords now. I'm a Japanese car fanatic, mainly Nissans, but Ford is beginning to impress me. So much so, that I'd actually buy one! To me, Ford has always stood for "Found On Road Dead", or backwards, "Driver Returns On Foot", but I think those days are gone. Believe you me, I'm just as shocked as you. Their cars' quality have steadily improved, and they told the government where to stick their loan. You gotta like that.

The new Ford lineup is impressive as well. Take the Flex for instance, an SUV that seats 7 comfortably, and gets decent gas mileage. It has retro styling without looking contrived, and the Vista Roof option is aces as well. It also offers as an option, a cooler inside. This is the perfect family/road trip vehicle. Then there's the Lincoln MKS, and very good looking luxury sedan, that could easily compete with it's rivals, but I'll admit that Ford needs to tweak the performance ability of this car to get it to match it's sticker, but they're on the right track and I feel that they will sort it out. The Mustang needs no explaining, it is what it is.

Then you have their lineup of crossovers, the Lincoln MKX and the Ford Edge, 2 impressive looking vehicles that have the roominess of SUV's and the handling of a sedan. Most shockily to me, is the soon be released Taurus! Good God, what took them so long?! For decades, Ford sent their best offerings to Europe, and now, they've decided to bless to home crowd. If you haven't seen pictures of the 2010 Ford Taurus, do so. I've always felt that they should've put the damn thing out to pasture, but with it's new design, it's actually on my shortlist.

Everyone always scream, "Buy American!", but America's big 3 didn't give many of us a good enough reason to "Buy American!". Ford seems to be changing that, in fact, they have! I singled Ford out because I've always liked some GM and Chrysler models, but I wouldn't be caught dead in a Ford. All of that has changed now. Ford's really stepping up. As their old tag line used to ask, "Have you driven a Ford lately?". Well, have you? I think you'd be impressed.