Ford makes some nice cars, they just sell them in Europe. We get the Taurus.
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Originally Posted by KrayzieFox
(Post 391743)
Damn that's a nice car considering it's made by Ford.
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http://s2.desktopmachine.com/pics/Fo...s-226-1024.jpg
so killer looking. love everything about it! I can't get enough of that 'kinetic design' style euro Ford uses (mondeo, s-max, focus, and others) in my eyes it totally kicks the butt of the Audi A3 and for a bit less money! |
Originally Posted by _Kansei_
(Post 391768)
It's on the S40/Mazda3 chassis, though the 5-cyl turbo is obviously no Mazda engine *looks toward Volvo*
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it's not that weird.. it's not like it's a V engine, it's inline. It gives you half the power boost of a V6 vs i4 but without the full fuel economy hit of the V6.
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That stuff has more to do with displacement (and other factors) than configuration. The I-5 was more likely selected for packaging reasons.
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I'm not sure what packaging reasons though, as a 2.5 i4 vs 2.5 i5.. the i5 is going to be longer. I know volvo has been doing 5 cylinders since at least the mid 80s so I would imagine part of the reason was that a 4-cylinder of that displacement would have been VERY unrefined back then. A 2.5 4 is hardly refined even today.
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Haha--remember the Porsche 968--3 liters of inline 4 fury! But balance shafts tamed the intrinsic secondary balance problems.
Ford's engine selection probably had to do with what was available in the parts bin, too. |
Originally Posted by _Kansei_
(Post 391768)
It's on the S40/Mazda3 chassis, though the 5-cyl turbo is obviously no Mazda engine *looks toward Volvo*
selling for $30,611 U.S. if they bring it here I hope they drop the price a bit, vw gti mk5's are fully loaded for that in the states my problem with the svt from was there wasnt any advertising about it, the only reason i found out about it existed was bc a friend drove 5 hours to buy one lol ford has too much money in their trucks and mustangs imo maybe when i graduate college i can get a job in europe lol |
The euro focus does not really compete with the Gti .. think Audi A3.. which can get over 36k no issue.
competes with the Volvo C30 as well. |
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