European Fords (NAC)

[Carl Cobb]

I want my vehicles made either in Japan (american hondas are pretty darn
good, though; hard to tell the difference) or in Germany; period.  We did
not buy a mercedes ml320 for precisely that reason; we don't want rednecks
from the south (of which I am one of, thank you; the south WILL Rise again,
suh!) assembling our german vehicles.

That goes for Mexico and Brasil, too.

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre at online.no>
To: "quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: European Fords (NAC)


> I second that. The general feeling is German, but the quality is way below
> average.
>
> PerL
>
>
> Aleksander Mierzwa wrote:
>
> > At 03:18 01-04-26 +0200, Per Lindgren wrote:
> >
> > >> Ford Focus? Toyota
> > >> Echo? ...blah. I want it European!
> > >
> > >The Focus IS european. It is 100% developed by Ford in Germany. So is
also
> > the
> > >Contour (aka Ford Mondeo)
> >
> > I don't have much experience with newer Fords, but I have the
displeasure
> > of driving and servicing an 1988 Ford Scorpio 2.9 which is in my family
and
> > I can honestly say this car is nowhere near the traditional German build
> > philosophy and quality. The pushrod engine belongs in a Ranger truck,
not a
> > luxury sedan. The floorpan is corroded, you need to be careful where you
> > jack it, rust protection is no better than that of French and Italian
cars
> > of the same vintage. The interior is squeak, squeak, rattle, rattle. It
> > handles well, but at great expense of ride quality. The Ford of Europe
> > engineers might be German, but I have the reasons to believe they are
> > dominated by Detroit accountants.
> >
> > --
> > Aleksander Mierzwa
> > Warsaw, Poland
> > 87 5KT
>