European Fords (NAC)

[Tom Nas]

Aleksander Mierzwa <alexaudi at kki.net.pl> wrote:

>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.

Long-term reliability will probably still leave something to desire and 
build quality is still nowhere near Audi levels (not even VW ones, 
actually) but newer Fords are supposed to handle much better. The 
previous-model Mondeo I drove a while back was indeed almost fun to drive, 
newer Mondeos and Foci (?) get rave reviews for handling.

Tom