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The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can't Have

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Jay Oct 12, 2008 5:17 AM GMT Ford is bragging about its new cars getting 20-25 mpg of gasoline. I do not know how we got such ignorant R&D engineers in this country. You have to really work hard to be that stupid, sorry to say. Good time to buy Ford stock, they have no place to go but up. Even if they hire the Lawnmower Man they'd do a heck of a lot better even if they dont increase his intelligence.
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Natschultz Oct 10, 2008 2:13 PM GMT STUPID MOVE! The best car you can drive is a 1999-2005 VW Jetta TDI, and that averages 40-50 mpg. They stopped production when diesels were banned here in 2006. The new clean Diesel Jettas only get 22/29 mpg. Please, does Ford have NO CLUE? Those old Jetta owners worship their cars and wouldn't trade it for anything like a Prius or even the new clean diesel Jetta. I bet most of them would trade in their old Jettas for a diesel Ford that gets 65 mpg.As for the Northeast being "hostile" to diesel, that may be the case with the laws, but definitely not the Jetta TDI lovers I know!Ford should be jumping at the chance to get into the market of bio-diesel homebrewers; they are the real environmentalists, not the uppity Hollywood Gorebot Prius Pions.If Ford had any brains they'd manufacture the Fiesta ECOnetic in Upstate New York (on the border of Vermont, but with much more friendly business taxes)!At the rate Ford is going the market for used Jetta TDI's will be more profitable than Ford's entire lineup.
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David Oct 10, 2008 1:11 PM GMT I would think that for a man in his position Mark Fields would not appear to be a complete idiot. If this car cost $48,000.00 I would buy one. Now that I know that they exist I am getting to work right away on my strategy to purchase one and get it here. I am amazed that this vehicle is being kept from Americans. The Ford (Diesel) that is in my driveway right now will be the last Ford in my driveway.
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Marilyn Oct 9, 2008 4:34 PM GMT If America would just start converting all trash in existing trash dumps to bio-diesel, and not create new dumps but immediately convert the trash to bio-diesel, these cars would be in instant, strong demand as stocks of bio-diesel increase. I'm planning on buying a new car in one to three years and I want a diesel with great mileage.
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Darrka Oct 8, 2008 11:50 PM GMT It's underrated that Ford's break fast. My neighbor bought a truck off the lot that was made in the early 90's and said he never a single serious problem with it. Secondly, I'd rather buy this Ford that runs on gas then get a prius and buy a $3,000 dollar battery every 3 years.
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Dave Oct 8, 2008 1:09 AM GMT Again, another sad report of poor managment by a company that has brought its quality up to match Toy and Honda. I have ask them why they don't put a baby powerstroke diesel in a Ranger. Even a 2cyl. would work great. We need to keep telling Ford that we want the high fuel milage of the diesels.
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woundedduck Oct 7, 2008 5:57 PM GMT So build the freaking engine here in the U.S. and plunk it into a U.S. chassis.
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Matthew Oct 7, 2008 1:43 AM GMT It is a Ford. It will deteriorate in a few years. It would not save me enough money to afford the cost of a new car in 3 years.
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Len Filut Oct 6, 2008 1:23 PM GMT F.O.R.D. must be some sort of foreign language acronmym for F***ing morons.
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stu grosnick Oct 6, 2008 4:35 AM GMT Ford is sitting on a gold mine. They could educate the pubic on the new deisel technology and probably sell over a million units in the first year. This is a no brainer. hello?
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