ZWICK 4 PREZ
Posts: 7,733
Jun 21, 2010 6:51am
http://www.freep.com/article/20100618/BUSINESS01/6180450/1210/Ford-leads-surge-in-quality
To sum up the article .. Ford = GOAT
To sum up the article .. Ford = GOAT
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Jun 21, 2010 8:13am
Yawn. I'm a Honda man, through and through.... however... I would buy the new Taurus in a heartbeat! One of the nicest looking cars I've ever seen.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Jun 21, 2010 9:45am
FORD is indeed the GOAT.
And, yeah, the new Taurus is awesome. I badly want the SHO.
And, yeah, the new Taurus is awesome. I badly want the SHO.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Jun 21, 2010 9:56am
Ford is on the up-and-up, but they are farrr from GOAT.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Jun 21, 2010 9:57am
ernest_t_bass;395969 wrote:Ford is on the up-and-up, but they are farrr from GOAT.
Okay.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Jun 21, 2010 10:04am
justincredible;395970 wrote:Okay.
Whatever, dude.
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
Jun 21, 2010 10:13am
After the last couple of years I will from now on be a Ford driver. Ford is most certainly the top automaker out there.
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Jun 21, 2010 10:16am
The new Taurus is sweet looking although I have yet to see the SHO model on the road at least.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Jun 21, 2010 10:29am
The meaningful gap in quality was closed several years ago. Yes, the foreign makes scored higher but if you could attach a real, as opposed to perceived, value on that gap it was insignificant. Of course, something to be said about perception, as always.
IMO, design has hurt the Big 3 more than anything in recent years. Anything they made that wasn't a truck or SUV was just ugly for so long with few exceptions. But it's nice to see they can now point to factual evidence of the closing of the quality gap to start changing perception.
Still, i don't know what the current cost per vehicle gap now is after all the recent restructuring, but when you have a $2000 per vehicle cost disadvantage and the big 3 were selling something like 9 million vehicles a year you see why they couldn't make a proft => that added up to $18B a year, folks.
IMO, design has hurt the Big 3 more than anything in recent years. Anything they made that wasn't a truck or SUV was just ugly for so long with few exceptions. But it's nice to see they can now point to factual evidence of the closing of the quality gap to start changing perception.
Still, i don't know what the current cost per vehicle gap now is after all the recent restructuring, but when you have a $2000 per vehicle cost disadvantage and the big 3 were selling something like 9 million vehicles a year you see why they couldn't make a proft => that added up to $18B a year, folks.