Ford is essentially a truck company. That is why in spite of calling 2005 “The Year of the Car” they could not muster much more than a reskinning of the Volvo 80 platform to create the unpowered, boring as butter Five Hundred Series (which have sold poorly).
Sadly, Ford of Europe manufactures cars that people want–namely the new Focus ST. But for now, in America, its all trucks.
On the other hand, if you really care about their contribution to our economy and the like, then you might appreciate the fact that Ford can spin out the best truck concepts (at least) around. If you really, really care, then write to them and tell them to produce the following truck–The Super Chief. I am told it is more economical than Neil Young’s bio-diesel powered Hummer and consumes enough steel to put Cleveland and Youngstown back on the map.
P.S. The interior is made from a solid piece of wood. Think land yacht. Why not?
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