http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/ Autoblog Comments for http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Sep 4th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/On the car, it looks ok, nothing special though.
Interesting use of the new Ford styling language, you definately get "new-Mondeo" on the front end.]]>Sep 4th 2007 1:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Sep 4th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/
"Compared to this, the Ford Escape is just lame."

Indeed.]]>Sep 4th 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Sep 4th 2007 10:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Sep 4th 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Sep 4th 2007 2:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Sep 4th 2007 2:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Sep 4th 2007 2:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/
Just thought I'd let you know.]]>Sep 4th 2007 7:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_D3_platform]]>Sep 4th 2007 7:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/
It's miles better looking than the Edge.

What I wouldn't give for the killer diesel with 6-speed manual. ]]>Sep 4th 2007 2:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/
While I agree with everyone that Ford is messing up big time by not bringing euro models over.

But maybe there's an important underlying reason why they're not bringing the Focus, Mondeo, and now the Kuga over. Wouldn't bringing those Euro models to the US make them out of the "Ford" price range. I mean Ford in the US are affordable cars, but in Europe they can be priced higher, with a bit of premium attached. If they bring over the Euro models and water them down to meet a price point, wouldn't they just be as crappy as the current US models?

And how do the baby-boomers feel about these designs? Ford Europe's Kinetic Design is polarized towards the younger generations. We often forget that there's still middle America and Ford America still needs to cater to them as well.]]>Sep 4th 2007 2:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Sep 4th 2007 2:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/
But you're right. I don't think it's all these factors that are preventing Ford from making a comeback, it's the lack of foresight and risk taking in the management. So what if it's an American icon and the company is 100 years old, go big or go home! No sarcasm there.

Maybe the new CEO will know a thing or two about betting the entire company on one product, like how Boeing bet the entire company on the 747 and now the 787. Hells, Ford bet the company on the Taurus! And the new Taurus/500 just sucks.]]>Sep 4th 2007 2:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/
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Us 'mericans is just too big fer them furrin things.

They dun tried it again with that Jaguire X-Type thing with 4-wheel drive. Bombed then too.

If'n ya eat Big Macs an sit in an office all day watchin Oprah ya needs a bigger auto than that there Europeen Ford.]]>Sep 4th 2007 5:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Sep 5th 2007 10:10AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/frankfurt-preview-ford-kuga-crosses-over-to-production/Bring the Mondeo and call it the Cougar or something like that. Then I'll put Mercury on my list.]]>Sep 4th 2007 2:37PM