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James @ Dec 17th 2007 3:16PM
No, but fast affordable small cars got
Honda
VW
BMW (2002)
Subaru
Peugeot
Audi
Nissan
Mazda
to where they are
And you can actually add Toyota to that as the Corrola used to have a nice performance option before they killed it as did the Celica.
Alfa and Fiat were turned around by the 8C's advertising and hard work in making the rest of the lineup good looking and fun to drive.
The other thing to note is most other manufacturers have a defined ladder system to accommodate customers. Toyota does "sporty" econo fun with scion (and if they don't want to make them fast they fully push the tuner market to make them fast) and high end fun with Lexus.
the other brands mentioned above do the exact same thing.
If I want something fun and sporty from Ford that isn't a Mustang, I get........
A fusion? ... huh .. wha??!
I am sorry but I (and many others that have them) love their SVT Focus and I (and many others) will have to defect in a few years when they get too long in the tooth and every other brand recognizes that some people want a hot hatch, or at least a fun sedan.
Ford Europe is dragging Ford Motors into (slight0 profitability I don't see how those numbers (and our complaining) can be so wrong?