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Aprime @ Apr 15th 2008 7:02PM
I really didn't have anything in mind when I said that (which is the reason why most of my comments appear to be poorly constructed... Or planned :v).
Actually, I was pretty happy with last decade's product, I owned an Escort until last Summer and I've been pretty happy with it, disregarding all the problems it had (due to poor maintenance from the previous owner, be it rust (re-coat your cars after 5 years, please) or anything else. It's the stuff that's been planned under Bill Ford's (and that the current guys are being accounted for, just like Lutz was being accounted for the crap that had already been planned once he got his current job) reign that I hate (looking ahead, things aren't looking so grim, but right now? Bleh, nothing for me).
So what if they dominate those markets? I could care less, I don't need a truck, I never needed a truck, and I will never need or want a truck. SYNC is a novelty the first couple of times you try it, but the thing gets absurd after a while. Do I want Bluetooth and USB in my car? Of course. Do I want a passable voice-integration system? No, I'd rather wait 'til the technology's really there (SYNC 2.0 probably addresses a lot of the problems with the present iteration).
If there's one thing I'm pissed at them for is certainly discontinuating the Focus wagon (didn't really have an interest in them) and hatchbacks. :P Their trucks have served my grandpa well and Mazda makes cars that I love... And they made cars my father loved back when he was alive.