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Aug. 31, 2012 8:11pm Becket Adams

Ford on Track to Beat Toyota With Focus Vehicle

This Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 file picture shows the 2012 model year Ford Focus during its debut at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

RAYONG, Thailand (TheBlaze/AP) — Ford Motor Co. says its Focus small car is on track to become the best-selling car in the world this year, trumping the Toyota Corolla.

Ford sold 489,616 Focus sedans and hatchbacks worldwide in the first half of 2012. That was almost 27,000 more than the perennial best-seller, the Toyota Corolla.

Ford made the announcement at its assembly plant in Rayong, which opened in May to build the Focus. The Thailand plant, which is one of Ford’s most advanced, has the capacity to produce 150,000 cars per year for sale in Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and other countries in the region.

Ford’s recently revamped Focus is sold in more than 100 countries worldwide. It’s a strong seller in the U.S., where Focus sales were up 31 percent in the first half of the year compared with 2011. But the Corolla is still king in the U.S., where it outsold the Focus by nearly 27,500 in the first half of the year.

The Corolla could still top the Focus worldwide, too. Last year at this time the Focus was ahead of the Corolla, but the Corolla pulled through in the end, outselling the Focus by around 100,000 vehicles, according to IHS Global Insight, an industry consulting firm.

At the plant Friday, Ford executives were also celebrating the production of the 350 millionth vehicle Ford has made since its founding 109 years ago.

Final Thought: Ford wasn’t bailed out with billions of taxpayers’ dollars. General Motors was. Ford’s Focus is on track to become the best-selling vehicle in the world this year. GM may file for bankruptcy … again. Ford is celebrating the production of its 350 millionth vehicle. GM has suspended production of its much-touted Volt … again. Just saying.

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Quagaar Warrior
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 11:05pm
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Ford will never beat Toyota quality until they go NON-union!
Everything that unions & govt touches goes to hell.
GM went to govt. and Chrysler went to Italy, (FIAT).
It’s only a matter of time for Ford unless they do something about their fat, lazy, pension-greedy union thugs!
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- drattastic
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:23pm
  I’m not arguing the union thing but let me tell you about non-union plants and their new employee strategy. First you cut the workforce to a skeleton crew ,then you make what is left 60% plus temporary employees ( or “variable workforce”) at half the pay and zero benefits , Now the key is to string these temps along as long as possible in hopes they will get a full time position (I’m talking years here not months) when they reach the limit of years ( 3 years to 6 years) then you lay them off before they can be hired and tell them they can start their term all over again if they want a full time job. Most will either break down physically (because some of these jobs will destroy your body over time)or get tired of being stung along and quit . This is what these factories want a never ending fresh supply of cheap labor (high schools have a graduating class every year). Most of these temps figure out the scam quickly but in the obama economy and other factories adopting the same model the employment picture looks pretty bleak ( I feel bad for this generation )so moral is a problem.
  
  Now you take the full time employees ,they haven’t had a raise in 5 years ,their benefit cost go up every year ,the company is looking for reasons to replace them with temps and they are doing more work because of the bare bones workforce not to mention constantly retraining the revolving door temp. workforce . So again moral is a problem.
  
  Do you think any of this has no impact on quality
  
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- StanO360
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 1:39pm
  Drattastic, that’s the free market, if the workers are valuable they will hire them full time, otherwise they will lose good workers and lose quality, then market share. You may be right, I don’t know, but companies can only live off of their reputations for a short time.
  
  They may seem like dumb rules to us, but then it’s not my concern (as long as it’s not illegal) unless I buy a crappy car.
  
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Val_Dragon
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:44pm
Obamas biological father is Frank Marshal Davis.

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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 11:05pm
  And he wrote a book “Dreams From My Revolutionary Marxist Father.” Obama is a Manchurian president.
  
  Good, glad to see Ford back in the game. They make great vehicles.
  
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hpyagl
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:33pm
Before moving into aerospace, I worked about 15 years as an Engineer for automove suppliers to the big 5. I remember the name “Focus” had a dual meaning. When Ford people weren’t around the “o” in Focus sounded more like a “uc” when refering to the platform during the program launch. It became the normal way the name was said until someone let it slip once in a phone call with a Ford Engineer. The funny thing is the Ford Engineer actually laughed and said we weren’t the only ones saying it that way! In those days, everybody including Ford engineers were could see all the cost cutting and cheap out sourcing that was going on and what it was doing to quality. The Focus has come along wat since the first generation. It is a very good car now and Ford has done a very good job of working out the bugs. I drive a Honda Accord now but I also have an older F150 I have had for many years and it has never let me down. 300CI six pushing 300,000 miles and has never failed. The Honda is great, but I am emotional with my old truck!

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- Puddle Duck
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:47am
  Ford has really turned things around in the quality department. I had a Ford as a rental few weeks back and it was a shock for me to see and feel for myself the improvements they have made.
  
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hpyagl
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:13pm
waterboy
The Harold Camping approch just makes you out to be a dam fool!

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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:10pm
Nuttier than a squirrel turd.

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overthecliff
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:09pm
Won`t buy American cars. Don`t want to give UW money to use against me. Screw them.

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- OKC08GT500
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:39pm
  Toyota doesn’t make muscle cars, so I will stay with my Ford Shelby GT500. And for those in Rio Linda, learn the difference between a sports car and a muscle car.
  
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- Val_Dragon
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:40pm
  Me too… Hondas are better anyway.
  
  Btw: Obamas biological father is Frank Marshal Davis.
  
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RandallJude
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:55pm
sorry, but Ford Motor Credit took $15.9 Billion in Bailout money. So they are as bad as GM. I have never owned a foreign car, but with the unions (1%’ers) and Obama, I have vowed to never own a UAW built car again. I’ve suffered with the inferior product far to long for the sake of “not jumping ship”. UAW will run GM into the ground with Chrysler just behind, Ford will be the last to fall. For all my years support, I now say Good Riddance! I’m tired of hearing union workers snivel and cry while they make the most money. I know many, many people who feel the same way.

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- FNGRNFAN
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:11pm
  RandallJude
  your full of it !
  Go FOMOCO
  
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- RandallJude
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:22pm
  google Ford 15.9 Billion Bailout, you won’t believe your lie’n eyes! Great hush job on ford’s part!
  
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- eby11
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 7:04am
  It was 5.9 billion in a govt loan in 2009, according to Forbes. Not bailout money, as it was a different loan! It was to re-tool some of their plants, and avoid a bankruptcy. They did take govt money though, shame on them for not running their business tighter before hand! Since their debt has gone from 33 bil to 12 bil.
  
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Puddle Duck
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:48pm
Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that Tim is the Unabombers son ? Tim are you from Colorado by any chance ? If you are that would explain half of your crap…..maybe all of it.

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kapnkd
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:36pm
Bought a 2012 Fusion back in December and love it!! ….Standard 4 cylinder and got well over 30+ mpg with it without even being broken in.

Best part it’s an American product and to date – no quality or mechanical issues at all. Glad I bought it, especially now that the government and unions own GM and most of Chrysler!!

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SammyStutsfruckle
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:33pm
Know why? Because the Focus looks cool (finally) and the dated Corolla looks like crap. The Japanese put more money and thought into building better, more reliable cars just not better looking. Hell, look at Nissan for the last 20 years. I’ve driven a Focus. Was it cool? Yeah. Drove decent. Probably not a bad car for the first 100K. Although I will say my dad’s Ranger is still puttin’ along at close to 600K mi. But overall, I’d have to say Toyota builds a better car.

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- Dale on the Left Coast
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:30pm
  Toyota builds junk for the mindless . . . dated platforms, huge chinese manufactured content . . . some of the poorest driving clunks on the market . . . eg: Yaris and Corolla . . .
  Toyota is the MOST RECALLED lineup in the new Millenium . . . since 2005 they have recalled almost 30 MILLION Vehicles.
  
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- REED IT AND WEEP
  Posted on September 3, 2012 at 12:07am
  I wouldn’t necessarily say that anymore Sam. Ford has run neck and neck vs. Toyota in quality comparos for a few years now…Honda too.
  
  I’ve personally owned two Fusions, an 07 and 10, both with V-6′s and lots of options. Neither car ever saw the dealer once other than trading them in…they were both flawless. So this year I stepped up and bought a new Taurus SHO…and I will match my SHO against any $80,000-100,000 grand import sedan out there from anyone bar none. What a car…it even has massaging and air conditioned seats! Most of all, it’s been perfect like it’s predecessors and even though it’s huge in sizw with 365 HP…I get up to 31 on the hwy if I don’t drive it like I’m a kid again. Way to go Ford!
  
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:30pm
I wish you would just go spam your nuttiness at info-wars or ronpaul.com or something. Your insanity is tiresome and depressing, yet you never ever stop spamming it on every damned thread.

SEEK HELP FROM A PROFESSIONAL AND NOW!

You make the rest of the Paulbots seem sane by comparison, which is why I think they never call you out for your behavior.

Please, just find some more places on the internet to incessantly spam your incomprehensible prophet-wanna-be garbage. Spread it around some, so you’re not such a chronic nuissance to ONLY US.

You are, without a doubt, the most prolific commentor on this site. But 90% of your posts are just the same incoherent gibberish about the lake of fire, metals, waters, and how no one understands the Bible but you. The other 10% is you trying to tie your insanity to whatever topic is at hand to make it seem relevant.

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watersRpeople
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:05pm
That’s a fact, and that’s what the Bible is all about, but you’re so dense you think it’s about your pleasure.
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- jcizarter
  Posted on September 3, 2012 at 6:45am
  the New Testament? is speaking metaphorically about John the Baptist wading into a croud of people and then dunking them into more people to pretend to baptise them in water? Where do you draw the line when studying the Greek translation. Is everything just a huge metaphor in the New Testament? Please take time to study the original language and then let us know what you find out.
  
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GrumpyCat
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:03pm
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

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- saranda
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:23pm
  And move your assembly outside the US.
  
  Why is TheBlaze supporting even more jobs lost forever. We are a nation of consumers and there is no future in that.
  
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- bikerr
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:45pm
  @saranda—Reporting something is not necessarily supporting it,besides what are the alternatives?
  
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- brother_ed
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:54am
  How can one be a proponent of the ‘free market system’ and make a protectionist, tariff laden comment like that?
  
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prkw
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:54pm
I rented a Ford Focus Turbo-Diesel in Germany a few months back.
115mph on the Autobahn and it wasn’t breathing hard. Great car.

One problem …… can’t be bought in the USA

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- Former_Road_Finisher
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:02pm
  Same problem buying a diesel powered Ranger. Government regulations prevent them from being sold in the US while the VW Jetta diesel, which is allowed but hard to get, gets 50+ mpg at highway speed.
  
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- Mojoron
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 4:07pm
  I heard the Gov won’t allow diesel cars into the US because they get better gas milage causing Fed sales taxes and State sales taxes to be cut in half if everyone drove small diesel engines. In Europe where gas is the same price as diesel, they get almost the same tax revenue from either since gas engines get pretty good milage on their own since they are 4 or 6 cylinders versus our 6 or 8 cylinders.
  
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- bpodlesnik
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:43pm
  I’m amazed at how many people don’t know what they are talking about when the post something about vehicles on The Blaze. Many auto manufacturers don’t sell their diesel cars here because either A) Americans don’t want them and there isn’t a big enough market to produce them here and not sell well or B) the gas versions of the cars are already doing well so why bring in a whole different engine to compete against itself.
  
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- Pink_Panther_Party
  Posted on September 3, 2012 at 7:11am
  Be careful of what you wish for. I’ve ALWAYS bought Ford trucks and we have a fleet (13) of Ford diesel F-250′s for the shop.
  
  Long story short, WE HAD TO SUE FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS……UNDER WARRANTY for stupid defects that Ford ADMITS they made, and WE WON (of course) but it took months and over $100 grand in attorney’s fees by the time we were done.
  
  I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT IN MY LIFE after that experience, and the dumb****’s that run Ford now are running it into the ground.
  
  Heaven help you if you have a defective Ford product these days! It didn’t used to be like this. Ford used to treat their customers like they valued their future business. I’ve heard a DOZEN stories like ours in the past 6 months!
  
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Theleftisda
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:53pm
ford is mass murdering crap.

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- watersRpeople
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:59pm
  It says in the Bible that in these days there will be more carnage since there was from the beginning, and likely ever will be. That’s what you all caused with your love of money. Because why? The love of money is the root of all evil.
- barber2
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:05pm
  Water: So God is an anti-capitalist ? Is that the message hidden within your psycho babble ?
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:21pm
  I think little Timmy needs to find a religious site to blog on. He’s a one trick pony.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:23pm
  @THELEFTISDEAD
  Please elaborate. When was the last time a Ford caught fire or accelerated out of control and killed anyone?
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:45pm
  if you don’t like Ford, other good cars are Honda and Nissan, my Maxima should last about 500,000 miles if i keep things up.
  
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- Theleftisda
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:30pm
  Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  http://www.fordexplorerrollover.com/
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 11:36pm
  I would hardly call that mass murder, partially at fault was Firestone. The Explorer’s wheelbase is too narrow to be a good SUV. I have driven Jeep Grand Cherokees since 2002. Best SUV I have driven, and it saved my life in 2004, when a UPS truck hit me head-on (his fault).
  I have seen Ford improve tremendously since 2006 or so, while GM has gone the other direction.
  Oh, and my daughter has a 2003 Honda Accord, that model year had a problem with a pump in the transmission, which causes the fluid to overheat which ruins the torque converter. It costs between 2500-3500 to replace or rebuild the transmission, and Honda would only fix cars under warranty, but nothing else. Avoid the 2003 Accord.
  I drove a regular Cherokee for nearly 500,000 miles before the engine quit. I could have had it fixed, but the jackass mechanic who first checked it started it up and revved it up, causing more damage. Then drove the Grand Cherokee Overlands, my current one has 169,000 miles on it. My wife’s 2000 Town & Country has over 250,000 miles on it, and still going. I guess I have always have had luck with Chrysler, from my ’77 Roadrunner to now.
  
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- Dale on the Left Coast
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:48pm
  The SUV that had the most ROLLOVERS was the Toyota Forerunner . . . the model with the big tires would flip with a quick lane change. I personally witnessed this on a bridge about 8 years ago . . . brand new Forerunner . . . quick lane change and it was on its roof . . . sliding down the road doing a slow rotation at 55 mph . . . laughable. The guy driving had eves as big as saucers.
  The Explorer thing was 100% tire issues and stoopid drivers. What do you do when a tire blows? Nothing . . . ease off the excellerator and allow the vehicle to slow down . . . then move to the side of the road. A TV program tried in vane to replicate the blow-out condition with Explorers, but with a competent driver . . . they could not make it flip . . . unlike the Forerunners that flipped WITH ALL 4 TIRES FULLY INFLATED.
  
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watersRpeople
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:45pm
Wow Ford is gonna beat Toyota. What a way to glorify God, because that’s why the earth was created. Doesn’t it make sense that if the whole universe was created that there is better technology than what you have, somewhere? I think it does. Unfortunately 7 billion people can’t be exposed to it.

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- Wool-Free Vision
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:37pm
  Haven’t they outlawed those bath salts in your neck of the woods yet?
  
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- DonLukas
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:38pm
  Dude, go back to the cabinet and finish taking you meds.
  
  You’re complaining to the smartest and most informed people in the world.
  
  Crazy people like you used to stand on the sidewalk preaching your brand of psycho-babble to the worlds easiest target, sinners.
  
  I pray you find peace brother.
  
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Guilty
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:36pm
After a 1992 Saturn SC, a 1993 Dodge Spirit, a 1992 Ford Thunderbird, and a 1992 Mercury Sable, I enlisted and began earning a nice, steady paycheck. After another two years, I bought a 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass. A few years after that, I sold it for one thousand dollars and bought my step-mom’s 2006 Pontiac G6 and drove it from my assignment in Louisiana to my current station in Alaska. After having that for a couple years, and suffering through a transmission problem that caused many a hard shift, I finally had good enough credit to get a $30,000 loan through USAA, which I used to buy my first new car: a 2012 Ford Focus Titanium. My car has everything in it I could ever want, and then some. I could have bought anything with 30K, but I never forgot what I would not buy: Nissan, because my dad always said that my money would go to Japan and not the USA; Toyota, because I’m 25 with no kids and not ready to look old just yet; and anything from GM, solely because of the bailouts and the fact that a corporation, managed by people, was about to face its proper destiny – but was saved by the friggin’ government. I like to think Ford has learned what its customers want in a car or truck, so they’ve gotten rid of the brands and models people didn’t respond to and started selling cars people wanted to buy. It’s like the current state of energy: if you open up two stands, right next to each other, with one selling gas and the other solar panels, who do you think is gonna make mone

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Mutiny
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:35pm
So the best entrepreneur in the world Romney(savior of all that is business) didnt help Ford out with his support of the bailouts?

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- GrumpyCat
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:56pm
  Ford didn’t get bailouts.
  
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nobull14
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:26pm
Good for Ford !!!!. I would not Government Motors car even if they gave it to me.

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- nobull14
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:31pm
  sorry own
  
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- Sirfoldallot
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:39pm
  yup , I own a Ford truck & all my life I’ve had them.
  
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- Theleftisda
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:49pm
  And yet you support a company that commit’s mass murder (NICE)!!!!!!!!!!!!
- barber2
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:50pm
  NO: Agree. As a taxpayer who does NOT owe the unions anything, I resent Big Brother helping his friends, screwing the investors, and rewarding the a company which can’t produce a compettive product. Crony capitalism. Green energy. The typical actions of a Big Brother president who does not like capitalism.One great way to ruin a capitalist system which is one of Comrade Obama’s goals .
  
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- osgeek
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:22pm
  barber2
  You are wrong, GM IS the worlds largest car manufacturer and has been for decades. GM just hasn’t been top in the US. So they must be doing something right somewhere..
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:46pm
  Henry Ford, lol what guy lol.
  
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BIGWUN
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:25pm
Go Ford!!!
Ya gotta love Obama Motors as a competitor.

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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:00pm
  If they were smart back in the Old Mustang days they would drop the prices and put a Ford in nearly every driveway.
  
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Old Truckers
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:20pm
The Focus is a very good car and if I was in the market to buy one, I would not hesitate.

Hey Ford, what happened to the Ranger Pickup? It is discontinued?

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- bpodlesnik
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:32pm
  Yup. Sales were plummeting.
  
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- former
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:53pm
  Ford decided, that with the F150 getting close to the same fuel economy as the Ranger, and the age of the platform (latest update 2002), and the hope (possibly mistaken) that people would buy Transit Connects instead, and the possible emergence of a mid sized F100 that they would let the Ranger go. If they had asked me, I would have had them throw the European 1 Liter turbo 3 cylinder (125 horsepower) in with fuel economy of 25+ city and 35 highway it would have ruled the road.
  
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- Old Truckers
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:54pm
  I wish Ford would make a good looking basic pickup without all the expensive electric gadgets that drive the price through the roof. Manual transmission, roll up windows type of truck. But make it look good, tastefully trimmed out with chrome without all that stinking black rubber/plastic all over the place. A good looking manly truck reasonably priced.
  
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- GrumpyCat
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:02pm
  Yes, and Ford commented the new F-150′s were only about 10% more and 10% poorer fuel economy. So few were buying the expensive Ranger.
  
  3 or 4 years ago Ford had stated a small diesel would be released about 6 months after the major F-150 revision. But that got complicated with the Obama Depression and a falling out Ford had with International over warranty claims on the 6.0L Powerstroke that International built for Ford. That prompted the interim 6.4L Powerstroke which held them over until the current Ford-built 6.7L.
  
  I think a 3.0L diesel F-150 would take a lot of steam out of the Daimler/Mercedes Sprinter van business.
  
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- Puddle Duck
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:46pm
  OT those days are gone forever unfritunately….what I really miss is the days when you could order a Plymouth or Dodge with any engine tranny combo they could stuff into the chassis and at the same time you could delete any or all of the creature comforts and still get that road burner for a decent price (cheap by todays prices). GM and Ford were always a 1K or more and you have to order to some option groups to qualify for the motor tranny combo you really wanted.
  
  I wish Dodge would go back to that business model…get a 392 Hemi in a base level trim Chellenger for under 35K instead if having to buy the SRT8 model just to get at the 392. 54K for a Challenger is ridicluous….for 56K youy could buy a mint 70 Challenger with a 440 Mganum/4 speed…..I know which one I would choose. I also like trucks (have a 4X4 SUV gas gullzer now) but the prices for those have gotten stupid the past 7 years as well…The days of getting a Chevy P/U with a 454 V8 for under 10K are LONG gone.
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:20pm
I have rented a lot of Ford Focus’, they actually are pretty good cars and are very comfortable, but I still like my Truck. If I ever did buy a small car, I would consider a Focus.

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chips1
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:19pm
I needed a small truck and Ford quit making it 2 years ago.y wife mentioned Toyota and we bought one. It has everything including XM radio and great sound system. I don’t go anywhere without my Oldies but Goodies.

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Quagaar Warrior
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:16pm
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Ford will never beat Toyota quality until they go NON-union!
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- MODEL82A1
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:21pm
  At least Ford isn’t literally OWNED by the UAW like Govt. Motors and Chrysler.
  
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- Quagaar Warrior
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:54pm
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  FIAT owns Chrysler now. Everything that unions & govt touches goes to hell. It’s only a matter of time for Ford unless they do something about their fat, lazy, pension-greedy union thugs!
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- Dale on the Left Coast
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:39pm
  All Toyota employees in Japan are UNION . . . All Toyota employees in Ontario, Canada are UNION . . . a few Toyota employees in Tennessee are not union . . . they are the minority.
  Toyota . . . most recalled automobile in the 21st Century . . . they even have a special division TRD = toyota recall division . . . lol
  
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MODEL82A1
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:14pm
Good for Ford! The last American car company.

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