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Ford sends new convertible to Europe. US market gets warmed-over crap.
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Chris_:
2008 Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet Revealed Before Geneva Motor Show
:banghead:
Why? Why do they do this? This is the 2008 Ford Focus being sold in the United States:
Bland. Unappealing. Boring. Looks like last year's model.
*yawn*
This is the 2008 Ford Focus being sold in Europe:
HOLY CRAP, IT'S A CONVERTIBLE! And it looks good. At least it looks good compared to the dullsville sedan-omatic US customers will not be buying. If the board of directors at Ford are scratching their heads wondering why their US market share is evaporating, this would be a good place to start looking. To make things even more unfair, there will probably be a diesel version sold overseas. With a turbo. Forget the Prius, if you want 50 mpg in a small car that you can actually drive, drop a turbo diesel where the four-banger used to be.
This car shares a chassis with the Mazda3 and Volvo's new small car, so at least they can't screw that up.
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Chris_:
2008 Audi Super Bowl Commercial
For the people that missed it...
[youtube=425,350]LJO3N5-fAHk[/youtube]
I'm surprised nobody started a Superbowl Commercial thread in the lounge. They must not have been that memorable that year because I didn't hear one word about them on the radio.
Chris_:
That convertible sure is cute! The Euros and Aussies get all the good cars. :(
RightCoast:
That car is hawt.
My boss just picked up a new RS4 convertible, I get very jelous of the speed - not the $1500/ mo payment.
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