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To: Alberta's Child

So, you are admitting on FR that you are not a patriot and are considering buying a foreign automobile?

Get a Ford. The only American automobile mfr. left that didn’t need a bailout.


17 posted on 08/26/2012 6:57:15 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (I wanna start a Seniors' Motor Scooter Gang. Wanna join?)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

I bought a Mazda6 last year. It was built in Detroit by American workers. But alas ... their relationship with Ford is over and the next generation will be built in Japan.


19 posted on 08/26/2012 7:02:42 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise; Alberta's Child

“Get a Ford. The only American automobile mfr...”

...that supported the Nazi’s in the 30’s & 40’s.


23 posted on 08/26/2012 7:18:41 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Hate to break it to you. Ford and Mazda share a lot in common. Including many of the 4 cylinder powertrains..


30 posted on 08/26/2012 9:55:42 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
I've owned two new vehicles in 25 years of driving. One of them is a 2007 Ford F-150 that I still use for business. The other is a Mazda Navajo that is on its last legs at the age of 18 years and 355,000+ miles. The Mazda was built in a Ford plant and is basically a Ford with the exception of the Mazda emblem. Ford and Mazda have joint ventures all over the auto industry even to this day (the European version of the Mazda3 is built at a Ford plant in Portugal, for example).

In the U.S. today many "foreign" cars are built in U.S. plants ... while a "domestic" car is just as likely to be built in Canada or Mexico.

The Ford Focus would be the small car I'd consider. It's OK and seems like a good car, but the Mazda has superior fuel efficiency even with better performance, and the Focus has too much "road noise" for my liking. Interestingly, about 60% of the components are identical in the Ford Focus and Mazda3 (and one or two Volvo models, too).

I buy trucks. I prefer to lease small cars. I'll buy or lease whatever gets me the best value. There's nothing patriotic about hiding behind an "American" corporate logo that has little or no meaning in the global world of auto manufacturing.

34 posted on 08/27/2012 2:18:00 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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