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Don't forget it's not just power, it's weight as well. Ford cars are heavy, many are heavier than most of those import cars. Also the import engines especially the smaller 4s are reving at hight RPMs and don't have that tourque like the V8s do.
What Ford needs to do is to start looking at improving the car bodies by subtracing weight without cutting saftey. I would rather have a safe car than a fast one.
Oh yea and also don't forget that most car buyers are not intrested in a corvette or viper performance, they want a car that looks good and is relitivly fast and won't break thier pocket book. This is why the Mustang has been such a great seller. Ford still has and will for sometime that image of being an economical car so they need to have a line between the econo cars/trucks and the higer end cars/trucks, until they market this "line" between the two they will always be spending a bunch of money on marketing and getting no where. At least thats my 2 cents
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