Just a hello and great to see an active forum again. Hard core Ford fan since forever. Sorry to GM peeps about all the factory closings but it is prolly due to Fords badassiness :o)

54 year old lovin trucks-4x4's-mini trucks hahaha j/k.
Audio enthusiast
Bears fan ( oh hush)
Love almost all music
Love me wifee
Not my exee
custom console builder-will show pics of my newest design soon-ish
Fire arms enthusiast-love North Carolina
The rest is for me to know and you not to :o)

 

My favorite team is the Bears.
My second favorite team is whoever is playing the Cowboys.

 

Ford is stopping selling small cars too. The market has gone towards SUVs. Not many want a car any more. So, with GM and Ford out of the picture, Honda and Toyota will be smiling even more. Maybe if GM and Ford made small cars that are as reliable as Toyotas, they would sell better. But, they don't learn it seems. That unreliable dual clutch transmission in the Fiesta and Focus killed those cars.

 

Yep. Everything is not only big in Texas, it spread to the whole US...

But you are right on with the Fiesta and Focus transmissions. For a simple car, they went kind of... well, extravagant. Couldn't Ford have used a regular tried and true automatic in them?!

BTW: Welcome!!

 

I dunno what's worse - a dual-clutch or a CVT.........

Ford is also discontinuing bigger cars. It's going to be trucks, vans, SUV's, crossovers, Mustangs, and a Focus hatchback.

Gone - Taurus, Fusion, the rest of the Focuses, Fiesta, and C-Max.

 

Ford's dual clutch trans biggest problem was the dry clutch getting oil on it. Volks is using a dual clutch trans but almost all of their models are wet clutches. Anyhow, for those folks who bought one of those Focus or Fiesta cars with that transmission, it is almost worthless now as a tradein or to sell. And it's a labor intensive job to replace the clutch. Maybe Ford has sorted it out by now. I hope so.

 

So what are they going to use in nascar if taurus is out? They must use a production stock.