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[racecougar]

60-67 is the sweet spot for full-size coupe/sedan styling for me. 61-62 Impala or 65-66 Galaxies really look good, IMO

I'm with ya.

 

[XR7-4.6]

no 2 cars
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Well…



The difference between then and now is they’re all the same kind of ugly/generic these days.

 

[Derphound01]

Everyone who talks about taxing Chinese vehicles out the rear end always forget about USMCA and how they'll just move production to Mexico.

 

[XR7-4.6]

Everyone who talks about taxing Chinese vehicles out the rear end always forget about USMCA and how they'll just move production to Mexico.

Pretty much, just like all the “American” manufacturers do with 3/4 their lineups. Best to just not buy their garbage, but nobody wants to listen.

 

[Grog6]

Thanks for the pic; that's exactly like my mom's, circa 1966. Which year is that?

new tbird looks bland as fuck, and has an unreliable ecocrap motor.

 

[Derphound01]

Pretty much, just like all the “American” manufacturers do with 3/4 their lineups. Best to just not buy their garbage, but nobody wants to listen.

Excluding my MN12, I cannot remember the last American car I bought that was actually built in the USA. It was either one of our Taurus wagons or my 2000 Grand Cherokee, and I'm not sure you can call that one "American" since it was from the Daimer era.

My Fusion was built in Hermosillo and the Edge was built in Oakville.

 

[XR7-4.6]

Thanks for the pic; that's exactly like my mom's, circa 1966. Which year is that?

new tbird looks bland as fuck, and has an unreliable ecocrap motor.

It’s a 1960 Buick

Excluding my MN12, I cannot remember the last American car I bought that was actually built in the USA. It was either one of our Taurus wagons or my 2000 Grand Cherokee, and I'm not sure you can call that one "American" since it was from the Daimer era.

My Fusion was built in Hermosillo and the Edge was built in Oakville.

My Focus was built in Wayne Michigan.

It’s all fairly meaningless anyway, your Fusion and my Focus aren’t really truly “American” cars like the MN12s and all the classics either, they’re Ford Europe creations with plants for manufacture in North America, no different than Toyota or BMW having facilities to manufacture their global models in the lower 48. I don’t particularly care where one faceless mega corporation is based vs another as long as they have compelling products that aren’t outright copies…

Actually I wouldn’t even go that far, if you’re a Chinese car company, go ahead and copy 1960s American cars, not plastic fantastic current day junk. I’ll buy a brand new Chinese 1969 Charger knockoff for $15,000 right now

 

[Grog6]

90% of our cars were built in mexico or canada, and assembled at Loraine.

 

[Derphound01]

It’s all fairly meaningless anyway, your Fusion and my Focus aren’t really truly “American” cars like the MN12s and all the classics either, they’re Ford Europe creations with plants for manufacture in North America

Personally I am okay with this, as I/we owned single every model year of Taurus Wagon or Fusion from 1992 through 2018. I remember the days when our cars weren't Euroclones and how brilliant they became literally overnight when we traded the 2012 for the 2013.

With that being said I would still rock a 96-99 Taurus Wagon as my daily on any day of the week. Our 1996 was Vibrant White over the Grey-Violet cloth with the third row.

 

[XR7-4.6]

Personally I am okay with this, as I/we owned single every model year of Taurus Wagon or Fusion from 1992 through 2018. I remember the days when our cars weren't Euroclones and how brilliant they became literally overnight when we traded the 2012 for the 2013.

With that being said I would still rock a 96-99 Taurus Wagon as my daily on any day of the week. Our 1996 was Vibrant White over the Grey-Violet cloth with the third row.

I agree, I wouldn’t trade my Focus for a Escort as far as a driver but it certainly doesn’t instill any patriotic fervor just because it has a Blue Oval in the grille rather than a H. American manufacturers never really figured out how to engineer FWD, 4cylinders or V6s competitively on their own.

 

[Derphound01]

I agree, I wouldn’t trade my Focus for a Escort as far as a driver but it certainly doesn’t instill any patriotic fervor just because it has a Blue Oval in the grille rather than a H. American manufacturers never really figured out how to engineer FWD, 4cylinders or V6s competitively on their own.

The worst part is they didn't even give us the good models. All we got was the Fusion sedan while everyone else got the 5-door models. I sort of get them not selling the wagon here, but they could have at least given us the liftback instead of the sedan.

 

[XR7-4.6]

The worst part is they didn't even give us the good models. All we got was the Fusion sedan while everyone else got the 5-door models. I sort of get them not selling the wagon here, but they could have at least given us the liftback instead of the sedan.

Apparently because the Chevy Citation didn’t do well with its sedan lift back body 40 years ago car companies got under the notion aMeRiCaNs DoNt WaNt LiFtBaCkS.

Makes no sense to me given nearly every sedan is a fastback that they aren’t all liftbacks, especially since the trunk opening sucks on most. They give up nothing aesthetically, I forgot the Mondeo even had one over the pond!

 

[MadMikeyL]

American manufacturers never really figured out how to engineer FWD, 4cylinders or V6s competitively on their own.

For 4-cylinders I would agree, however the GM 3800/4t65 combo is pretty solid FWD engineering, done entirely stateside. If I had to own something FWD, I would choose that combo over anything offered by Europe, and probably most things offered by Japan as well! Unfortunately GM put them all in the most rust-prone and boring chassis of all time, but as far as the engine/trans goes, it rivals the 4.6/4r70 in durability.

 

[XR7-4.6]

For 4-cylinders I would agree, however the GM 3800/4t65 combo is pretty solid FWD engineering, done entirely stateside. If I had to own something FWD, I would choose that combo over anything offered by Europe, and probably most things offered by Japan as well! Unfortunately GM put them all in the most rust-prone and boring chassis of all time, but as far as the engine/trans goes, it rivals the 4.6/4r70 in durability.

Touché, that’s definitely the exception to the rule

 

[1997ThunderbirdLXV6]

My roommate watches 6 Feet Under. I've never seen the show; doesn't seem like anything that would hold my attention. Then I see this:



Ahhh! So young professionals do drive these cars. V8 too.

He's parking on the side of the road. Then the scene continues with a close-up of him sitting in the driver seat, taking out his member, and pleasuring himself. That's what driving a Thunderbird does to a man! We've all been there.

 

[Irv]

Traffic selfie with mirrored building glass tint.

 

[Vicinity]

Oo yea I like to look too. Sometimes the distortions do fun things, but that looks even. Dope pic, including the landscape and designs

 

[XR7-4.6]

Traffic selfie with mirrored building glass tint.

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I almost got into an accident doing this

 

[CDsDontBurn]

Then the scene continues with a close-up of him sitting in the driver seat, taking out his member, and pleasuring himself

LOL, WTF?

 

[1997ThunderbirdLXV6]

LOL, WTF?

Well, you don't actually see his private parts! You just see him sit in his Medium Graphite (?) leather driver seat, and his arm motions convey all else.

He definitely looks comfortable though!

 

[Derphound01]

A tandem stroller will in fact fit in the trunk of a Fusion Hybrid. Barely.

 

[XR7-4.6]

Why do I feel like I could haul that in both the Cougar and Focus with the trunk securely closed with the seats folded down?

 

[Derphound01]

 

[Jae 'Bird]

Why do I feel like I could haul that in both the Cougar and Focus with the trunk securely closed with the seats folded down?

Because you 100% could, you could fit like 5 bodies in the back of the cougar...not that I'd know