2007-07-30 17:23:33 · 16 answers · asked by Pablo G 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
My Folks had an old ford cortina xle was a crap car but you could not kill it still have it as a paddock bomb and its 28 years old still goes like the clappers. I am a holden lover own 4 never would pay for a ford
2007-07-30 18:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
No that the Biggest myth , go down and test drive a new ford Taurus built on the Volvo chaise or the crown Victoria , and for truck ford made the Ford Jeep No The Jeep You Know of today and we won a word war with it it was called a Ford Willis, go test drive the new edge crossover or the Shelby GT-5-- or the GT-40 well that a pricey car The Parterra was Italian Built but had a ford Motor 351 V-8 Cleavland motor C.I,D. Displacement , whoever is telling you this is very UN educated and has no experience with quality car and trucks, all company's have there problems but Ford Built To Last and They Make Thew best Truck, Hands down, yups follow yuppies and the drive Chevy's, as my dad would say if one jumped off a Cliff they all would follow , now I know there are a Lot of other good vehicles out there but I am not knocking them I just make a living on em, most people that have owned a ford drove the beans out it (Never!!!!! change oil or done the breaks, and just simply ran the crap out of them, and when it broke they say oh fords crap. don't listen to there story unless they tell you the whole story ?Also A.J.Foyt Won The Indy 500 4 Times in a Ford Powered V-8 cosworth 4 over head cams Motor , Call The Coyote Ford Check The History and Look @ all The Ford's That Won The Indy and Nascar Races and Pro Stocks Drags Races Ford #1.. I also noted that someone said ford was outdated , to That person ford Motor company had a over head cam motor in 1963 it was a converted 390 block, Ford was the first american motor compant to stop the small V-8 pushrod motor and go over head , the Police 4.6 litre modular motor same as there V-10 just two more cylinde , chevy still uses the pushrod motor that out dated so he is very wrong on his incorrect awnser, the chevys of today are all toyota teck remember they merged just to steal some there ideas on the toyota chevy nova thing, there going down cause the brought toyota here but to keep up now GM's are built in mexico, cheaper labor,I understand they need to stay in buisness but build your own stuff like ford
2007-07-30 20:44:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mechanical 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
After all, Ford recently beat Nissan and is on par with Toyota in quality. Ford has also won the most awards than any car manufacturer in the world! Ford is Britain's most trusted vehicle. Ford is also one of the safest car manufacturers in America, if not the world. Ford's trucks have been the best selling trucks in America for 30 years straight. Do you see anything like this for Toyota or Honda?
2007-07-31 05:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ford makes a great product for the price. When you do a cost per mile: gas, repair, re-sale value, etc. Ford will be the most economical US brand.
P.S. The only speeding ticket I ever got was in a Ford !.
2007-07-30 18:32:52 · answer #4 · answered by Banker 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Henry Ford became obscenely wealthy making large numbers of inexpensive cars.
Key word here in "inexpensive." Some people still equate "inexpensive" with "cheap."
The issue should instead be quality; the quality of Ford products is about par with other domestically made cars and trucks. With the level of competition in the automobile market, no manufacturer can survive by making junk any more, a lesson the Japanese learned decades ago, and that domestic car companies still struggle to understand.
Is Ford that "bad?"
No, of course not, or they would have gone out of business a long time ago. Do they make the best quality cars? I don't think so, but I don't think they make the worst, either.
2007-07-30 17:35:24 · answer #5 · answered by Beaugrand 3 · 5⤊ 3⤋
I've owned 5 Fords and never had a problem with any of them. But the only Chevy I owned was always in the shop.
2007-07-31 08:23:17 · answer #6 · answered by Vinnie 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have had 2 Fords and they were great cars. My husband drives a Ford pick up and will not drive any other brand of truck.
2007-07-30 17:26:52 · answer #7 · answered by Ellen H 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
If you bought a FESTIVA then yes its that bad,,,,,,But all car makers had thier Festiva...Chevy had their Sprint, Pontiac had thier sunfire, and their Grand Am.Dodge had the Omni, heck even AMC had the Pacer.. teh thing all of these have in commen are that they are all the low end vehicles for these Auto makers...so they have ALL had thier bad eggs so to speak...
2007-08-01 01:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have had all fords and one chevy many of my fords had over 130000 one with 203000
my SS camaro 17000 and the intake manifold would constantly develope a leak
my current explorer sport track 61000 no probs
2007-07-31 00:07:03 · answer #9 · answered by 51 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
proper maintenance its the Key , you can buy a Rolls Royce
and if you don't even check the oil regularly , what is going to happen , it will brake down just like a KIA .hope this helps/.
2007-07-30 18:29:31 · answer #10 · answered by santos laguna 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋