williamwally
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Titled: "The New High-Performance Fords Could Fail the Same Way the Pontiac GTO Did"
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a33162/when-dealers-attack/?src=nl&mag=rdt&list=nl_rdt_news&date=040717
The author makes a lot of good points IMHO. It just worries me that Ford Performance works so hard to make great performance vehicles at reasonable prices that end up sitting on lots after being pushed out of their target price range.
Quote from the article:
"The dealers will misuse their additional-markup privileges to kill the market for the Focus RS and the standard non-R versions of the Shelby GT350. Then, after the market dries up, they will complain to Ford that the cars don't sell, which will give the bean counters additional ammunition to refuse requests for future fast-Ford projects. Before you know it, the closest thing you'll be able to get to a factory-build Ford sporting vehicle will be the tape-and-stripe packages that reigned supreme forty years ago in the Malaise Era."
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a33162/when-dealers-attack/?src=nl&mag=rdt&list=nl_rdt_news&date=040717
The author makes a lot of good points IMHO. It just worries me that Ford Performance works so hard to make great performance vehicles at reasonable prices that end up sitting on lots after being pushed out of their target price range.
Quote from the article:
"The dealers will misuse their additional-markup privileges to kill the market for the Focus RS and the standard non-R versions of the Shelby GT350. Then, after the market dries up, they will complain to Ford that the cars don't sell, which will give the bean counters additional ammunition to refuse requests for future fast-Ford projects. Before you know it, the closest thing you'll be able to get to a factory-build Ford sporting vehicle will be the tape-and-stripe packages that reigned supreme forty years ago in the Malaise Era."
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