Recent content by ApollosWar89

I agree to an extent. The Challengers ability to grow market share within a shrinking total sales environment speaks louder than most of the points made here. Yes, in a growing total sales environment I'm sure the other two would reclaim market share quickly but the fact of the matter is that...

Found this to be an interesting visual. Despite numbers being soft, the challenger has continuously taken more market share each year. FYI this is not my chart it is from aldo90731 of the challenger forums.

Given the financial strength of the parent companies. Ford financially has been an aging dog for years.

It being winter doesn't matter. Because you're comparing the same time of year its essentially an apples to apples comparison when not considering the 2018 facelift etc.

I had a similar issue. I was 99% sure I wanted the 2018 Mustang until I got to spend some time in one. The seat felt a bit high and the front seat room just felt small. I have more space in a Honda civic sedan than the Mustang. Once I got the chance to sit in a challenger. The seats were...

Not if the Ford family continues to run the company into the ground in regards to the performance of its competitors. The Camaro sales may be poor but the company is running circles around Ford.

I went as well and not a Mustang in sight of the test drive area.

All of that sounds great. Vehicles were invented for a single purpose. To get you from point A to point B in the quickest and safest manner. As a percentage of accidents & fatalities that occur while driving. I look forward to a future of accidents becoming astronomically rare occurrences. It...

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My issue with this statement is when comparing the average price of a Porsche "enthusiast" sports car versus the average price of a Ford "enthusiast" car... its apples to oranges.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fords-bleak-outlook-worsened-by-outside-factors-2018-01-24 Notable remarks from the earnings call. "Ford's global profit margin of 5% on the core auto business last year is in the bottom tier of major auto companies and well below the 9% operating margin...

If they both dropped the manual options there wouldn't be a mass exodus from the sales because there aren't really many other options out there. Everything must be weighed from a financial perspective in this case. At some point when developing new manuals and offering that option is has more...

That does sound great. Nice vid showing all modes prior and post.

So is it typical for a first-year refresh to be a short production year? Is this what is pushing these Ford dealerships to move these 2018 models so quickly with incentives? What month will 2019 ordering begin and the last 2018 be made?

I take frequent trips between the major cities in Texas so 3-5 hour drives will occur at least a dozen times a year. Adding to that, my place of work is within a highrise office building that is also a Memorial Hermann Cancer center. The parking garage is about 3 stories of patient parking that...