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Why that lower panel under the rear? To hide the IRS which most everyone who cares already knows is there?

The Pioneer AVICZ1 in my 2006 Explorer has always worked well. It has a touch screen, hard disc, backup camera, Bluetooth, XM radio, and XM Navtraffic. I've had it seven years, a very long time in the technology field. There is just no excuse for Ford or any other car maker not having...

Nothing we can see indicates it is for any particular vehicle.

ngiotta has a good point. The current design was a big step backwards which will be corrected in the 2015 model.

Thanks for all of this interesting information. The complexity is astonishing. There are finally moves underway to make European and US standards the same, so the region-specific parts could be eliminated, making vehicles less expensive for people in both places. Of course, that has been...

The new car will open sales up to more customers. For example, the base version may have good enough fuel mileage and a low enough price to entice people who might otherwise get a four door sedan of some sort, even though they almost never use the rear seat. That is why I think a hatchback...

It seems many of those Challengers are in southern California.

A smashed-down roof, as with the Camaro and Challenger.

The LA Show opens on Friday, Nov. 22 at 11:00am, and that is when I'll be there. I've heard about radios being ripped out at the Detroit show!

Indeed the LA Show is the big one. Is anyone else going? The very best time to go is the day and hour they open the gates. The place is almost empty, so you have plenty of time with the vehicles, and you might even talk with some factory people, not just the models. I've never been to the...

What about the Orange County Auto Show?

I think most of the Mustangs ever sold have had six cylinder engines. Mr. Marketplace wants style and some luxury, with those of us also wanting performance in the minority.

No, I meant ready for sale.

Pathetic is the word which comes first to mind when reading that they will not have the new design ready for the 50th anniversary. That would be just throwing away all of the free publicity and buyer interest such a rare anniversary for a car would generate. Sure, they (or more precisely the...

Get rid of the power windows and power locks (who needs them on a two door car), and sunroofs. Reduce assemblies into single more complex parts. DO NOT reduce durability.

Indeed, I've been saying that they need hatchback design for quite a while, long before finding this forum. It would make the car far, far more practical. There is no negative of any sort, just benefits. In Europe, they would be really hurting their sales without a hatchback. Note that the...

What they need are more interior colors. Certainly not just black, a big turn-off for me (too hot). In years past they may have had tan, red, white, blue, and more. No good reason they can not do it now, especially with the high prices of the cars, the ability to make colors optional, and...

Does anyone know a good data source? I found an old chart from 2009 to 2011, but nothing better.

I lived the first 29 years of my life in St. Louis, then 3 years in Washington DC. How do you think my 1970 AMC AMX and 1979 Trans Am did in snow and so forth? Good! Why? Limited slip differentials, and studded snow tires on different wheels for winter. When traffic was stopped on 40 in St...

That chart would be far, far more meaningful if it included overall vehicle sales, and if it went back to 1964. Excess weight hurts handling, braking, and fuel economy, so Ford is on the right track with the weight reductions, but only if reliability is also a top priority. It is easy to make...