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Originally Posted by BRGT350
from training I did not think the car was going to be amercanized, but looking at the spy pics, I am fearing the worst. This goes beyond seats and fog lamps, the changes extend to the terrible chrome grille that haunts the Focus. If I wanted chrome, I would buy a caddie. I am not a rapper, I don't want a chromed-out-nose.
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Exactly, I think that Dearborn has too many engineers with nothing to do so they gave them "make work" perhaps to keep them employed.
You know this is starting to reek of the many previous FoE products that IMO Dearborn actually wanted to fail. From the excellent Sierra that was butchered and came here as the XR4Ti and its European cousin the Scorpio branded as Merkurs and sold in LM dealerships. Of course those stores had no idea what to make of Ford's european cars, they were simply the place for your Grandpa to go and buy his Marquis. Simple put LM dealers didn't want to sell the euro Ford's and frankly my guess is that the folks in Dearborn didn't like their turf invaded by products that made them look BAD!!!!!
Oddly the first Fiesta the US got back in the late 70s/ early eighties was indeed largely UNchanged from the Euro model except for DOT EPA changes, Perhaps the Dearborn engineers were too busy botching up the 1981 US spec Escort to be putting their greasy hands on the little Fiesta.
No one except for one guy which claims the seats were uncomfortable for him, has given a logical reason to change the euro spec seating, not one, especially when the agents all seem to think the euro seats were one of the most outstanding features of the car. The rear fog lamp is also an item that would cost nothing to keep as all the components are already integrated into the modules. It will likely cost them MORE to delete it and things like the single side parking lamps facility.
I share you concern BRG it looks like the car we get will be bastardized just like out MKI Focus and lots of other previous euro Fords.
I have the suspicion that the reason for the "delay" in marketing this excellent Euro version and the actual debut of the Americanized version of the Fiesta is due to all the significant changes that Dearborn will have made, my guess is that Dearborn is hoping that potential buyers will have a short memory after the excellent euro car they showed fades from view. Well at least they are probably smart about that move. But ultimately they won't fool savvy customers that love cars, especially the euro Fords.