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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Honda Ridgeline, MT TRUCK of the year
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<blockquote data-quote="Gavin Allan" data-source="post: 573957" data-attributes="member: 60736"><p>Good point. Ford was way too ashamed to give them an '07 prototype. The independent rear suspension, no limited-slip, and the stubby rear axles going through the little frame holes would have made the '07 finish dead last. They should have at least given them an '05 so that the Ford could have whooped the Colorado and not been dead last in the comparison. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This argument doesn't hold up well. Ford could easily build many more SportTracs if they sold better. The St. Louis Hazelwood Explorer plant is being shut down due to low demand of the Explorere. If the demand were there for the SportTrac, Ford could have easily kept the plant open to either build more 2/4 door Explorers in St. Louis to allow more Tracs to be built in Kentucky, or they could have reconfigured the St. Louis plant for SportTrac only, and built tons more in a plant that was already paid-for and well-staffed with experienced workers. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I do still like my '03 Adrenaline, but I am realistic to see that Ford is really going down the hill fast, just like other domestic manufacutureres. The decisions they have made in the last few years in regards to which products they are going to make and which ones they are going to cut; the slipping product quality; the crappy dealer customer service; as well as the outrageous compensation of their executives running the company into the ground is going to kill Ford off in a few years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Allan, post: 573957, member: 60736"] Good point. Ford was way too ashamed to give them an '07 prototype. The independent rear suspension, no limited-slip, and the stubby rear axles going through the little frame holes would have made the '07 finish dead last. They should have at least given them an '05 so that the Ford could have whooped the Colorado and not been dead last in the comparison. This argument doesn't hold up well. Ford could easily build many more SportTracs if they sold better. The St. Louis Hazelwood Explorer plant is being shut down due to low demand of the Explorere. If the demand were there for the SportTrac, Ford could have easily kept the plant open to either build more 2/4 door Explorers in St. Louis to allow more Tracs to be built in Kentucky, or they could have reconfigured the St. Louis plant for SportTrac only, and built tons more in a plant that was already paid-for and well-staffed with experienced workers. I do still like my '03 Adrenaline, but I am realistic to see that Ford is really going down the hill fast, just like other domestic manufacutureres. The decisions they have made in the last few years in regards to which products they are going to make and which ones they are going to cut; the slipping product quality; the crappy dealer customer service; as well as the outrageous compensation of their executives running the company into the ground is going to kill Ford off in a few years. [/QUOTE]
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