Focus RS might come to U.S. after all

Thats one of the things I don’t get. The Germans make unreliable cars but people still buy them but they DO complain about the reliability. Those who buy domestics on the other hand, never mind that their cars are unreliable, they still don’t want to hear anything against it. This is something I’ve noticed with Cadillacs, I mean you hear all these stuff about how great they are and people recomend that you buy them but there is a small group who say the opposite and they turn out to be right. So the manufacturers will think, lets continue giving them half ar$ed vehicles, we know they’ll buy it. I mean come on! A Mustang with a live rear suspension costs 30K+ and a Challenger actually has a truck engine! These are the sportscars that the big 3 offer? Thats 370Z and BMW 1 series money, not to mention the EVOs and STis which cost in the high 20s these days what with all the discounts. Or the hot hatch speed 3.

Meaning no disrespect for your mum of course.

agreed. i tried to reason with my mom telling her to sell her ford excusion with a 6.8 v-10 which is completely unnecessary for a mazda 3 hatch or subaru hatch. she was like its way too small. she only drives two kids around and one starts driving in january lol. 10mpg thats so awesome haha.

but yea my parents are like be american buy american. personally i think the reason the detroit 3 are goin to is bc there cars cant compete with the imports efficiency driveability or comfort

The simple reason that Ford doesn’t bring hatches is because Americans hate the idea of driving anything small or practical. This hatch may be the best car Ford has come up with but people will still prefer the Mustangs, which this car can probably outperform in every area except maybe for straight line acceleration. They would rather buy two ton sportscars with laughable Hemis because of the noise it makes. They would rather drive SUVs than wagons, which are far more practical and efficient than than big hunkering SUV which don’t even have a real purpose.

These people are the reason the Detroit makers are going down.