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MosheFeingold

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73. Just marketing

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 10:49 AM

Mar 2014

So Ford is picking a niche and some Don Draper wannabe figured out how to push your buttons.

It's not like Ford doesn't make Lincolns.

Heck Ford and Jaguar/Landrover used to be the same company and still work closely together. You don't get much more snotty than a Land Rover (well, except the Land Rover Defender, which is just cool --- and not available here).

Subaru pushes the same buttons are Ford is doing here.

It's all consumerism. They are picking their consumers.

Me? I just pick a good used car, preferably about a year or two old, keep it in good shape, and drive it for about a decade or so. Pretty much any used car, kept in good shape, is more environmentally-friendly than any new car, due to the environmental foot print of making something new.

Don't be a sucker.

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Freakin' awesome! cyberswede Mar 2014 #2

Fabulous! Thanks for linking it cyberswede! Scuba Mar 2014 #25

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why? cali Mar 2014 #12

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Wow MrScorpio Mar 2014 #44

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I hear that. /nt pintobean Mar 2014 #16

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haha Cool! Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2014 #47

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Brilliant n/t rumdude Mar 2014 #48

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Boom! Esse Quam Videri Mar 2014 #62

Americans gave up on Cadillac, when DeLorean spilled the beans. n/t CanSocDem Mar 2014 #71

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I saw that commercial and was disturbed by it Rider3 Mar 2014 #74

Ouch! That's going to leave a mark! colorado_ufo Mar 2014 #75

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Sold me ... sarchasm Mar 2014 #79

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Damn Ford - fecking Brilliant! mackerel Mar 2014 #84

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