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Originally Posted by aklim
They weren't. My point is that that was an import that was gas and it failed. Diesel is even less liked.
Actually, the Scorpio had a 2.9L engine that other cars used and the XR4Ti had a 2.3L Turbo engine that was also used in the Mustang SVO, T-bird, etc, etc. It lasted over 100K for me which was amazing since I beat on it every day I could and I had hopped up that engine to the point that the weak C3 trans was breaking so I shoehorned in a built up C4.
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That was a different time when fuel was cheap and no one cared about fuel efficiency. Today this kind of car would sell like hot cakes if the price was right. I think the main problem is Ford is in deep red and they don't have the resources to pull off even a promising idea like this one. I think Ford is going down, or maybe hoping for a govt bailout.
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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)
Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL
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