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Originally Posted by prydey
so what is it exactly that people do want?
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I'd open my mouth then the page would explode into 10 pages with fights over why RWD is better than FWD and how all you want is a monochrome screen with 6 radio presets blah blah blah........
I'll open it anyway, the current Falcon, in its current guise, sucks *** when it comes to what you get, you get an awesome engine and gearbox, thats about it, interior wise, everything is cheap and plasticy, you get a monochrome screen with only 6 radio presets, the "premium" audio option is expensive and it sucks, no HID lights even as an option, no auto up/down on all electric windows, no heated mirrors (My Fiesta has this but Focus doesn't, and its a big one for me).
The seating position is crap, its high, the steering column doesn't adjust upwards enough if you're a tall and fat bastard like me, makes it a bit awkward to get into.
The seats are very comfy though, I'll give them that.
There is a lot of little things that make up the experience of the car, especially for people like me who want to be comfortable and have things to keep them entertained while they're waiting in the car for someone or that makes the driving experience that much better.
For something that costs $35,000 you don't really get much with it.
I think that might be with our market though, have a look at what VW does with their line up, they remove standard features on their cars in other markets, then sell them to us on upper spec models or as expensive options, look at the new Focus, the American one has the Ford MySync bizzo and ours has this crappy monochrome screen.
You can't sell a car in 2011, unless its stupidly cheap with nothing, or it comes loaded up with "crap you don't need" and these days with people putting fuel economy above all else, what hope does the I6 really have? When people think Falcon, they think fuel hungry dinosaur. It has a bad reputation.
Not to mention Ford's dealership network is real bad, 99% of the dealerships treat you like crap.
Everything needs to improve on the Falcon,
ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT! No matter how excellent something is, always think of improvements.
If don't fix it if it aint broke was the way, we'd all be cruising around in Model Ts.