I know there’s plenty of people that swear by the Ford brand and as I understand it they are very popular in the UK, but my parents owned a couple of fords when I was a kid...one being a 70s era Pinto wagon...that was enough.....because of that I’ve never owned a Ford and never plan to.
A lot of the other offerings, not so much.
They likely had the B and C teams designing and building the B and C vehicles.
After owning one 1996 Ford Explorer I went back to Toyota, Lexus and Honda ONLY.
The paint on that Explorer all started splitting at 38K miles. Actually it was the primer underneath. Which means they had to take it down to bare metal to fix the problem.
The dealership I bought it from did it for cost. Which the owner of the dealership who called me personally did for me.
After
Ford corporation told me the warranty was up and to pound sand. I decided after that conversation I would NEVER buy another Ford product.
My son had a Subaru that got to 100K and turned into a money pit.
At least Subaru has initial good quality.
I have owned three Tacoma trucks. My wife has had two Hondas since the Explorer. The Civic we had prior to the Explorer we sold for less than $1000 from what we paid for it.
After that my wife is on her second Honda.
I just bought a 2011 Lexus convertible so I could put less miles on the Tacoma.
I am considering buying another 2015 Tacoma double cab V6 long bed if I can find one with low miles
IMHO this is the best Tacoma that Toyota ever made.
I am not a fan of the 4 cylinder turbo engines.
[Ford]”...one being a 70s era Pinto wagon...”
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Ask the man who owned a Chevrolet Vega...