[SoCal Pubbie]

Not necessarily. The history of auto design is filled with tales of engineers telling the designer something can't be done, only in the end when pushed enough, that exact feature rolls off the assembly line.

[Spktyr]

I agree, but in this case, since it *is* Ford, I think we can safely say that what the Ford officers said was a euphemism for “beancounters cheaping out.”

[USAFJeeper]

I made the mistake of owning a Ford once. I will not make that mistake twice.

Ford Explorer, interior fell apart as I drove it off the lot, transmission littered the highway at 25K miles. I dropped it off at the dealer to be repaired, bought a Dodge and traded in the still being repaired Explorer.