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To: oceanview
the Solstice should have won it. great design, rear drive, advanced hyrdoforming manufacturing techniques, a 12-18 month order backlog.

The Solstice is a real milestone and should do well - the Solstice and Fusion should have won. The Accord and the Civic are both overpriced - don't know about the truck but $27K seems awfully high.

23 posted on 01/08/2006 1:02:36 PM PST by Ben Hecks
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To: Ben Hecks

"The Accord and the Civic are both overpriced."

You've got that right - for the few features I care about, I can get a Fusion for $500 less than a Civic, and its a significantly larger vehicle with still respectable gas mileage (and getting fantastic reviews). If I go for a similar size vehicle, the Focus ends up $3800 cheaper.

Sure, the Honda holds its resale value longer, but when you keep a car 10+ years, thats no longer a factor (most cars are near worthless then). Of course, the Focus had recall problems when it was first brought to the states, but recent model years have proven to be very reliable, just when Honda forgot how to build a reliable automatic transmission for the Civic...

Of course, after giving the 97 Taurus its first tune-up, its running as good as new, so I'm hardly looking for a car.


65 posted on 02/08/2006 3:09:27 PM PST by eraser2005
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