Rental car agencies buy in quantity at discounts. Then after a year, they dump all these cars on the market. If people like Ford, they will be tempted to buy the almost new rental car instead of a new Ford. Of course the almost new rental car has been driven into the ground and the buyer become unhappy with the Ford brand name.
“Only 10,000 miles on this new Taurus!” Yeah, but it looks like it was put on a quarter-mile at a time.... (Drag racing is done in quarter mile full throttle sessions.)