Re: Ford Focus Rally

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

Why indeed? Is it AWD? I would think that the Ford Special Vehicle Team 
(SVT) in Dearborn would have glommed on to it.


>
George Graves
'86 GTV-6



On Sunday, Feb 16, 2003, at 22:50 US/Pacific, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:16:17 -0800
> From: "Thomas Moll" <moltek@domain.elided>
> Subject:Ford Focus Rally
> Actually George, Ford has made a group A rally version of the Focus 
> and one
> of them finished fourth in the recent Swedish Rally. The big question 
> is why
> it's not sold here in the US?!
>
> Thomas Moll
> Seattle
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Graves" <gmgraves@domain.elided>
> To: <alfa@domain.elided>
> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: alfa-digest V9 #269
>
>
>
> > The problem with Ford and GM is they almost NEVER make the kinds of
> > cars that enthusiasts crave. They CAN. They know how, they just don't
> > and won't. I remember well how, in the early '60's, when Ford came up
> > with the gorgeous original Mustang, in spite of the fact that it was
> > light, nimble, and quick 2-seater with mid-engine and a integral
> > 'bread-basket-handle" roll-over bar,  Lee Ioccoca, in a famous memo to
> > Henry II, said: " ...When I see the type of people who want us to 
> > build
> > this car (the real ca-buffs), I am more and more convinced that is NOT
> > the kind of car that Ford should be building..." When we finally got
> > the Mustang, what was it? A warmed over Ford Falcon. The Focus SVT is 
> > a
> > neat car with a great engine and tranny. But if Mitsubishi and Subaru
> > can come out with AWD rally versions of their Imprezza and Evolution,
> > why can't Ford make a balls-to-the-wall rally version of their winning
> > Focus?  Obviously they could, but they must not want to. If they did,
> > I, for one, would be standing in line at the Ford dealership right 
> > now.
> >
> > George Graves
> > '86 GTV-6
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