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  1. Agreed. The long, clumsy, poorly-balanced doors and seat belts that dig into your neck on the 2 door Cobalt should send any prospective buyer heading the other direction in a hurry. The Cobalt is wayyyyy past its prime, and its prime was never great to begin with.
  2. 3 CHEERS for goinbroke2 for saying what needs to be said ! this site needs definitely needs more restrictions on trolls whose only purpose is to disrupt
  3. and here's the new press release on the Escape's IIHS Best Pick award and NHTSA's quadruple 5 star rating LINK - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) named the 2009 Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner and their hybrid models as “Top Safety Picks”. - Escape and Mariner SUVs also earned the government’s top 5-star crash ratings – topping Toyota RAV-4 in both independent crash tests and beating Honda CR-V in combined crash safety and fuel efficiency ratings. - Ford has produced more NHTSA 5-star-rated vehicles than any automaker, and more IIHS Top Safety Picks than any other brand. - Escape also helps Ford equal Honda and Toyota quality by earning a Top Three spot in the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Initial Quality StudySM (IQS).
  4. the press release has been updated to include the Escape's ascention to the IIHS Best Pick GOld podium Escape Achieves IIHS Best Pick Status - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) named the 2009 Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner and their hybrid models as “Top Safety Picks”. - Escape and Mariner SUVs also earned the government’s top 5-star crash ratings – topping Toyota RAV-4 in both independent crash tests and beating Honda CR-V in combined crash safety and fuel efficiency ratings. - Ford has produced more NHTSA 5-star-rated vehicles than any automaker, and more IIHS Top Safety Picks than any other brand. - Escape also helps Ford equal Honda and Toyota quality by earning a Top Three spot in the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Initial Quality StudySM (IQS).
  5. sounds like poor Toyota is playing catch-up to the Escape in mileage and safety. but they have a long way to go to reach Ford's 31/34 mpg rating
  6. and released today from IIHS: 2009 Ford Escape, 2009 Mazda Tribute, and 2009 Mercury Mariner: good performance in front, side, and rear tests and standard electronic stability control Revamped Escape is a winner: This small SUV was re-engineered for the 2009 model year. Among the changes are modifications to the frontal airbags and safety belts plus structural changes to improve occupant protection in frontal crashes. The new Escape improves from acceptable to good in the Institute's frontal offset crash test. A new seat design improves the rear crash protection rating from acceptable to good. Side airbags, optional before 2008 models, now are standard. IIHS Top Safety Pick - 09 Escape
  7. 2009 Ford Escape, 2009 Mazda Tribute, and 2009 Mercury Mariner: good performance in front, side, and rear tests and standard electronic stability control Revamped Escape is a winner: This small SUV was re-engineered for the 2009 model year. Among the changes are modifications to the frontal airbags and safety belts plus structural changes to improve occupant protection in frontal crashes. The new Escape improves from acceptable to good in the Institute's frontal offset crash test. A new seat design improves the rear crash protection rating from acceptable to good. Side airbags, optional before 2008 models, now are standard. IIHS Top Safety Pick - 09 Escape
  8. FORD ESCAPE EARNS 5-STARS, TOPS TOYOTA AND HONDA COMBINED SAFETY AND FUEL EFFICIENCY RATINGS - 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner earn government's top 5-star ratings for front- and side-impact tests - adding to Ford's leading number of five-star vehicles. - This fall, Escape and Mariner add a new 171-hp, 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with enhanced performance and fuel economy better or equal to the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV-4. - Escape Hybrid and Mariner Hybrid also achieve five-star crash ratings. - Ford plans to double hybrid sales in 2009 on the strength of safety ratings that out-perform Toyota Prius. DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 18, 2008 - The 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner compact sport utility vehicles added to Ford's leading number of top-safety-rated vehicles by earning five stars in each of the government's crash-worthiness tests. The results top the Toyota RAV-4 and, with the 2009 Escape's improved fuel efficiency, offer better combined safety and fuel efficiency ratings than the Honda CR-V. 2009 Escape Hybrid and Mariner Hybrid also achieved five-star ratings, the highest possible scores, in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) tests to outpace the Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Toyota Prius. The Escape Hybrid arrived in 2005 as the world's only hybrid sport utility vehicle and today remains the only sport utility to offer at least 30 mpg city and highway ratings. .................................
  9. LINK "Ford is a leader in safety and fuel economy - not even Toyota or Honda can match the new Escape's safety and fuel efficiency ratings," said Susan Cischke, Ford's senior vice president of Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. "Ford has more five-star-rated vehicles than any other automaker, and we've committed to lead or be at the top of every segment in which we compete in terms of fuel efficiency."
  10. except for the so called "temporary" workers, of which Toyota has many, as we know. The fact is, due to Toyota's arrogance, it is now left in the unenviable position that has plagued the Big 3, making production decisions based on filling excess capacity, rather than using a more rational method.
  11. Looks like RJ was right after all......Toyota has WAY too much capacity for Tundra. Toyota announced yesterday that all Tundra production at the Indiana plant will be cancelled, forever! Toyota will only have one plant building Tundras. PRINCETON, Ind. -- Toyota Motor Corp. says it will not resume production of the Tundra pickup truck at its Princeton, Ind., plant in November as previously announced.
  12. Does your T-Bird have All Wheel Drive? a panoramic roof? DVD player and screens? seating for 7? 6 speed trans? a refrigerator/freezer? 6 disc CD/DVD with 5.1 surround sound Navigation system and satellite radio? air bags and side curtains for three rows of passengers? roof crush protection that far exceeds standards that are still being proposed? 5 star crash protection all around? >150 cu-ft of passenger space? power opening rear hatch? auto fold seats? Would you really expect a large 7 passenger crossover that exceeds current safety standards to weigh less than an old passenger car with limited active safety features and options?
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