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For me, it was the Mercury Meta One. In my opinion, it could have made Mercury relevant. It should have immediately replaced the Explorer derived Mountaineer on Lincoln/Mercury lots across the country. For the handful of people that really wanted a 4X4 truck derived Mercury SUV who's purchases would have been lost to the GASP Lincoln Aviator of the same vintage. They could have sold many many many times as many to customers and made the name relevant. Also, it wouldn't have taken anywhere near as much development as any of the other vehicles on the list.

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I like how they put up the Interceptor as a response to the 300, but forget to mention that Ford had done the 427 Concept well before the 300 rolled out.

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I forgot about that one. Thanks! At least it introduced the direction of the Fusion's styling. I really liked the 1st gen Fusion when it came out.

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My favorite Ford that was never built:

 

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At least we got this out of it :D

 

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OMG! That red thing is HIDEOUS! It looks like a plastic ferrari nose on a fiero rear. Seriously, ford actually made this and not some college kids trying to bling out their hand-me-down from an older brother?

GACK!

 

I like the interceptor but was instantly pulled to the Marc nusan/021c. It looks like an old english escort/rally car and I think it would of sold a shitload. Say a 2.0L engine, 5 spd manual and rwd, that thing would of been a heck of a lot of fun for teenagers.

 

The plastic car would of been revolutionary, to bad many of Henry's idea's never made it to production.

 

Or others idea's too for that matter.

 

Like..... the "compression ignition" engine was designed for vegetable/plant oil so countries without oil reserves could get involved in the new "industrial revolution". Funny thing how rudolf diesel shows up face down in the english channel a few years later and then....the waste crap oil companies couldn't give away suddenly has a use and is aptly named..DIESEL fuel...even though it destroys the first engines until they add sulpher/etc.

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OMG! That red thing is HIDEOUS! It looks like a plastic ferrari nose on a fiero rear. Seriously, ford actually made this and not some college kids trying to bling out their hand-me-down from an older brother?

GACK!

 

It was done nearly 30 years ago!

 

More info:

 

http://articles.orla...ther-upholstery

 

Looks like it was further evolved into the GN34 program

 

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f57/ford-gn34-corvette-killer-75356/

 

http://www.autoblog....had-yamahas-v6/

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8PdsOsYK80

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I wouldn't put any of those cars in my top ten. The GT90 was a piece of garbage, the interceptor looks Chinese, the green one lacks basic exterior features required for road use, and the plasticar was cost prohibitive.

 

This article goes to show you how ignorant most people are... Kinda like the 2008 election results.

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I would still like to see a Ford 4 door sedan with RWD like the Interceptor and the VW Microbus was way cool, but the greatest vehicle never built will always be the SVT Sport Trac Adrenalin with the Supercharged DOHC V8 from the 03/04 Cobra...

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Not to be confused with the production Adrenalin "appearance only package"...

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I would still like to see a Ford 4 door sedan with RWD like the Interceptor and the VW Microbus was way cool, but the greatest vehicle never built will always be the SVT Sport Trac Adrenalin with the Supercharged DOHC V8 from the 03/04 Cobra...

07_SportTracAdrenalinConcept_Pic1.jpg

 

Not to be confused with the production Adrenalin "appearance only package"...

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I would so have one of those instead of my Edge right now if they had produced it.

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