Ford to shorten vehicle life cycle
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Ford to shorten vehicle life cycle
This is really good move for ford, I also think that this will mean no more this is year it comes out and next year it will get the new engine. Also the Taurus is coming out next year with significant changes, according to Mually this is the car we should of built before.
Link for life cycle: http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-to-...platforms.html
Taurus: http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-to-...next-year.html
Link for life cycle: http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-to-...platforms.html
Taurus: http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-to-...next-year.html
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sure it does. that is how car companies stay in business. Plastics. I see that come the future the framess of trucks will be made of space age super plastic. Look at the interior in every ford past 79 PLASTIC. comes with fading,rattles and breakage. the old 7.3 PSD would go 750K if well taking care of and the 6.0 will go 750miles of baby driving before blowinng a head gasket. Dodge use the most reliable diesel in a pickup from 89-98 then went downhill to the 24v with the vp44 (most needed new lift pumps under warrenty. because they did not sell enough repair parts.
Exaderated! Yes I know but my point is within. they build em cheaper and cheaper so they sell more cars. everyones game
Exaderated! Yes I know but my point is within. they build em cheaper and cheaper so they sell more cars. everyones game
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Originally Posted by Lead Head
I hope this doesn't mean a shorted vehicle life span
Originally Posted by Dustin_86
sure it does. that is how car companies stay in business. Plastics. I see that come the future the framess of trucks will be made of space age super plastic. Look at the interior in every ford past 79 PLASTIC. comes with fading,rattles and breakage. the old 7.3 PSD would go 750K if well taking care of and the 6.0 will go 750miles of baby driving before blowinng a head gasket. Dodge use the most reliable diesel in a pickup from 89-98 then went downhill to the 24v with the vp44 (most needed new lift pumps under warrenty. because they did not sell enough repair parts.
Exaderated! Yes I know but my point is within. they build em cheaper and cheaper so they sell more cars. everyones game
Exaderated! Yes I know but my point is within. they build em cheaper and cheaper so they sell more cars. everyones game
If anything, they would use carbon fiber instead of plastics. (They might have to with the new CAFE standards.)
Last edited by 62_Galaxie_500; 01-24-2008 at 12:04 PM.
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Originally Posted by Lead Head
...because they will start pushing more body style updates faster, you know, to make people buy the latest things.
1955-56 > 1957 > 1958-59 > 1960 > 1961-62 > 1963-64 > 1965-1967.....
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Originally Posted by 62_Galaxie_500
That's exactly what they're doing. This is not a new thing, BTW. Ford used to make big body style changes about every two years with their full-size cars:
1955-56 > 1957 > 1958-59 > 1960 > 1961-62 > 1963-64 > 1965-1967.....
1955-56 > 1957 > 1958-59 > 1960 > 1961-62 > 1963-64 > 1965-1967.....
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Now that I think about it, the '58 and '59 don't look anything alike. The '63 and '64 don't really either. D'oh!
I stand by the other groupings though:
1955-56 - Basically the same except for the grille and turn signal housings
1961-62 - Same fenders, hood, roofline, doors.
1965-67 - Lots of differences, but the average Joe will mostly notice the similar headlights and sharper body lines that these models share.
I stand by the other groupings though:
1955-56 - Basically the same except for the grille and turn signal housings
1961-62 - Same fenders, hood, roofline, doors.
1965-67 - Lots of differences, but the average Joe will mostly notice the similar headlights and sharper body lines that these models share.
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Originally Posted by 62_Galaxie_500
Now that I think about it, the '58 and '59 don't look anything alike. The '63 and '64 don't really either. D'oh!
I stand by the other groupings though:
housings
1961-62 - Same fenders, hood, roofline, doors.
Tail fins and I don't think any of the parts interchange- they were stand alone models
1965-67 - Lots of differences, but the average Joe will mostly notice the similar headlights and sharper body lines that these models share.
65 had sharp square lines, 67 was rounded and 66 was a combination of both. Nothing interchanged.
I stand by the other groupings though:
housings
1961-62 - Same fenders, hood, roofline, doors.
Tail fins and I don't think any of the parts interchange- they were stand alone models
1965-67 - Lots of differences, but the average Joe will mostly notice the similar headlights and sharper body lines that these models share.
65 had sharp square lines, 67 was rounded and 66 was a combination of both. Nothing interchanged.
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Originally Posted by osbornk
Tail fins and I don't think any of the parts interchange- they were stand alone models
65 had sharp square lines, 67 was rounded and 66 was a combination of both. Nothing interchanged
I worked on many and I don't see similarities except for the Ford emblem.
65 had sharp square lines, 67 was rounded and 66 was a combination of both. Nothing interchanged
I worked on many and I don't see similarities except for the Ford emblem.
If you look at the full-size Fords in '61 and '62 (not the new for '62 Fairlane or the '61 Starliner which had the fastback roof) the front fenders are the same minus trim holes. The "boxtop" roof and the doors are the same, and the front bumper and hood are also the same. Obviously, the grille, quarter panels, tailights and rear bumper are different. (Although a '61 grille will fit a '62 and vice versa.)
As far as the '65-67 models go, yes there are a lot of differences, but they followed the same theme with the stacked headlights and horizontally divided grille. That's why I said the average Joe would call them similar. Of course a Ford person would know better.
I think I've derailed this thread a bit.
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Originally Posted by Hobo
So does this mean the Ranger might finally get a redesign? 93RangerXL (or whatever his name is) will no doubt touch himself while staring at a brochure for such a "beast".
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Originally Posted by Lead Head
Ranger got a fairly good redesign for 2008? no? Anyways, 08' is the last year for the ranger, because ford was to busy with the explorer to even bother doing anything to the ranger. Better engines, suspension, frame, payload, etc..Its been like the same since the 80s pretty much. So now ford is like "huh?" that ranger sales are falling.