Old Oct 25, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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Default RE: Saleen S281 RF: 465 HP for under $50K - Yep Another One

Well, I think that this might be a little counter productive though. This could be having the effect of having too many models out and causing people to react the way Paladin feels about every new Mustang that comes out ("Oh great, here's another one"). The reason why I say this is, I used to be interested and slightly excited about hearing about the new models, now when I hear about another one it honestly annoys me. This could help the Camaro and Challenger by having the effect of the market segment looking for a fresh breathe of air in the segment.

If I were Ford, I would start putting some real effort and resources into the Fusion, Focus, Escape, and Taurus instead as they are hardly performing as well as they can in their segments. It is inevitable that they will lose sales to the Challenger and Camaro, no matter if the Mustang had a guarantee that you would never get in an auto accident and never get in trouble with the police for speeding. It is a bad idea to put all their resources and efforts into one model while letting all the other models remain uncompetitive and fail. That is how they got into the rut the are stuck in right now. On top of this, they need to hurry up and bring the Falcon over here. Not only would this give them the first interesting sedan they have had since the first and second gen Taurus SHO models, but it would help make any investment they put into the Mustang count even further as they are platform mates. This could also help them with economies of scale.
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