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#97 of 100 Re: MKT - UGH MY EYES - MY EYES!! [gregg_vw] by tourguide Jan 20, 2009 (4:18 am)
Replying to: gregg_vw (Jan 18, 2009 10:44 am) We'll see if Ecoboost works well with 4 cylinders   I do not think Ecoboost is going to be the catchall improvement people are hoping for. It does remain to be seen, but if it were TRULY the life saver for Ford I say it would have been rolled out across the lines. Ford would not be placing it in their luxury segment first and almost exclusively right now if it were really that fabulous. No, I think it will provide modest mpg improvement that will quickly diminish to zero when you stomp the throttle. In short, it sounds to me like a marketing point rather than a substantive change. Replies to this message: akirby (Jan 20, 2009 6:01 am)
#98 of 100 Re: MKT - UGH MY EYES - MY EYES!! [tourguide] by akirby Jan 20, 2009 (6:01 am)
Replying to: tourguide (Jan 20, 2009 4:18 am) So you can drive it normally and get good fuel economy but have the power there when you need it? What's not great about that?   The reason they're debuting the 3.5L first is simple - it was designed as a performance engine first (original name was twinforce) way before gas hit $4/gallon. The fuel economy angle came recently, and it will take time to get the smaller displacement ecoboost engines online. If this was the only thing Ford had to work on they might be able to do it more quickly, but the resources are stretched thin and there were more important things to work on, like the 2010 Fusion Hybrid and Taurus.
#100 of 100 Re: MKT - UGH MY EYES - MY EYES!! [gregg_vw] by nvbanker Feb 11, 2009 (3:53 pm)
Replying to: gregg_vw (Jan 18, 2009 10:44 am) Maybe it will catch on with former Navi owners...   I am a former Navi owner (twice). I think the MKT is the ugliest thing I've seen in ages.....and I was really considering it - hoping it would be gorgeous like the MKS. Oh well - it seems to me the FLEX is a bomb, and this looks to be even worse. Maybe I'll be wrong. I drove Lincolns for 16 years, and only quit in 05 when they had nothing left worth driving but the Navigator, and I didn't want another SUV then. I wish I could go back to them, but can't do it with the product they have still. Love the looks of the MKS, but not the little engine that can't.....

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