Why does Ford have a bad name?

[rbohm]

people keep knocking the mustang ll, but if it werent for the mll we wouldnt have amustang today. it was the right car for the right time. regarding the tbird, i had an 84 and i liked it untill the cfi system in it took a dump. i wish i had the money to keep that car, can you say 460 swap? the escorts are good cars, but i wouldnt own one mostly because i dont like small front drive cars, with a couple of exceptions. and as far as the taurus goes, the only ones with real problems were the 3.8 powered ones. the 3.0 cars were virtually bulletproof. my mom has had 2 sables(the mercury variant), an 87 and the current 97, and both have been extremely reliable. everyone wants the hotrods, but the pedestrian cars are what keep the automakers profitable.