Why does Ford have a bad name?

[bigbandjohn]

I think the problem is dividing Ford into 2 distinct categories.

1) Ford when they care.

An example of Ford when they care is anything with the SVT label, Mustangs, and F-150's. All of these vehicles have long-running reliability records. I would even include early Ford Escorts.

2) Ford when they don't care.

This would include what they did to the T-bird in the 80's, the Mustang II, Middle-age Escorts, and especially the Taurus. These are the vehicles that give Ford the Bad rep, IMHO. Either they relied on Name power, or in some cases just went in on a wing and a prayer.


Of course, that's just my $0.02 , and you may feel I need to be given change.