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Its been coming a long time, and im not surprised either. We the public want a car that looks like an SUV. We buy cars that look like SUV's. If you produce a real SUV, it doesnt sell as well as the other car based competition.
We in general dont go offroad. Only the weird neighbor down the street with the old smelly jeep/bronco/blazer/4runner does that kind of thing. That guy has dirty fingernails and a riding lawnmower with flames on it so we dont let our kids go play over there. We dont even go outside. Why the hell would we want a SUV capable of doing anything other than hauling our kids to school and maybe haul a load of playstations to sell on ebay? 400 tv channels, tivo, internet, and gaming consoles have taken over camping, fishing, and going outdoors. Why in the hell would i ever buy a rough riding SUV that handles like a truck just so i can take my kids on a camping trip? Hell, i can stay right here and let the cathode ray tube entertain them.
Fact is mom wants a smooth ride and car-like handling while she's flying down interstate @ 85 mph, talking on the cell phone while applying that last layer of lip gloss, with 2.3 kids that dont mind screaming in the background on the way to her botox apointment.
We in general dont go offroad. Only the weird neighbor down the street with the old smelly jeep/bronco/blazer/4runner does that kind of thing. That guy has dirty fingernails and a riding lawnmower with flames on it so we dont let our kids go play over there. We dont even go outside. Why the hell would we want a SUV capable of doing anything other than hauling our kids to school and maybe haul a load of playstations to sell on ebay? 400 tv channels, tivo, internet, and gaming consoles have taken over camping, fishing, and going outdoors. Why in the hell would i ever buy a rough riding SUV that handles like a truck just so i can take my kids on a camping trip? Hell, i can stay right here and let the cathode ray tube entertain them.
Fact is mom wants a smooth ride and car-like handling while she's flying down interstate @ 85 mph, talking on the cell phone while applying that last layer of lip gloss, with 2.3 kids that dont mind screaming in the background on the way to her botox apointment.
Right now Ford could build a REAL Bronco, say with the concept body, solid front coils/radius arms and 8.8 rear, V6... keep it simple like a Wrangler. It would DOMINATE that small segment of the market. Make a Rubicon fighter with lockers and a 4:1 transfer case. It would steal most of Jeep's Wrangler sales. But alas, Ford had to build the prototype on a fawking front wheel drive car platform, and we were all outraged so they wont build it at all now.It would be fine in my book if Ford did this with the explorer, but only if they brought back the bronco in a badass way.