babuska says:

# 3 Thermo said, on December 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

Too bad no one will be able to by one. Obama and Pelosi won’t let these be sold no matter how much people want them (unless it can be run on 2 AA batteries with a top speed of 15 mph and a range of 5 miles)
Once a car Czar is appointed in the bailout, this will be the first car he stops production of.

That is correct.

If Pelosi wants to help Detroit she can start by canceling the CAFE standards and after that she can roll back the emission standards, t hen they wouldn’t need 25 billion to retool. You whiners about fuel economy in CA don’t realize that your very own CARB is responsible for much of the shitty performance of modern cars. Then eco douches in other states thought it was a good idea to adopt CA standards as well.

Why would you need CAFE standards when the epa fuel mileage is printed, very large, right on the sticker?

The CAFE standards forced Detroit to build a bunch of crappy little cars when they were not good at doing that. They had to build those and lose money on each one, so they could continue to sell their big vehicles which was what they were good at. Appointing a “Car CZar” will destroy the domestic auto industry. Can you think of anything run by the government which is run well?

blksn8k says:

First of all, Ford has not requested ANY government help, unlike Chrysler and GM. They have only stated that they would like to have access to federal low interest loan guarantees in the event the economy worsens to the point where they need help or one of the other two does go under dragging Ford suppliers along with them. Therefore, the comments about the Dems not allowing Ford to build Mustangs are totally baseless.
Also, do you realize that Ford does build vehicles, including hybrids, that get better fuel economy than most other vehicles in their class? Do you realize that the 2010 Fusion Hybrid is EPA rated at 41 mpg city and 36 highway and has a city cruising range of 700 miles? That is several mpg better than the Camry Hybrid. Ford also holds over 100 patents on this technology. Get your facts straight before posting baseless drivel that does nothing to help solve our nations economic issues. Companies like Ford helped build this country, not tear it down.