Ford Tops in Vehicle Residual Value

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Originally Posted by Buster

Yes they have. I've owned my Ford for 9 years now, but have no major problems (just alternator and leaky water pump, common and easy repairs), so I haven't had a reason to replace it. Probably will in the next couple of years, but they've been doing great for a while now. Toyota has been on a bit of a downslide with quality (Comsumer Reports was exposed to be re-using old quality surveys on Toyotas for a few years while newer models were having more issues).

It's amazing how people have the stereotypes in their minds and can't be changed...Toyotas and Hondas = Good, Fords = Bad!

The best part about Ford's story, they refuse to take Government handouts/bailouts...they're doing it all on their own.


Don't you have a Fusion, Matty? Love those cars.

My first car was a 1989 Ford Thunderbird SC, pretty decent car. Since then i have had a Mercury Topaz (bad transmission) and a Exporer (bad engine, transmission and something else that was going to cost 1k+ to fix). All my Explorer problems happend at different times. I finally broke down and bought a Honda.

Ford has made major strides, but years of a producing a crappy and inferior product is going to take a while to fix.

Think of McDonalds everything they had sucked 5 years ago. Now the menu is vastly improved, restaurant quality is near the top in their industry, and their core products are better because they are made or anticipated to order (they dont just sit under a heat lamp any more). But i think a lot of people here would never go to a McDonalds just because of their old perception of the place.