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Well, how would your car fare in a Royal Marines beach assault ?

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  1. redcoat

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    That was great! I love that show! But it raises a question. Why can't Ford, which is an American company, build cars like that here!!?
     
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    Well bigfun the european market is different.
    Throw in all the paperclip boys who think a V8 is the antichrist and you end up with a lot of hatchback products.

    Mind you it looks to be a brilliant little motor.
     
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    "I am now breaking the limit, INDOORS" lol
    "Does he have to hit, absolutely everything"
    "Hey look at that, The smoke grenades fit perfectly in the cup holders."

    Loved it mate.

    If it was my car, it would drop of the ramp and sink being that it is too heavy to wade through that kind of water, let alone drive on the sand. lol.
     
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    Can't build cars like that here because it runs on Diesel. The diesel market in Europe is like 50% of all sales or something. In the US, its closer to 2% so why produce something like that when no one is going to buy it?
     
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    But you can't sell them, if you don't build them! I think they would do very well here! I also understand that we Americans like our big cars! I drive a Ford Escape, mini SUV, and love it! If it came in a diesel I'd buy that! Anyway, I kinda hijacjed this thread, sorry!
     
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    that was a great episode!
     
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    The Fiesta is, like nearly all the cars for the European market, built with both diesel and petrol (Gas) engines
     
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    Here the Fiesta is more commonly called "Fiasco."
     
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    I thought that was the word for almost the entire US car industry at the moment...

    Hard times.

    Cheers,
    Adam.
     
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    Positively brilliant! Ironic since that's currently my favorite show on TV!
     
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    good combat footage and fight sequences is what i've always admired the british for. but isn't it just americans now who make expensive commercials? if that was an american production, there'll be no deplorable scenes of mannequins and childrens' toys getting smacked, or of 15-foot skid marks on polished marble.
     
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  17. ghost_of_war

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    Aw, come on now.... Ford made a fantastic car called the Pinto. :D
     
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    That was a car? Hmmm...I thought that was an incendiary device!
     
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    Yes, that's what it turned out to be to the unsuspecting owner/motorist.... along with the Pontiac Fiero. :D
     
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