回複：The Pros and Cons of Japanese Cars

Thanks to those who invested their time to read the lengthy posting.

A couple of house keeping items first:

1. This is a forum to exchange ideas. Hence all points of views, so long as based on facts, are welcome.
2. Spent too much time in Unix, still don’t have a system to type in Chinese, so bear with the English posting.
3. Don’t have any association with any car makers, dealers or repair shops, and don’t plan to in the future.


Now let’s continue the fun.

The previous article described the overall auto market in the States of the past two decades. With the global economy, the difference between the manufactures is shrinking. However the pricing of imports still has not matched those of domestic, although sometimes they are mechanically the same vehicle.


On the comparison between Toyota Camry and Ford Fusion

This is a perfect example of the above trend.

Ford has a significant stake in Mazda, so the new Fusion is based on the CD3 platform which is shared with Mazda 6 mid-size.

Now let’s take a look of the prices.

The invoice of 2010 Fusion, Mazda 6, and Camry are $18443, $17505, and $17938, respectively. All base model, 2.5 Liter I-4 engine

The key is the incentives:

Fusion has up to $5500 incentives this month.
Mazda 6 has $1000 rebate this month.
Camry has up to $2150 rebate this month.

Do the math, and you can have your conclusion quickly. You pay several thousand dollars extra for the different logo on the badges.


On the Ford Focus.

Prior to 2010, it’s based on the C170 platform which is based on the European design. That’s the cause of the weight limitation.

Next year when C1 platform is finally used for the North American market, you can pay the Focus price and sit in a platform that is identical to that of Mazda 3, 5, Volvo S40, V50, C30 and C70.

Isn’t it surprising to know that Fusion is actually a Mazda, and Focus is from Germany?

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• Someone became son of JP after they bought a JP car -wcat- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 10:52:41

• Can you explain why Corolla is 103 lbs heavier than Focus -tsc12- ♂ (119 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 13:12:34

• 回複：Can you explain why Corolla is 103 lbs heavier than Focus -原野青蛙- ♀ (1611 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 15:24:57

• 你說的不對。 -用戶名被占用了- ♂ (210 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 15:29:01

• Sorry. 我的意思是“不完全對”。同意你的大部分意見:-D -用戶名被占用了- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 15:35:50

• Toyota Avalon is designed and sold in NA. -用戶名被占用了- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 15:32:14

• 回複：Toyota Avalon is designed and sold in NA. -原野青蛙- ♀ (696 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 15:45:37

• I agree. -用戶名被占用了- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 16:01:10

• You are sleezy -tsc12- ♂ (196 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 19:05:43

• You did not answer my question -tsc12- ♂ (922 bytes) () 02/20/2010 postreply 17:54:51