View Single Post
Old 03-01-2011, 12:02 AM   #15 (permalink)
Frank Lee
(:
 
Frank Lee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: up north
Posts: 12,762

Blue - '93 Ford Tempo
Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US)

F150 - '94 Ford F150 XLT 4x4
90 day: 18.5 mpg (US)

Sport Coupe - '92 Ford Tempo GL
Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US)

ShWing! - '82 honda gold wing Interstate
90 day: 33.65 mpg (US)

Moon Unit - '98 Mercury Sable LX Wagon
90 day: 21.24 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1,585
Thanked 3,555 Times in 2,218 Posts
Ah yes, from the wiki:

Quote:
...but the venture was ultimately unsuccessful due to... generally poor marketing tactics...
Now I vividly recall getting an XR4ti promotional video... in it the car was plodding around through neighborhoods at walking speeds, and the bland generic narrator was more fixated on stupid stuff like color choices than anything else. I was so astonished at the ineptitude of Ford's marketing for this "performance" model that I wrote back to them and let 'em have it.

Turns out my perception was right.
__________________


  Reply With Quote