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Originally Posted by syr74

Vehicle to vehicle strictly talking about obvious advantage here.....

Taurus vs LaCrosse is close, and LaCrosse has the better basic platform here, but Ford gets Buick in the details and available options. Example? (yeah, it's a Buick, but the Impala is a pointless comparison) LaCrosse's base 3.0L is pointless, but if you step up to the 3.6L the price tag starts creeping up well past where a comparably equipped Taurus. Buick also is missing a SHO counterpart, and as SHO has thus far accounted for more than 10% of total sales and represents the profit leader of the line that is significant.

Camaro vs Mustang is about to get very interesting. To be blunt, unless GM finds some magical exemption from the laws of physics there is no way the SS wont be outrun by the new GT, and with the Mustang receiving meaningful handling upgrades on top of an already well sorted package this could get a little ugly for 2011 dynamically speaking unless Ford's handling engineers really screwed things up here. (my understanding is that the guy who spawned the Track Pack was in charge of 2011 suspension development in general, so I'm guessing a complete let down is unlikely) Still, the fact that the war is back on in full force is good for both brands, and while I suspect it will be at least 2012 before GM can really answer I'm sure they will.

Acadia vs Flex is almost Acadia vs nothing....Flex really isn't a direct competitor and that says it all. I personally like the Flex, but it isn't ever going to be the kind of volume vehicle the Acadia is (yes, I brought a GMC into the war....Acadia is the best of the Lambda's though) Until Explorer gets here GMC has a big leg up on Ford.

Equinox vs Escape is a case of an old Ford showing it's age a bit. Until the new Escape gets here the current model is more of a place holder, hopefully sales hold out until then.

The rest are either too close to call, pointless (who really cares if Focus or Cobalt is better?), or yet to unfold (C2 Focus vs Cruze, etc)

For the 2010 MY, Camaro > Mustang. And also, Ford is making the Mustang look like it's the new definition of physics. If the Mustang does outperform the camaro, it will be very close.