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Old 04-25-2013, 11:56 AM   #15
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Well now, so Ford stole Austin Martin's front grills and just slapped them on everything.
Actually that grill design started under Ford's ownership (the modern interpretaion anyways), so not really stole as much as did a transplant to a (very) extended family member. Of course Aston is no longer owned by Ford so cribbing that face is not going to hurt Ford's bottom line any, and it is definatly not diluting "Ford" haha. besides, Aston Ruined it themselves when they put that Grill (and the Aston martin Name) on a rebadged Toyota/Scion IQ.



Yeah, works better on the Fusion and Fiesta better than on this "real" Aston martin haha.
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Old 04-25-2013, 11:57 AM   #16
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I took an interest in that car too until I read that it had some transmission problems:

http://jalopnik.com/5774473/ford-qui...ner-complaints

They may have resolved it. It may only apply to their "automatic" cars. If the one you get is a manual trans, then perhaps you will be ok.

the automatic is a computerized manual transmission.
Yeah, problems with the auto clutches going out. However, the ST only comes with a manual, so it really hasn't been an issue for them.
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