[Clegg]

Makes sense... I mean Chrysler is having smashing success with their special vehicle group (SRT), GM is ramping up its special vehicle teams, Asian companies have had killer success wiht their high performance companies (NISMO, Mugen (while not part of Honda - they are closely tied), etc...).

So in typical ford reverse thinking, if somethings working good for your competitors... aviod it at all cost (bringing hot compact cars to the US, building up a compact car/sub mid size car market to compete against Honda/Toyota, Diverisfy their sales channels)...

Who needs performance minded people with open pockets? Not ford it seems. Keep selling F150's to hill billies, and call it good.

Never thought I would see the day when I would consider Chrysler/Dodge to be one of the most forward thinking companies in the US currently (the US divisions of Daimler that is)