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Originally Posted by jinstall
AWD is way bigger in Europe than it will ever be in the US. Due to better traction at higher speeds.
What do you think is in the ix and X3,5 and 6? 4 wheel drive? The last BMW to have 4x4 was the E30. The E34 was too heavy and was 4x4 was cut from the line before the E30.
The Kuga is build on a Focus C-Max platform with AWD added to it. It is more car than SUV. I have been under enough of them to see it. Today was the most recent. In no way can it be compared to an Escape. The closest is the Mazda X7. But I have seen them both side by side and you can see the C-Max in the Kuga more than you can see the Mazda.
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depends on what part of the US you live in. If anything is made AWD, that is pretty much ALL dealers stock around here of that car. Mercedes, VW, Audi, Volvo, etc...
I have worked at a Volvo dealer for about a year now, and i have not seen ONE non AWD XC90. Honestly i did not realize they even made a non AWD version of that car. I think i have seen about 3 non AWD (current, and pre-refresh) S60's in the year i have worked their as well.
Minivans, trucks, cars, Crossovers, what ever. If they make it in AWD that is almost all the dealers stock. If you wanted a non AWD version of a Crossover or something like that, you would have to do do a special order, of have one transfered in out of state. The dealers just don't stock them because they don't sell.
As for the Kuga, i know it is mostally a liftd waggon, but it is still marketed as an SUV/Crossover, and not a car. The same person that looks at a Focus, wont be looking at a Kuga. Just like the same person looking at a fusion are not looking at an Edge (even though the latter are VERY similar in allot of ways) it is marketing...
That makes me wonder, will the next gen Mondeo/Fusion be QWD or just FWD. I see that as a selling point in both the US and the EU markets, so i don't see ford dropping that option when the cars "merge."
Again ford may not be planning to offer AWD on the focus, but Subaru, Suzuki, Mitsu all seem to have a case for AWD in their C class cars.