"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
03/12/2019 at 21:14 • Filed to: None
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"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
03/12/2019 at 21:14 • Filed to: None | 0
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R. Kelly
That’s right.
The whole reason Ford sold it here in the first place is because R. Kelly made a song about the car because he wanted them to sell it over here. The song is called, well, Fiesta. He made the song and felt Ford wasn’t listening, so he teamed up with Jay-Z to make a remix that would get the song noticed more. I’m not going to post the video here because that would give it more clicks and more money. Then came R. Kelly’s child porn trial, so Ford put the US Fiesta plans on hold. Once he was acquitted, they resumed because the whole saga was supposed to be over. Or so they thought.
Honda began selling the Fit. Toyota finally sold us the 4-door hatchback Yaris (the Echo hatch was Canada-only). Nissan’s Versa. Hyundai and Kia finally started making decent cars. You can see that Ford felt trapped in the closet, even though the RK series by that name was totally unrelated to Ford’s cars.
Once Ford finally began to sell the Fiesta in the US, they encountered two problems. First, well duh, R. Kelly’s pedo-pissing. Second, reliability with the PowerShit transmissions.
The DCT problems and the new pedo charges came out around the same time. Ford was afraid people would find out they only sold the car here at his request and the possible tarnish to Ford’s reputation. For that reason, they decided not to retrofit a real transmission into the Fiesta. They just wanted the car to go away.
Also, I’m pissed that Ford stopped offering the Fiesta in pink after its first year in the US, but that could also be related to the whole scandal, too.
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> dogisbadob
03/12/2019 at 21:26 |
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Brickman
> dogisbadob
03/12/2019 at 21:30 |
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Just rebadge it into the Festiva.
LongbowMkII
> dogisbadob
03/12/2019 at 22:25 |
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I thought it was about to turn 13
Svend
> dogisbadob
03/12/2019 at 23:22 |
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Nah, tha t’s not pink. This is pink.
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dogisbadob
> Svend
03/12/2019 at 23:25 |
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all of those are cool too
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Svend
03/13/2019 at 00:10 |
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For some unknown reason, I quite like that Miata.
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Svend
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
03/13/2019 at 00:16 |
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I thought you’d of gone for the Mini to be honest, going by your screen name.
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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Svend
03/13/2019 at 06:45 |
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Its too shiny for my taste.
KnowsAboutCars
> Svend
03/13/2019 at 15:22 |
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As far as pink cars go that Mini isn’t terrible.
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Svend
> KnowsAboutCars
03/13/2019 at 15:29 |
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Ye’, I like it, it’s pink, but it’s not in your face pink. It’s nicely done.
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> dogisbadob
03/13/2019 at 15:59 |
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I’m surprised more companies don’t just make a Short/Tall/Grande/Venti version of one crossover rather than a whole bunch of cars no one really wants because everyone needs an Explorer Venti since they love “the safety and the high driving position.”
This is why I think Hyundai is nuts for making the Genesis a sedan-only lineup. That may work fine in South Korea but all they really need to do is take their Palisade/Telluride, throw some Genesis badges, leather, and carbon fauxber on it and they should be able to print money.
JakeBrake
> Svend
03/13/2019 at 17:23 |
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Pepto pink metallic
nerd_racing
> Brickman
03/14/2019 at 11:41 |
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and offer the 3 door! Also festivas have a huge following still.
Probenja
> dogisbadob
03/14/2019 at 20:39 |
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The Fiesta is dead in the rest of the Americas too as the Brazilian plant is shut down.
Yuppers
> dogisbadob
03/14/2019 at 22:26 |
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Wow. Well, I guess that makes sense, R. Kelly likes small agile cars just like he likes small agile....