Ford Better Build a Prius… FAST!

July 4, 2007 on 10:27 pm | In News |

The speedy Toyota Prius is to the Ford Motor Company what this photo was to Mike Dukakis’ 1988 presidential campaign.

In 2000, Bill Ford wrote in the Ford Motor Company Corporate Citizenship Report that Ford would launch the fuel cell-powered Ford Focus by 2004.

Right now, the 2008 Ford models are rolling out of the plant, and you still can’t buy a hydrogen-powered Ford Focus. So many years ago, Bill was saying Ford, by now, would be leading the world in hybrid and fuel-smart vehicles.

The only thing Ford is doing is going out of business. Ford is losing sales to Japanese and Korean manufacturers who have consistently been focused on fuel efficient cars, and vehicles that meet the needs of the American people.

And today, Al Gore’s son, Al Gore III, was pulled over in California for going 100mph on the highway. Was he driving a speedy and fuel inefficient Ford Mustang? No, he was driving a Toyota Prius! The Toyota Prius can evidently go over 100mph! Even my Nissan Xterra has problems getting to that speed! More importantly, the Prius gets a WHOPPING 55 miles to the gallon (combined highway/city). Ford’s best car for fuel efficiency is the Ford Focus, which only gets a measly 37mpg (highway only).

The Toyota Prius is going to do to the Ford Motor Company what that September, 1988 photo of Michael Dukakis in the tank did to his presidential campaign.