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Old 06-06-2005, 04:41 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Turo
I dont get it, how come they won't bring it to the US? Is it because emissions reasons? Because udging by how the srt-4's have sold, I'm sure that car would sell pretty easily over here.
Probably because it would cost $30K+ over here and there is little to no demand in the "Hot Hatch" segment this car sells in. Case in point the R32 VW is a pretty bad-ass little car. AWD, VR6, can be tuned to 600+hp Here is one with 550hp killing a Supra.


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But at ~$33K it costs as much as a C-Class Mercedes or BMW, so it isn't exactly "flying off the shelf".

Not to mention if Ford did bring a 350hp Turbo AWD Focus over, even at $30K+ it would probably do more to kill Mustang Sales than create new market share.

At least, that's my thinking on why they wouldn't bring it over here. I could be wrong. Ford Europe could just hate us
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