Originally Posted by jaje
lightning is an overweight muscle pickup (~5,000lbs)...with big huge tires and 10-11 mpg average...nothing great about it especially now that the ram has a big huge pushrod v10 towing it around
1996 mustang cobra (n/a version) sucked complete ass...first 2 generations cobras (n/a and the s/c versions) had overstated hp and had to be recalled or bought back from customers
escape has poor front crash ratings and after its crash redisign this year still only gets average to marginal (
www.iihs.org , http://www.nhtsa.gov<br /> <br /> ...lity and safety)
wow talk about nitpicking
Lightining: Sure the model is on its last year run of its current generation, but show me a truck made before 2004 that's made to be a muscle truck as well as the Lightning. Until the new Lightning based on the new F-150 comes out, the brand new Ram SRT-10 is the better muscle truck, but that doesn't mean the current Lightning neccessary "sucks". Reserve that title for the Silverado SS.
Cobra: Why are you bringing up a 1996 model Cobra for? The current and last gen of this model run definitly don't qualify for the "sucks" title. Show me something that is made to go superfast with a torquey V8 that's about or under $35k.
Escape: The pre-2005 model did not receive a "poor" frontal crash rating. Check up your stats again,
IIHS - marginal;
NHTSA - 5/4 star
As far as the 2005 model Escape goes, it received an
"Acceptable" rating in the IIHS test. The Toyota RAV4 also got the same
overall score in both organization's test. In otherwards, I fail to see why the Ford Escape "sucks", unless you're refering to the early models with all the bugs.