Super-Economy of 1997!

[Madman]

Aspire was sold in 1997?

Yes, 1997 was the final year for the Aspire.  But I remember my local Ford dealer having several in stock in the later part of 1998 which they were still desperately trying to unload.  They had something like five of six Aspires lined up near the road in front of the showroom with signs on the cars.  I don't remember what the signs actually said but I imagine it was the usual desperate "please take this awful crudbucket away" and "we'll pay YOU to remove this eyesore from our lot" sort of thing.  I'm positive they practically gave those damn things away just to get rid of them!

[Secret Chimp]

I'd take the Metro... it seems to have stuck around in the greatest numbers compared to the others. I kept hearing about head gasket problems with the Tercel engines.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I'd take the Metro... it seems to have stuck around in the greatest numbers compared to the others. I kept hearing about head gasket problems with the Tercel engines.

The Suzuki engines in the Metro are bulletproof, and certainly better than that Toyota engine.

[shp4man]

I'm the lone Aspire vote. Like many vehicles in the Ford lineup, we in service have a pet name for this car- Asspile.
I've seen them with over 200k miles on them, but the average Asspile buyer didn't take care of the car worth a shit, so many of them fell apart pretty quick.

[Madman]

I'm the lone Aspire vote. Like many vehicles in the Ford lineup, we in service have a pet name for this car- Asspile.
I've seen them with over 200k miles on them, but the average Asspile buyer didn't take care of the car worth a shit, so many of them fell apart pretty quick.

I've noticed the cheaper the original price of the car, the lower the survival rate for that car happens to be.  Buyers of poverty-spec cars like the ones shown above will typically spend little or nothing on maintenance and treat them like the disposable appliances they are.  All four of the cars in this poll vanished from the roads in my area years ago, which rather proves my point.

I know you're a Ford tech but that's no reason to vote for a turd of a car like the Aspire.  You, more than anyone else, should know how monumentally shit these cars were!  What on Earth could make you chose an "Asspile" over any of the others?  At least I can justify picking the Accent because it had, by far, the most powerful engine of any of the cars here. 

[shp4man]

I've noticed the cheaper the original price of the car, the lower the survival rate for that car happens to be.  Buyers of poverty-spec cars like the ones shown above will typically spend little or nothing on maintenance and treat them like the disposable appliances they are.  All four of the cars in this poll vanished from the roads in my area years ago, which rather proves my point.

I know you're a Ford tech but that's no reason to vote for a turd of a car like the Aspire.  You, more than anyone else, should know how monumentally shit these cars were!  What on Earth could make you chose an "Asspile" over any of the others?  At least I can justify picking the Accent because it had, by far, the most powerful engine of any of the cars here. 

Aren't Hyundai engines just license built Mitsubishi designs? I really don't know much about Asian cars.

[Madman]

Aren't Hyundai engines just license built Mitsubishi designs?

They were in the beginning.  Excels used Mitsu engines.  I'm not sure when Hyundai started building their own own engines.  That fact that, until recently, Hyundais were shit meant I was never curious enough about them to find out.

[cawimmer430]

Asspile. 

[2o6]

They were in the beginning.  Excels used Mitsu engines.  I'm not sure when Hyundai started building their own own engines.  That fact that, until recently, Hyundais were shit meant I was never curious enough about them to find out.

IIRC, in the early 90's around the time they bought Kia.