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Old 02-04-2012, 10:17 AM   #1
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Default Drive article. Can you spot the theme?

Interesting Drive article

Can you spot the underlying theme?

http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-new...l?rand=2459995

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Old 02-04-2012, 11:01 AM   #2
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Default Re: Drive article. Can you spot the theme?

Lots of views, no takers. Perhaps it was a little obscure.

The pattern is

In almost every class of vehcile, the Ford model received a 4/5 rating and beat the winner of the award in that year.

So if the awards are based on vehicle facts, not marketing or other factors, how can this award apparently get it so wrong year after year?
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Old 02-04-2012, 01:05 PM   #3
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Default Re: Drive article. Can you spot the theme?

I noticed, it, just didn't have anything profound to say about it.

It's good to see that Ford's are offering up great second hand value.
Hopefully as time goes on, as these end up in the hands of young people as their first car, it will drive a bias towards the brand.
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Old 02-04-2012, 04:57 PM   #4
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Default Re: Drive article. Can you spot the theme?

But it is for a second hand car, the reasons for a New car winning over a secondhand car are a little bit different...


But yeah, Go ford!
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Old 02-04-2012, 09:29 PM   #5
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Default Re: Drive article. Can you spot the theme?

once again nothing knew here bro...just this time its actually alittle more obvious as theyve failed to hide the fact that the fords r and have been class leading without the actual gongs for a long time now. Even with the wins they follow up with enough major flaws to scare even the steadiest of buyers off...heading them to the dull but still sufficient golfs and white toyotas. Forgot to check but without going back and looking again im sure there where about 5 to 1 stunning pictures of holdens to the fords desoite holdens lack of any wins in any categories for nearly forever..ha...slaps head AGAIN
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Old 02-04-2012, 09:34 PM   #6
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Default Re: Drive article. Can you spot the theme?

eh i am not seeing the issue. the comments seem on the mark.
it isn't a competition and even then the ford cars rate well.
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Old 03-04-2012, 02:10 AM   #7
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Default Re: Drive article. Can you spot the theme?

Once more for the dummies , 4 out of 5 is a higher ranking than 3 out of 5 yet plenty of 3 out of 5 ranked cars won over a 4 out of 5 car . Yet again these morons expose their obvious anti Ford bias .
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Old 03-04-2012, 05:35 AM   #8
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why is the falcon not in there, it's 5/5
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