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Ford owns Europe because they are producing better cars. Like BMW, people actually want to buy them. Even J. Clarkson let his garage get filled up by a Ford Badge!!! Euro spec'd Mondeo sports and Focus' are competitors to basic 3 and 1 series cars and are an awesome alternative to an extent.
Whether it's a U.S spec Malibu or a Euro Vauxhaul VXR, they are just rubbish compared to a 3 series, or an A4, Mercedes C200 or even a Mondeo. Some argue these terrible cars are one of the MANY reasons why they struggle when our economy (full of ignorant people just buying American to buy American) aren't buying and people who actually appreciate better products are buying the better alternatives.

Your comparing high performing cars to regular cars. You have a 1 series that starts out at what 25-30k? Why buy the 1 series, when u can get a car half the price with the same options. There are shitty cars.. but ive always stuck by the rule you treat a car good it will last forever. You have escorts with 500k, and civics with 500k... you have civics that are a pain in the ass and break consantly.. you have escorts that do the same. My neighbor works on european cars mainly Bmws and a few benzs. but i see the cars all the time with the same issues that everyone else has. And they squeak, and leak, and break down just as much. because people dont take care of them.

Also people are just gonna buy what they can afford, M's and amg's cost more in the states. And also the euro fords are all homegrown, so they support their cars, like the US supports their cars. LIke japan supports their own brand. its not because they dont like fords/gm overseas, its just a different type of cars they prefer over seas. And its part of the reason we dont see alot of models in the states.

mondeo chassis has been in the us for the longest since the contour, and with the 6. and the focus has been a euro ford since it came to the states. a euro ford may perform and look better.

Granted they are better perfoming euro fords, than what we get over here. When it comes down to it, its the same car.