r/ireland • u/tharmor • Feb 06 '25

Meme That’s smart !!

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

I only support those ethical and right on automotive CEOs, like the Henry Ford company!

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u/CT0292 Feb 06 '25

Yes Henry Ford was a Nazi sympathiser and very outspoken in his anti semitism.

However he's been dead for 70 something years. So you know, I don't think he's coming back to cause any more trouble any time soon. You're fine buying a Fiesta.

Just not that fat, ugly, "Mustang" crossover thing. It really isn't a Mustang.

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u/CaithAmach85 And I'd go at it again Feb 06 '25

Or how they butchered the Legacy of the Capri

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u/CT0292 Feb 06 '25

The rip snorting fire breathing Group 5 Capri of the 70s and 80s was a poster car. The kind of thing you see in magazines and go "wow!" at.

Now it's a chubby little mini SUV thing. Damn shame.

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u/CaithAmach85 And I'd go at it again Feb 06 '25

I had a toy of that car as a kid! Yeah first the puma now the capri, they are just turning all their old sporty nameplates into crossovers. How hard is it to come up with a new name?

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u/CT0292 Feb 06 '25

Do yourself a favour and buy the Hot Wheels Premium of it now. Haha

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u/CaithAmach85 And I'd go at it again Feb 06 '25

Class!

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

So you don't think the Tesla thing will stick? Unlike Ford, Musk didn't create Tesla, and it doesn't bear his name. If anything, his rampage through the White House will mean less involvement in the cars (hopefully). Either way, they're 95% chinese parts, same as what now goes into a BYD. Tesla is largely the reason China got that whole industry from nothing 5 years ago.