VIDEO: The Anti Toyota Prius commercial Ford wished it made

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The U.S. automakers have been licking their chops to take a hard swipe
at Toyota
over unintended acceleration. None had the guts to actually
do it. Saturday
Night Live SNL, however, does — with this anti-Toyota
commercial Ford wishes
they could really run.

Ford - We make Hybrids too
 
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March 15, 2010, 11:24 pm
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Yep, and they made hybrids with the same sort of braking issues as the
Prius...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35242362/

"DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. plans to fix 17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford Fusion
gas-electric hybrids because of a software problem that can give drivers the
impression that the brakes have failed."

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March 16, 2010, 4:29 pm
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The difference is that the Prius is actually without brakes at times, but
the FoMoCo's have brakes at all times. I would much rather drive a vehicle
that *seems* to have no brakes than one that *actually* has no brakes,
IYKWIM :-)
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March 18, 2010, 11:46 pm
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Ummmmmmm - you sure of that? Stepping on the brake pedal of a Ford hybrid
does the same as stepping on the brake pedal of a BrandX hybrid... The car
goes into regenerative braking.... The first brake you feel is the wheel
motors turning into generators...

FWIW... hybrids give a whole new focus on bleeding brakes...




 

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