I know I am stating an opinion that I think is a fact, but I would like to rephrase your comment and say - American engineering and not just Ford engineering. American cars: built to make money for service departments and to last (usually) under 100,000 miles so you can go and buy another one as soon as possible! American cars used to be synomonous with quality engineering, now they are just trying to keep up with the quality/price ratio of foreign cars....sad