Yeah most Japanese sedans today are like the 1996-2007 Ford Taurus, in 10 years it's the first car that you never wanted because it's so boring.
Sedans didn't really move on that much in the meanwhile. Most midsize sedans available today are nothing more than appliances. In ten years, you won't remember any sedan currently on sale, unless it's a premium model with something special.
You can't blame the japanese tho. The Camry is a runaway success in the US only. And why this is the case is beyond me...
My guess just so many early to mid 20's from the 90's had one as a car and keep telling their little shits that the Camry is the best car ever made.
this one not the 8.32 the ordinary one i remember when they wanted to show one in a classic car magazine and they have sad that there arent any on sale at all anymore wich just show how forgotten they are at least here in germany
Not forgotten. They were probably all scrapped, that's why none of them is around anymore... But it's still remembered as the last "true" Lancia.
My father used to own a Thema V6. He says that if he could get one of all the cars he had ever owned back, he would choose the Thema. His one was one of the first in our country, if not the very first one. He had to get rid of it because the engine nuked itself.
the thing with the normal ones is that theyre overshadowed by the 8.32 so everytime you say thema now nearly everyone will think of the 8.32. Also another forgotten car is the Golf 3 but nearly all golfs have the problem that theyre forgotten when the next gen launches
Strange how they sell it as ford in Europe and a merkur in America. Seems like you’d have more people in America buy a Ford and more people in Europe would buy it as a Merkur.
Why would anyone in Europe be more likely to buy it as a Merkur? In America the XR4Ti had no lineage, hence why Ford tried to create the Merkur sub-brand.
Seems like Americans would rather buy a Ford rather than some euro-sounding car they’ve never heard of. I think people in Europe would be more likely to buy a more exotic-sounding car that sounds like it could be from Europe rather than a midsize imported sedan. Just my thoughts, though.
Because Toyota nailed it into every American waiting in a McDonald's drive thru on the radio that the Camry was a car to buy, and, since they associated this with the fine taste of their Big Macs and cokes, they naturally assumed that the Camry was a good car because it reminded them of fattening, unhealthy food
