I wonder if Ford's engineers have a distinct note that they aim to achieve with the exhaust on the Transit. It's such a distinctive sound, you can tell when a Transit has just pulled up outside.
@tom550993 Defender is a better product, same platform as the disco 5 but holds value better. If you don't need the backseats, I think the 3dr defender is a great looking product.
@ATwinspark Honestly, same. I'm getting some serious affinity for Merc at the moment. It helps that we went to Sindelfingen and saw how serious they are about production, quality and engineering. Worlds apart from the Porsche factory in Sindelfingen - money printer.
@sniffpetrol There's definitely some industrial experimentation happening in China that has potential to shake up the industry. It'll be interesting to see which ideas migrate over to European OEMs
@sniffpetrol Colleague of mine went on a sneaky tour recently around a leading Chinese OEM, where they found that they don't torque bolts as they go, they wait til the car is built and torque them all in one station.
I wouldn't like to work under a car where the subframe is fingertight...
“I have two versions of outlook and neither of them are working” is actually a generational NASA quote now. Not quite One Small Step but every generation lives in a different world
@ATwinspark The scale of it is weird. Freelander was the entry level, small SUV. Now it's the size of a disco 4, 3-row 7 seater. Wish they'd sort their product strategy out.
Pour one out for Chuck Norris, I loved his performance as both Walker and Texas Ranger. He was an actor with incredible range. I bet he's currently battering anybody that looks at him the wrong way in heaven.
@AutoExpress Wonder what this means for all the money they've invested in Crewe. Tons of prep for electrification under their Beyond100 scheme. Slightly awkward.