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No G8 challenger from Ford afterall.

Reply #15
Quote from: BCA;184136

So it uses an existing Volvo powerplant which also makes sense because after some more digging, I found that it shares the same platform as Volvo C30 which is also powered by the 2.5 turbo 5.

Brent
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as a side note volvo had a focusish hatch at last years Detroit NAINAS i personally liked it. yea the c30 is exactly what i saw. I know the Vic always was but ford was talking about a possibility of a FWD vic after 2000, i was just not sure if they did it.


No G8 challenger from Ford afterall.

Reply #16
I actually saw my first C30 last week. A little old lady with blue hair was at the helm of the black steed.

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In 2002 you could buy an ounce of gold for $310. Guess what you'd have to pay today for that ounce? $763


Which is still less than it was at it's height in the '80's
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No G8 challenger from Ford afterall.

Reply #17
Quote from: 20th anny 5.o;184458
as a side note volvo had a focusish hatch at last years Detroit NAINAS i personally liked it. yea the c30 is exactly what i saw.


I don't think the C30 looks too bad either...from the front and side view. The rear end on the other hand...I think they could have done much better.

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No G8 challenger from Ford afterall.

Reply #18
Quote from: V8Demon;184517

Which is still less than it was at it's height in the '80's


If it was oil that caused it in the early '80's, what is driving the price up this time?

http://goldprice.org/30-year-gold-price-history.html

 

No G8 challenger from Ford afterall.

Reply #19
It isn't oil, it's inflation. It takes more dollars to buy an ounce of gold because the dollar isn't worth as much. You'll notice in those charts that during the first oil crunch of the mid 70's gold hardly moved at all. In the late 70's and early 80's inflation was sky-high, and so was the price of gold. Perhaps as a coincidence, it was also during that time that the Canadian dollar was worth more than the US dollar. History really does have a way of repeating itself....
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