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Old 02-19-2013, 09:01 AM   #343
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Originally Posted by tomlink View Post
In what respect?
Sales. The car was a failure. It was only around 8 model years, and in it's last year it was the worst selling Ford vehicle of that year.

FYI, Ford was not afraid it would take away Mustang sales, as it was touted as a possible replacement for the Mustang. But Mustang fans complained about its FWD and lack of a V8 (gasp!!!), so Ford created a new model and thus the Probe was born.

And it matters not how good the car performed in calling it a failure. If we are going to judge a product's success not by units sold, profits, increased market share, etc, but only by performance, then you would have to call Betamax a success.
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