Quote Originally Posted by Gerbo View Post
Ya. Bigger is nicer. "Matipid" kaya? Gas consumption is a big factor in market acceptance among Filipinos. Pero sa track record ng Ford, I am not really optimistic.
Seriously... this is the 21st Century and people are still repeating this hoary old myth?

The only reason Fords are seen as "guzzlers" is because of the Expedition and E150... which are V8s.

The Focus 2.0 gasser AT is a guzzler. But guess what? So are the Civic 2.0 AT (I've seen 5-6) and the Corolla 2.0 AT. (averaged 6.5 km/l in the city)

The Focus 2.0 TDCi is as economical as various 1.6 and 1.5 liter diesels I've driven.

The Ranger, in our testing, is just as economical as any other similarly powered CRDi 2.5 or 3.0.

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The only vehicle in the comparison that is relatively frugal for the power is the 4x4 Navara... which gives you the power of a 3.0 (but again, not the flexibility) with the fuel economy of a 2.5.