Even though my parents and I have both owned Fords for our combined last 10 vehicles or so, they had REALLY been slacking in everything for the past few years or so. They've REALLY been coming up in the world though. I know in 2005 they're sales started to jump up, I'm guessing it started because of the S197 Mustangs, then came the Focus, Fusion, Edge, Flex, and multiple other good bang for the buck cars. Now, 2011 and on, they've finally built a solid engine platform for the Mustangs that should have NO problems wiping the floor with the Mopar/GM competition.