[KingZee]

LOL, awesome thread revival guys.

 

[KingZee]

What's Ford's reason for not including certain "basic" options for the US market that are offered in the EU market? I get the shell seats thing but like another user posted, options such as driving/parking assists, adaptive cruise, blind spot monitoring, and parking sensors seem like no brainers especially when they're offered on other US Fords...

This is mostly due to cost constraints and demographic (or perception of this car within its demographic)...In America, we mostly have people like @RS ATX (quoted below) who doesn't want extra stuff on his performance car that will raise the price. Multiple internal studies at Ford have most likely concluded that he is the majority demographic in this country, hence, no extra crap that will raise the price on a car and price it out of some people's hands by placing it at a higher price point than the competition.

Europe, on the other hand, considers this almost a luxury car for the every day man and is willing to pay extra for creature comforts. Pretty sure it's just as simple as that.

I think you were looking for the Lexus forums.... This is a forum for a performance vehicle

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[KingZee]

Then why in God's name do we have a start/stop feature? (Can we disable it?)

We have stop start because it helps Ford's CAFE requirement.

And yes we can disable it. There is a button by the Drive Mode Selector that disables it. Unfortunately, I don't believe it can be permanently disabled.

I for one am not bothered by this because I usually keep the clutch depressed at stoplights, unless I'm sitting there for a while.

Yes, purely a help to CAFE requirements.

I have a feeling this can be permanently disabled with a tune sooner or later.