Could Apple buy Ford?

Sig said:
And they make that money regardless of how the economy is doing, unlike the highly cyclical auto industry.
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Exactly... And they probably innovate more so more IP... although whether Apple is innovating is another discussion, but probably more innovative than Ford.

Bigger margins as well.... smaller investments in large scale manufacturing etc....
 
Turveyd said:
How can Ford, which makes and sells you know, CARS all over the world, be worth less than someone who sells mobile phones, the world truely is nuts!!
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You can buy a useful apple device for under 1k, or you can buy a "lemon" for 20k!
 
Michael J. Fletcher said:
I would argue with that, of course, Ford has a lot of experience in producing internal combustion engines and vehicles , BUT Apple needs something different, they would definitely go with EV, and for that Ford doesn't have anything!
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Ford provide the car basically, Apple can provide the motor and batterys and software maybe for auto driving.

Don't see them stepping out of there comfort zone.

Msft on the other hand is getting left in the dust, there phone division failed, win 10 they gave away for free only thing making money are xboxs and office 365, they need to do something, but lets hope not, likely be the death of Ford like everything else they touch.
 
Michael J. Fletcher said:
Once again, what in this case Ford is going to do? :D:D:D:D
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The original post was a joke to start with... I was merely wondering where they could spend 238 Billion....

But buying Citi for Apple-Pay might not be bad idea.

F*ck the toasters....Give granny a free I-Phone. Then charge her negative interest.
 
vanzandt said:
The original post was a joke to start with... I was merely wondering where they could spend 238 Billion.....
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That's the "Apple-dilemma".. They're stuck in a taxation issue... they can't bring it home to the US because they will have to pay a large tax on it...
I think as well if they do a special dividend of say $50...
They should do a special purpose vehicle spin-off in which all current shareholders have the same stake and then do an off-shore liquidation of that... maybe they'll avoid tax that way ;)
 
newwurldmn said:
My view is that it's less important now than 30 years ago. With the entire supply chain now outsourced Apple can plug into it just like tesla did.

But to have a dealer network, engineering knowledge, and technology (no way ford isn't working on it) can be worth it. Apple can also buy Citigroup. Talk about adoption of Apple Pay!
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Hell with Citigroup.... I think Apple should buy Deutsche Bank now. $16Billion. What a deal. ;)
 
On January 3, Ford announced that it is canceling its plans for a new $1.6-billion assembly plant in Mexico. Instead, the company intends to expand an existing factory in Michigan, creating 700 new jobs.

That is news for who think apple is buying ford.
 
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