When will Ford go bankrupt?

shfly · Nov 14, 2006

Quote from fearless9:

Will Ford be private or listed in your vision of the future?

Now if I knew that...

Since W. Ford and his people (Foundation) has all their wealth tied up in F stock, I would think it's unlikely a CH II is in their future.

Maybe the Chinese Gov. would be a buyer? Possible buy the shares from the Foundation?

I believe it's all about leadership...But granted, it'll take time...and the right mix of vehicles.

fearless9 · Nov 14, 2006

Quote from shfly:

Now if I knew that...

Maybe the Chinese Gov. would be a buyer? Possible buy the shares from the Foundation?

You have a devious mind Shfly ... should make a great Trader

Humpy · Nov 15, 2006

What Ford need mostly is to shrug off the boring image its built up over the past 3 decades. Get a good design team. Build what the markets will want to buy.
The last interesting car Ford built was the Mustang and that's going back a few years.

HolyGrail · Nov 15, 2006

Quote from Humpy:

What Ford need mostly is to shrug off the boring image its built up over the past 3 decades. Get a good design team. Build what the markets will want to buy.
The last interesting car Ford built was the Mustang and that's going back a few years.

I totally agree. I guess George Bush really wasn't that much of a factor in ford's demise(3 decades), and won't be much of a factor in ford's comeback.

mdlclu · Nov 15, 2006

With $28 Billion in cash and a rapidly growing Chinese buiness, don't hold your breath

niceneasy · Nov 15, 2006

carlos g made a good point yesterday in a interview... he was speaking regarding gm chiefs wagoners comment that the yen and yuan is hurting north american car producers. ghosn reminded the world that 80% of nissans north american car production is done in north america and their profit margins are just fine thank you very much....

mad wagoner look exactly like he is - a lazy greedy bloated dolt... just like gm

Humpy · Nov 16, 2006

Anyone on this thread admitting to owning a Ford or GM car ?
Mine's a Renault.

man · Nov 23, 2006

Quote from HolyGrail:

I was VERY SERIOUS. This country is great because of our innovation and capitalistic system of government, not because of our "figurehead" presidents.

with some additional boost by exploiting other peoples' ressources
and some lack of war on domestic soil ... and i hope you realise
that the government has taken the capitalistic thing a little too far.

man · Nov 23, 2006

Quote from Humpy:

What Ford need mostly is to shrug off the boring image its built up over the past 3 decades. Get a good design team. Build what the markets will want to buy.

while i tend to agree intuitively i would not see toyota as the
most interesting car designer either ...

Comptalk · Nov 23, 2006

If possible, the best option for GM anf Ford is to merge. There is too much competition against German and Japanese companies. Also selling off their losing brands would help as well.