wtf ford

[IALuder]

http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/27/new...dex.htm?cnn=yes

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Employees at Ford's Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich., will have to drive Ford Motor Co. vehicles to work or park across the street, the plant manager announced earlier this week.

The new parking policy, which is scheduled to take effect Feb. 1, was instituted by plant manager Rob Webber just as Ford reported losses of $1.6 billion from its North American auto operations in 2005 and Monday announced plans to close 14 plants and cut 30,000 jobs as it tries to reverse losses and respond to declining U.S. market share.

Ford Motor is closing plants across North America and cutting thousands of jobs.



The Dearborn Truck Plant, which represents one portion of the Rouge facility, has 2,600 union employees and makes the F-150 pickup truck, the best selling vehicle in the United States.

[nonovurbizniz]

Yet another reason NEVER to buy american...

IF and it's a BIG if, they actually hire americans... they shit can them left and right when it suits their needs and then MAYBE if they're lucky they get hired back at a reduced wage.

Then on top of pissing off all their customers by having sub-par products... now they're getting the dudes assembling their shity designs pissed too... That should make for some GREAT fords of the future...

Found On Road Dead.

[IALuder]

i believe ford is going to go under.

after the lightings being made so poorly. they sold tons, but now i see them at used lots like no other.

[GT40FIED]

Originally posted by IALuder
i believe ford is going to go under.

after the lightings being made so poorly. they sold tons, but now i see them at used lots like no other.

Nah...GM or Chrysler will go under before Ford does (although Chrysler has Mercedes backing them). GM is shit deep in the red depsite out-selling Ford for the first time in 20 years (driven largely by Trail Blazer sales). Ford's still going strong with the new Mustang, F-150s, and some of the smaller models. I'd also say that a much larger share of fleet vehicles are Fords (Crown Vics, F-150s, etc.). Sales of Special Service Vics alone probably out do some of the Chevy models. I mean...you see a Crown Vic, you think "cop car". Have you ever seen an Impala cop car? It's so disappointing. Ford's really the only company left making full size V8 sedans. The Mustang doesn't have any real direct competition, either.

As for the Lightnings, I don't know where you got the idea that they were being made poorly, but I haven't seen a single one with a problem of any kind. Besides...they started that whole "big-motor truck" thing. Lightnings came out in either '93 or '94...it took Chevy and Dodge about 10 years to catch up.

[IALuder]

my opinion came from being in my friends.

[pdiggitydogg]

chrysler does the same thing....

[JDMFantasy2k]

what about dodge? who are they in bed with cause i always thought they were a shitty company

[AzCivic]

was instituted by plant manager Rob Webber

Bill Ford didn't come down and say they had to have a Ford to park in the closer parking lot, some dumbass manager probably thinks he's doing something good for the company, but what really happened is like when cops are chasing a car and idiots try to help out. it just makes things worse.

Out of the big 3 Ford is the only company I see with much of a future. Have you seen a new Mercury lately? those things are looking quite nice, a real turn around for that name plate. which of the big three are making hybrids(for which there is huge demand for)? Ford. Who just came out with a family sedan that is giving toyota/honda a run for the money? Ford (Fusion)

What does GM have? uhh, I can't think of one high demand car that they make except for maybe the vette, but thats not quite a high volume seller so who cares. And is it me or do alot of their cars look like weird plastic things?

chrysler is having temporary good sales with these v8/rwd cars they're bringing back, as long as gas stays reasonable. which it won't for long, and then they're f'd.

If ford offered a diesel F150, i'd buy it tomorrow( and I think alot of other people would too). Think about it, it'd be the ONLY diesel in its class and I'd run it on biodiesel.

[Robert]

This practice isn't uncommon, I guess it just made the news. UP here in Canada it's rather common on the domestic plants.

The big auto companies aren't just going to turn belly up. They have millions to work with and will reinvent themselves. The imports are just giving them a run for their money, in time it will swing back the other way.

[VR4_Craver]

I love how they say they are "going broke" when total profits dropped from 2.8 BILLION a year to 2.3 Billion....OH NO

[KwikR6]

Ford won't go belly up...damn..