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Automotive News & Views What about the future of Ford Inc?? 
1858 messages, Last post on Oct 16, 2006 at 6:25 AM
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dueling? Perhaps I misunderstood. If I said dueling before, I didn't mean dueling in the sense of fighting. But in the sense of pairing up, oh yes, absolutely they are. My local dealer would be example number one - a Chevy Cadillac dealer in the flesh. And according to press releases by GM, this is their grand plan for the future: in instances where dealers are not stand-alone, they want Chevy paired with Cadillac, and the Pontiac-Buick-GMC trio together as well. Hey, here's a thought: why not Ford-Lincoln-Mercury? Nah, forget that, just a passing bit of idiocy. It should be Ford-Lincoln, and dump Mercury. Plus, imagine how much the Ford dealer experience would improve if they had to serve Lincoln customers as well.
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 24, 2005 12:47 pm)
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 17, 2005 6:40 am)
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Aug 24, 2005 2:44 pm) |
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 24, 2005 12:47 pm) That might be "their plan" .. but the dealers won't have anything to do with it unless GM pays for every swinging dime of it .... do think dealers are going to drop millions on a whim ...... ? Terry. |
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I think it's just a general and long term scheme, not a concrete plan to be enacted in the next 12 months or something. And here we are talking about GM in the Ford thread. Why doesn't anyone want to talk about Ford? I was on the local Ford lot tonight just browsing, and I realized there isn't a single Ford model I would be interested in buying. I am actually more interested in GM myself. What's up there??!!
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Aug 24, 2005 2:41 pm) 
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...getting back the Ford issue, how long do people think the new Mustang effect will last for Ford? Right now, they're still rare and demand is still outstripping supply. That seems to be creating a certain buzz that I'm willing to bet is having some spill-over to the sales of Ford's other offerings. But eventually, the supply will equal the demand, and they'll start to pile up at the dealerships. How long before that happens? |
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I think the Mustang buzz could go on for another year. Good press, good looks, low prices for the V-6 combine to keep sales high. The car I really want to see is the Fusion. Will it be all that? I am curious. It looks a lot nicer to me than a Malibu from the pictures. And oh, how I wish Ford would completely update the Focus. Ick. Between all the sales they are now beginning to lose on the Ranger, and the sales they could potentially have if they had done a major update on the Focus after five years, I figure they are losing 100K customers a year now. And that will continue for several years, as things stand right now.
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 25, 2005 6:40 am)
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