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"DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. posted the worst quarterly performance in its history Thursday, losing $8.67 billion in the second quarter."

The rest of the article is here if anyone actually cares.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_ford

I just wish they'd stop trying to make cars.

7/24/2008 11:54:15 AM

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"and it announced plans to bring six new small vehicles to North America from Europe by the end of 2012."

Oh bloody fuckin hell!

7/24/2008 12:13:25 PM

the nigga is alive!

7/24/2008 12:21:06 PM

ford. the problem is already circled.

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 12:28 PM. Reason : ,]

7/24/2008 12:28:27 PM

^^^

wow so they are going to bring some of the 'good' cars they hide over there to the U.S.

interesting.

7/24/2008 1:28:57 PM

the European Ford Mondeo rocks, its beyond me why they don't offer it here.

7/24/2008 1:51:13 PM

^ same fuckin thing as the focus IMO.

7/24/2008 1:58:10 PM

yea ford is fucked..royally fucked

7/24/2008 2:04:32 PM

they sell their good cars over seas and not here.

duh ... bring some ford AU cars over and some ford euro cars over and call it a day

but nooooo dumbasses stick with cheap bullshit

7/24/2008 2:06:14 PM

g series plz and modeo plz


why the hell aren't they here? christ fuck the fusion and taurus

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 2:18 PM. Reason : ]

7/24/2008 2:12:03 PM

Or the Euro focus and please bring the Ka

7/24/2008 3:04:04 PM

fuck it, ima buy a goddamned tricycle.

7/24/2008 3:17:02 PM

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" same fuckin thing as the focus IMO."

not quite


honestly, i think ford's biggest problem is they assume every American wants a large, uninspiring, mediocre car............they don't make anything that is fun

7/24/2008 4:08:21 PM

^yeah seriously, tell me how thats the same as a Focus??

7/24/2008 4:11:46 PM

That would fly off lots.

7/24/2008 4:14:04 PM

Top Gear loves the Mondeo......they claim not to find anything wrong with it

aside from being FWD, i think it's a great looking car

7/24/2008 4:21:12 PM

aha...i saw the ka all over the place in germany...reminds me of the fiesta

7/24/2008 4:40:06 PM

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"the European Ford Mondeo rocks, its beyond me why they don't offer it here."

turf. they don't want to admit that the U.S. division can't make (refit) a car that will sell.

they wanted to make their own car using U.S. bin parts.

7/24/2008 4:40:18 PM

you'd think when running a global buisness they'd shut the fuck up and do what needs to be done....
the falcon would sell like hot cakes with the nascar crowd and the mondeo is pretty much a cheaper tl

7/24/2008 5:02:06 PM

well damn, wtf are they thinking... they should just go ahead and hire you as ceo!

7/24/2008 5:05:38 PM

I wonder if the falcon UTE would sell


[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 5:12 PM. Reason : ]

7/24/2008 5:09:11 PM

I WANT A V8 SUPERCAR

7/24/2008 5:15:25 PM

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"I wonder if the falcon UTE would sell"

hell yeah, I'd would for sure buy one. seriously that's all the pickup most people need.

7/24/2008 5:50:29 PM

^

No people need v8 trucks for the two times a decade they move.

driving around with an empty bed is the fucking RAGE

7/24/2008 6:23:32 PM

^x5 you sir are funny... for a cunt rag

7/24/2008 7:29:17 PM

Six new small vehicles. small. That does not mean the Mondeo, or the Falcon, or anything else that isn't a small car. We're stuck with the Fusion and the Taurus for now. (Though I honestly think the Fusion has potential, it's not a bad-looking car...just fix the QC issues and give us a hybrid version, a tdi version, a performance version...)

If we're lucky they'll give us the Euro Focus as one of the six, but considering they *just* brought out the new one over here and it seems to be selling despite the fact that it's fugly...not holding my breath. I'm guessing we'll get a couple of subcompacts, a mini-SUV/cute ute, probably a city car of some kind, maybe a small sporty coupe, and....?

7/24/2008 8:23:52 PM

I've read a few articles that mention plans for the mondeo to come over. Plans are already in the works for a reuniting of the focus in the next few years.

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 8:42 PM. Reason : ]

7/24/2008 8:41:33 PM

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"not quite"

huh? Now you can't tell me that this car doesn't look remotely close to the mondeo? come on now, amirite? Or am I just moron...


4 door focus ^ seems similar.






I guess you all think I'm a moron.

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 8:52 PM. Reason : headlights, foglights, grill, overall body style...I mean I think it does. ]

7/24/2008 8:50:47 PM

no, the mondeo is more compatable to our fusion....

The former models were called the contour, here.

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 9:08 PM. Reason : ]

7/24/2008 8:56:11 PM

[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 9:12 PM. Reason : I'll take one wagon plz]

7/24/2008 9:03:28 PM

^ oh damn, good call.

7/24/2008 9:04:24 PM

i'll take the 3 or 5 door focus too (& ST)





[Edited on July 24, 2008 at 9:29 PM. Reason : .]

7/24/2008 9:26:54 PM

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"If we're lucky they'll give us the Euro Focus as one of the six, but considering they *just* brought out the new one over here and it seems to be selling despite the fact that it's fugly...not holding my breath."

???

The "new" Focus here is just a rehashed version of the last generation. Europe has the "next generation" but for some reason Ford thinks we're unworthy. We don't have it..

7/25/2008 4:28:05 AM

awd focus would sell. I mean give us a rally car. Subaru Impreza but less $$ I'd buy it

7/25/2008 7:38:56 AM

^ yeah i mean cosworth already makes some nasty ass fuckus motors give us a nasty ass fuckus to drop one in.

7/25/2008 7:45:21 AM

^^^ That might be why their going to the shitter. I don't even like the focus, butt ass ugly IMO and with a retarded name too "focus", rubish I tell you. I'd take the fusion though.

7/25/2008 8:29:18 AM

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"The "new" Focus here is just a rehashed version of the last generation. Europe has the "next generation" but for some reason Ford thinks we're unworthy. We don't have it.."

I wasn't aware of that; guess I'm not really in the know about the compact scene. I figured that with the age of the older model, and the new body styles and whatnot, it was an actual generation change rather than a major freshening.

7/25/2008 11:13:16 PM

damn, that mondeo wagon is badass

7/26/2008 12:15:11 AM

yeah I never really understood why all the car company's pretty much launch shit in Europe first.. we've been quoting a lot of stuff that is available in Europe right now that is due to hit the US in 2010-2011. If they were f'in smart they'd use the same suppliers as much as possible and save the money of building two sets of tools for everything

or at the very least save the money of DESIGNING two sets of tools--we've had to completely design tools that already fucking EXIST because GM wouldn't give us any information about the tools that are running in Europe. How fucking stupid is that?

I'm sure Ford is the same way though

7/26/2008 12:43:30 AM

i was in england a month or so ago and drove a mondeo. it's a great little car. lots of options and the diesel version is very quiet.

[Edited on July 26, 2008 at 1:57 AM. Reason : i dislike driving on the right side.]

7/26/2008 1:56:46 AM

ITS CAR COMPANIES, not company's. WTF magn!

7/26/2008 5:18:28 AM

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"damn, that mondeo wagon is badass"

totally is, man I'd rock one.

7/26/2008 7:54:46 PM

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"ITS CAR COMPANIES, not company's. WTF magn! "

i sowwy

7/26/2008 7:56:50 PM

Fix Or Repair Daily

7/26/2008 8:45:31 PM

Found On (the) Road Dead




There's lots of things I dont understand, and car companies not bringing their compact cars from europe to here is one of them


I guess part of it could be the whole UAW shit where they have to pay auto workers rediculous wages, and as a result have less money to spend on the vehicles themselves and have to produce shittier quality ones

or it could be that european governments have better qc requirements that the cars have to meet, and as a result they get better cars



I do know that it's comparable to the cellphone and electronics industry - consumers in europe generally have much higher standards than americans, and as a result their product offerings reflect that

7/26/2008 11:28:32 PM

but wait, i thought that europe was socialist?

you mean that the consumer demand actually matters?

7/26/2008 11:42:21 PM

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"Fix Or Repair Daily"

umm...not hardly.

7/28/2008 11:56:20 AM

FIRST ON RACE DAY WHOOO

7/28/2008 12:09:05 PM

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"I do know that it's comparable to the cellphone and electronics industry - consumers in europe generally have much higher standards buy into more useless bullshit than americans, and as a result their product offerings reflect that."

Seriously...All I want is a phone that works good and is tough as nails. Forget all that other noise.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 2:28 PM. Reason : l]

7/28/2008 2:28:10 PM

people buying more useless bullshit than americans?

ha ha

7/28/2008 5:22:06 PM