Did any one read this ????

[T]

One of 8 Companies That
May Disappear in 2008.................................



Ford Motor Co.
24/7 Wall St.'s Take on F
Ford has a market cap of $13 billion against annual sales of $173 billion. If sales fall further, cuts won't make up the difference forever. The Ford family, which has de facto control of the company, will have to look at selling the car operations to a large Asian or European auto company. That would allow for a consolidation of production, marketing and R&D. Bottom line -- billions of dollars in annual savings.

[gvervoren]

That would suck!!! I would rathere see GM and Ford merge together before they sell to a foreign country.

[Hwyman]

From what I heard on the "Way Forward" plan is Ford has been trying to get away from the old Detroit adage "We lose a littel money on every car we sell, but we make up for it in volume." In the end, They may not sell as many cars, but the ones they sell will actually be profitable. While the turnaround has been slow, Ford is certainly in much better shape that Chrysler right now!

What Ford really need to do here, is figure out how to do a mainstream out of the park home run like they have done with the Mustang a few years ago, and the F-Series. The Five Hundred/Taurus, while a very well designed car, just was not it. It was way too bland. What made the first Taurus a sucess was the fact it was innovative and when you saw one going down the road, you knew exactly what it was! It was different! The Fusion is a step in the right direction towards that.

[ArcticCat]

Ford aint going anywhere!