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Hey guys, I figured I'd share my latest Ford acquisition with you all - a blue '67 Mustang GT with white racing stripes. Took a few photos of it next to my 2018 GT for you guys to see Enjoy! Hehehe.

The biggest concern for ford is what becomes the new norm in regards to buying habits...with no product outside stang being "fun" that may be the least of fords problem...ford is in no position finicially if buyers balk at atp pricing structure...the foreign guys will dump product for a loss and eek out small profit with volume...while the ford product is not "poor" it is less than what the other brands have and that may be most difficult for ford to address with dimished cash flow...saving coin on interiors was a fools decision by ford marketing/execs

Ford has 2 choices in order to pursue those new higher margin vehicles. 1 - expand product development resources and expand factory resources (very very expensive, add a lot of fixed overhead) or 2 - reprioritize existing resources. Where would Ford be today if they had hired 25% more staff and built 2 more factories last year and are now having to deal with all that fixed cost? Hermosillo alone can do 350K vehicles - maybe more. So yes, given Ford has chosen option 2 it means killing some lower profit margin vehicles - temporarily at least. To make it simple, they're replacing Fusion and Focus and Fiesta with Bronco, Bronco Sport, Ranger and a new trucklet using the same amount of resources. No additional overhead but hopefully a lot more net profit. As a consumer who loves cars it sucks but as a business plan it's pretty sound assuming the new products are as good as expected. What Ford needs to do and what it hasn't done the last 20 years is get these new powertrains, platforms and vehicles out the door and get into a much simpler cadence of minor updates and regular refreshes and new tophats. Developing all new vehicles, all new powertrains and all new platforms is expensive and a huge resource drain. Maybe then they can bring back Focus and Fusion in some fashion.

The nightmare scenario for Ford is fleets stop buying trucks and Transit. Then it is game over since Ford apparently makes no money on selling cars or CUV in the US.

The last recession people didn’t flock to cheaper vehicles - those that lost their jobs stopped buying new vehicles altogether. I expect the same thing to happen here but on a much smaller scale.

OMG! Just hit 2100 miles today or should I say 2100 smiles. I have found my sanctuary to be everything I was hoping for and more. It is definitely not a quiet sanctuary, I use the Lincoln plus Alexa app to pull my favorite playlists and for 25 minutes each way to and from work folks must think I'm nuts. I might be belting out AC/DC or Elvis, who knows, who cares, it's my world. I find it fun to appear to be turning the wheel hard left and right as I dance my way down the freeway, leaving staying in the lines to the car. The seats are amazingly comfortable and after getting them dialed in perfect for my back, I get out refreshed and ready to catch fish without bait. If I had a house full of runaway children I too would retreat to my own little world and be very happy. You see that image of my fuel savings? Yeah, that's right $500 a quarter, $2000 a year in just gas I would normally use. 1600lbs of CO2 is like what my AC unit produces every 5 years. If this Aviator could just make Bacon and Eggs every morning it would be nirvana. Her beauty is easy on the eyes and interior velvety soft. The only issue I've had is it was two easy to hit 90mph and the c pillar obstructed my view of the State Cop coming on the on ramp. It was a minor issue due to a gentleman's agreement to withhold a little effort on the peddle.

Sometimes you have to invest for the future even if it doesn’t pay off right away. Sometimes it never pays off, but it’s risky to ignore future technologies that many are predicting will take off. And I’m sure they’ve gotten something out of it.

Certainly a lot worse off given the current environment. Unfortunately, the billions allocated to mobility services rperez referred to are weighing heavily on Ford’s financial health now.

Ford doesn't make money selling Edges, Explorers, Corsairs and Nautiluses? I find that hard to believe.

Yes sir bzcat. Ford makes no money selling cars or CUV in all regions outside North America, also. The Ford 2019 year end financial report showed 0 or negative EBIT for automotive operations in South America, Europe, China, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa. Trucks, full size BOF SUV, Transit, and Ford Credit shoulder almost the entire load for Ford Motor Company's earnings.

As far as the "orders" go, they are guidelines not law. Listen to the end. Look beyond Fox News, he has many Democratic friends also

Heres another issue to deal with: Fear of an Impending Car-Price Collapse Grips Auto Industry

Even losing "only" two to three billion (a guess) will have dramatic effects on the company. No doubt Mr. Hackett and the Board of Directors have several contingency plans in place. I remember reading this 35 years back. The recession of 1981 and 1982 was a bad one. Ford lost three billion dollars from 1980 to 1982 (eight billion in today's dollars). One worst-case contingency plan was to shut down all car production in the U.S. and only make trucks. Ford of Europe was very successful in the 80's and they would continue to make cars. None of this happened of course, but it shows you what the Board was considering. I imagine the same thing is going on now.

Per FoxBusiness.com Ford expects coronavirus losses to reach $600 Million in for the first quarter. https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/ford-coronavirus-first-quarter-loss

It's pure BS and the actual numbers back that numerical assessment up. The China economy was tanking and they nuked the world to drag everything else down. Thanks in part of having a president that is not a career politician or went into public service for personal enrichment for decades. The USA should not rely on foreign countries to supply our prescription drugs, manage domestic food supply /companies among other things we use. Lobbiests, politicians and corporate America shifted a lot of things away and padded their pockets and screwed our country and workers. Hopefully it's a wake up call.

They are master of that also , for sure.

Or most likely, everything the Chinese government says is a lie.

I hope president Trump tells China to just write off any debt we owed them for starters. Still pretty amazing that a virus that traveled around the planet never made it a few miles away to China's manufacturing and executive living city. Its as if they had some immunity to it..............or planned ahead. As to the killer virus Ohio now has 250'ish deaths with a population of around 12 MILLION. 250 is 0.00208333333% of 12,000,000

And while it's not on your list of choices, I would return the Special Vehicle Team (SVT) name to US Ford Performance products. I think that team and brand had real recognition and meaning to Ford enthusiasts, and "Ford Performance" just doesn't evoke the same feelings (IMHO).

Toyota best truck brand? Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Finally!!!!!!! Frickin!!!!! Finally...…!!!!!!! https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2020/04/11/bill-maher-name-viruses-originated-china-exception/ How many times is this country going to be allowed to do this to the whole fricken world? If this country declared war on the world and used nukes would it be wrong or prejudice to say the frickin ICBM`s were launched from C-H-I-N-A ? Seeing as old uncle Joe is so protective of his son`s partner`s over in that country this might get uncle Joe really pissed off if he`s seen Bill`s post....

All about the Benjamins. Be interesting to see just what they get from that big old wad of stimulus money. Think China did it the other way around. A bonus to not report a number. Bonus is you don't get sent to reeducation camp. (Not as fun as it sounds)

Just a little insider info...(got a bunch of sassy RN`s in the family) NYC started it, then LA, then the state of Illinois and now the state of Indiana has instructed all city, county and state funded hospital records to show all admits to ER with flu symptom's to be categorized as covid 19. Hmm for billing process? Then there`s the other sassy gossip.... city and county records will omit any preexisting medical complications on death certificates. Yep you guessed it, if the patient was listed with any flu like symptoms prior to death... cause of death - coovid 19.