Ford already had the chance to buy Jeep when AMC was going down the toilet back in the mid-late eighties.....they didn't buy it because it would compete with the Bronco. AMC offered it to Ford before they offered it to Chrysler I was told. Stupid move? Decide for yourself.
Jeep....Simply the name takes us back to the Rats of Tobruk, the Battle of the Bulge, Patton's Charge, and the tens of thousands of muddied, bloodied and dying Americans they hauled back and forth between battlefields and field hospitals.
Is that reaching a little? Then tell me, do you get the same feeling when you cruise around in your Explorer?....."Only in a Jeep"
If Ford does nothing else, and Chrysler goes down the crapper.....Ford should at least take Jeep. Ford was used as a second source by the Govt. during WWII because Willys couldn't build them fast enough! We built right at 227,000. It's part of our company's history, we shouldn't be allowed to let it die.
One last thing before you flame me...and I KNOW you're going to. I own two Fords and NO Jeeps...right now. I have owned several in the past and will own more in the future I am sure. Jeeps are like Harleys...they get in your blood.