Marginal Economist

Place holder for June 2017 and the 1400 headcount reduction. I have some friends with 30+ years who are pretty excited to see what is offered.

Word on the street is that package details will go out end of next week. They are supposedly pretty rich to higher level management - LL4+.

1400 jobs seems like a PR move. There are 1400 people who have between 30-35 years at the company that are thrilled to be getting a bonus to go home. Morale is low - we made $10.2B - 2nd best profit # ever - and got 76% of our target bonus. Ford hires a 35 year old Chief Brand officer and his signature move so far is to cut camo from our apparel offerings. The best way to get a promotion at Ford is to go work for Nissan for two years. Silver lining is that as the early retirement packages are taken, those jobs will open up. There may be some jobs or positions that are eliminated, but Ford is running thinner and expanding into more categories. They are growing their analytics team and the folks in Palo Alto. The are trying to grow connected car and mobility services. They just launched Omnicraft. If they can replace a guy making $150K with an FCG making $60K and without future pension obligations, it may make sense. But you are also losing a lot of talent when the people hired since 2003 have no pension and no reason to stay at Ford.

Certified Pre Owned cars come with two keys. You can purchase a Ford Protect plan that includes key coverage New Ford's come with two keys. Sounds like are mad at yourself for not having priced out a key before you bought the car. If the car had two keys it probably would have cost more.

So are you going to change the title or are you still accusing the dealership of fraud?

Focus is a 200K-250K year vehicle. Ranger is likely looking at 50K. Market segment is still way down and many Ranger buyers went to F150 or the competition.

You are looking for someone on the communications team, not the motorsports team. I would consider renaming the website if you want to deal with major corporations. Best of luck.

F stock closed on April 29 at 16.12. F stock closed on April 30 at 16.15. It was not up .97%, only .19%

Sorry for the issue - who are you dealing with in Sacramento? Dealership and Ford personnel? Also, don't not make a payment - not worth the credit hit risk.

Eff. July 1st. We will see how the markets respond, should,already be built in.

Not sure the topic, possibly Mulally?

Alan is on the same message everytime and has been for at least the last 5 years - full portfolio of cars, trucks, and utilities - small medium and large. I've heard him say this at least 15 times. July 31, 2013 - January 15, 2008 - July 18, 2011 -

2 hours/174 hours work month. Currently 1.15%. Add in the 1/3 of a percent and it is now 1.48% or 2.58 hours per month. In dollars, this would equate to another $16 and change per month. This is how I would guess they would calculate it - I've not seen a formula. I don't think they would go through the motions for less than 20 cents.

According to the Oasis, do you know when it was bought back? I know there is paperwork the 2nd owner needs to sign for lemon law disclosure, but after that I have no idea what the disclosure requirements would be. As a 2008 Shelby, it is likely that the car was lemon lawed by 2010 at the latest and you are at least the third owner. Best of luck - any Ford store should have run an Oasis during their recon process. I'm not sure if there is legal recourse.

Hermosillo.

Can they lock in a lease payment on an order? Lease residuals will change each quarter - you need to order before Q4 ends or the residual will drop. I'd just go to your preferred dealer at this point, show them your current quotes and research, and order your car.

Black book is published at least every other week.

Just lock this thread as well. Maybe someone could actually start a thread on halo vehicles and their marketing potential.

I would guess the configuration is incorrect. I have seen leases advertised at 400 month with 3500 down. I would guess you could be under 550 with a pretty well equipped MKZ and zero out of pocket.

I'll be leaving Vegas late Thursday morning - you could have my passes but it would only give you about a day and half. I'll check to see if i have access to any extras.

What days are you looking to go?

I heard a rumor from a fairly connected source that the Continental name is coming back.

I hope there is a graphics delete option.

I think this will be a non event. I do not see stores ordering these trim levels and talking to customers about them. Maybe there will be a 5% take rate and Lincoln will sell 200-300 month nationally. I do not know that the incremental revenue will justify the increased order complexity and the potential for higher days on the lot. How many Lincoln stores are currently selling more than 20 a month? I guess the key factor will be the price tag and how much better the packages look.

What is the take rate on a $5K+ option package that I can't see or touch? Seems to be working for Tesla though.