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This didn't deserve its own thread, so this is probably the best place to post this. (1557) GT40 MkII Lightweight Sells for $12.3 Million at Mecum Kissimmee - YouTube

Here's another one put out by Ford. (1542) Ford Motor Company Presents "The Rouge" (1960s) - YouTube

This is probably a good place to post this. There are a bunch of videos about the Rouge plant, but this is one of the better ones. There's also one about the explosion on Feb 1, 1999. I think all the money Ford has spent and lost on EV's, building a new headquarters and tearing down the old one could have been better spent rebuilding the Rouge plant. The only thing they didn't make were the tires! Ford would be able to put out a car at 50 to 75% of the current prices, blowing away the competition! (1542) Trip Through Time The Inside Tour of the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant Original Film - YouTube

Like someone else alluded to, the Vega rusted while it was on the assembly line! My boss used to give me brand new Ford pickups every two years when I was selling auto parts on the road starting in 1966. When the oil crisis hit, he put me in a Pinto! One day I had to pull over because every once in a while a wire or something came loose. I can't remember the details. But what will stick in my head forever is that one time I put the hood up and placed the prop rod up. So I'm under the hood and a gust of wind from behind blew the hood up, the rod fell, and the hood fell on my head. And akirby no wisecracks! So anyway, all I could think of was that if an alien spaceship had been observing this scenario, they would have thought cars eat people!!!!

Talking about oil cos., I read that Citgo -- and apparently only Citgo -- is Venezuela owned.

I pay no attention to TPS idiot lights. Just check the pressure, but don't forget spare. Just another annoyance.

Just wondering, what does Daimler offer in class 5?

It's true! It is! Even though Chevrolet used "The heartbeat of America" slogan., Ford is the heart AND soul of the American auto industry and known around the world!

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Thanks for the history lesson. I don't think I could have found a better and more concise bit of info anywhere else!

Back in the 1960's in the USA, GM had about 55% market share, Ford had about half at 28, and Chrysler had half that at around 14, with AMC making up the rest. Japanese weren't yet in the mix. I wonder what GM, Ford and Stellantis (which is really not USA-based but we'll include them anyway) would say if they were to be guaranteed those percentages today in the USA if all non-USA-based mfrs. like Toyota and Hyundai et al were banned from selling cars in the USA. And USA Ford, GM and the Mopar brands could not be sold outside the USA. I'm not going to research and do the math. If someone wants to, be my guest. But I'll give you a starting point. USA unit sales for 2025 was around 16 million. GM had 17% market share which is 2.7 million units. If they had 55% market share that would be 8.8 million units. I don't know the global numbers. So what do you think?

Yeah, and Ford owned a stake in Hyundai and gave that up. Another dumb move on Ford's part.

I disagree with your 1960's reference. All you have to do is watch TV reruns from the late 60's/early 70's to know they had dozens of makes/models.

I couldn't have said it better myself!

Yeah I forgot about the GM version! Thanks for refreshing my memory!