Bob Rosadini

Wow..if suppliers were allowed to sub out, that is a huge problem. I would hope Ford did due diligence when it came to picking a vendor..."what you see should be what you get". But good procedures costs money..for a supplier to cut corners unknown to Ford, unbelievable IMO.

If my memory serves me right, didn't Mulally have weekly meetings with key staff and status of prior meeting issues were reviewed? "What gets measured gets done" to use a worn out slogan. Anyone have an opinion of the recall history during his regime? Also my opinion, the difference when a guy with operations/engineering roots runs the show vs. a guy who got the job because he was a marketing "genius". Human nature IMO, a guy tends to concentrate on his area of expertise..no doubt Mulally and Farley came up via very different paths.

Bad enough that they want to expand this to PV's. I assume the Ford Pro guy is speaking to his responsibilities with commercial vehicles, even worse. My biggest fear, accident avoidance is not a black and white situation. I think I mentioned previously...a couple of people on the curb and a fire hydrant 5' away. Vehicle headed for me..avoidance says to me pick the hydrant as best I can. What does the automated vehicle select???

Could it be that the Escalade is a better looking vehicle-at least in my opinion.

Probably true as only trim is falling off an NOT the doors😎

And I thought "well these are mostly software issues". I guess this sets the record straight on that point. I wonder just what is the metric is that the board uses to set Mr. Farley's annual earnings???

thx-never thought of it from a manufacturing perspective. Got it..just thinking from an economy of scale I'm thinking those 4 bangers are a big number when you look at all the Fords using them-unlike my reference to the Yamaha in the SHO.

For sure! What current GM's share what with a 283,327,350? Think of what the new Vette powertrain must have cost..for one very unique market. Oh, education needed.. what does the 6.8/7.3 have in common with a 6.2?🤔

AK..Almost a billion to catch up to......? Something that Lawler thinks has no business as an inhouse product? Or I guess you can make the case that he is saying "we are done..going forward we can save by outsourcing any future developments.

Amazing huh? Apparently GM dropping almost a BILLION on a new V-8 says either Ford or GM is going to be a big loser. As to Ford's position as stated by John Lawler, at what point is Ford no longer a true manufacturer? One more thing for Toyota to add to ..."the best built vehicles last the longest",..."We take pride in insuring what we sell we build". And if we look at HD trucks..and I'm not talking about a 2500 Silverado or an F-250, as years ago when diesels took over the market, a buyer could chose from Cummins, Cat, or GM, or they could buy a Mack as Mack while offering those engines too, prided themselves on their in house complete proprietary power trains. But in terms of volume, far different from what Lawler is talking about. I can see unique vehicles with n outsourced engine- as in the Yamaha in the original SHO, but if we are talking about large numbers, what is the point of losing your identity? Another interesting thought....Mr Lawler thinks we should outsource engines while his boss thinks nothing of building a Formula 1 engine 🤔 Thought this old coin I have is a good example of Ford Pride:

TT, Thx, interesting that these guys have never encountered one of these before...then again they get a lot of commercial/farm equipment. And a lot of it in the "rode hard, put away wet" class-including high mileage foreign vehicles that I assume the current owners cannot afford taking to the dealer😎

HRG..thx..that had to be a good cost saver. I guess it makes no difference if it is upstream of muffler or down.

At friends shop Friday and a Maverick, AWD was up on a lift. So in checking it over I found this on the exhaust pipe about 12-15" from the tip. Assuming it has something to do with exhaust tone. Appears solid-push on it and a bit deflexion Any thoughts?

My usual speech on this. They should own the class 6/7 market and COULD do a lot better with some simple changes- like put the 6.7 Cummins/Allison transmission in 650/750 and add air brakes in the Gas versions. But I'm sure the party line is they make more selling internal sourced engines and transmissions. Air brakes in the gas versions with or without an Allison would put them back in business on the west coast. Ford owned the fuel oil delivery segment here in the Northeast-now it is Paccar and International. And we read that Lawler says the industry may be turning to more outsourced engine options...🤔