mackinaw Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 From Reuters: "Ford Motor Co is revamping its internal five-year business plan to take into account the marked deterioration in the European economy over the last year, the No. 2 U.S. automaker's chief financial officer said in an interview on Thursday. "We have to develop a better plan in response to what's going to be a much less favorable external environment," CFO Bob Shanks said. "How do we tack to respond to new realities? That's what we're in the process of doing." Shanks declined to describe the specific changes to Ford's strategy because the updates are confidential. The next update will be presented to top executives in mid-July." Full article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/07/ford-europe-idUSL1E8H7H5Z20120607 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstock Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Just guessing, but the 2-dr "Capri" might get shelved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) I imagine everyone, not just Ford, is revising their business plan in regards to Europe right about now. More A and B-segment cars, cheaper models and longer model cycles. Edited June 8, 2012 by bzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I imagine everyone revises their business plan every year based on market conditions everywhere. I'm really not sure why this is news... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I imagine everyone revises their business plan every year based on market conditions everywhere. I'm really not sure why this is news... Only the ones that want to stay in business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I imagine everyone revises their business plan every year based on market conditions everywhere. I'm really not sure why this is news... Well, it's news when a Detroit-based car company does it. All three spent whole decades not doing this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKII Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Could this mean that the Mustang to Europe will be shelved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Just guessing, but the 2-dr "Capri" might get shelved? Could this mean that the Mustang to Europe will be shelved? This just in! A remote video feed from the desktop of "Ford Jellymoulds".... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc&feature=related 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Could this mean that the Mustang to Europe will be shelved? I got to believe that the question of importing the Mustang to Europe is the least of FOE's worries right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2b2 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Could this mean that the Mustang to Europe will be shelved? I got to believe that the question of importing the Mustang to Europe is the least of FOE's worries right now. otoh won't the Mustang be a 'whitespace' car for Europe? & aren't whitespace products a way to grow a market? or resist getting shrunk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Could this mean that the Mustang to Europe will be shelved? Don't really see a reason why it would be...its more or less the same situation of bringing the Transit Connect from EU to North America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 otoh won't the Mustang be a 'whitespace' car for Europe? & aren't whitespace products a way to grow a market? or resist getting shrunk? Sure, it's a whitespace vehicle, but it might not be one suited for the market at this time. Hopefully Ford is still developing it to be globally capable should market conditions change, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is not sold there initially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03 LS Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I imagine everyone revises their business plan every year based on market conditions everywhere. I'm really not sure why this is news... The 5 year target will probably change, which is/should be news. Target that far normally is a vision/motivation that you have to work for, work through the ever changing conditions to achieve. When the "revision" finally comes out, they won't be talking about 8 million per by 2016 any more, not just EU (trouble), but also China (over ambitious plan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fgts Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Hopeful that is a plan to make a Stang based Falcon here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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