silvrsvt Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Farley: The MME ensures that the Mustang V8 can stay around for a long time... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 9 hours ago, silvrsvt said: Farley: The MME ensures that the Mustang V8 can stay around for a long time... Great video! Yeah, the Mustang V8 will be around for a long time but it's going to come at an ever increasing price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valve Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I liked the video too. We all like the sound of a mean ICE but that 1,400HP performance version sounded awesome! Farley must have been prompted to keep mentioning new Ford products as he kept mentioning the Bronco, F-150, ... every chance he got. Kind of annoying when the episode was about the Mach-E. He wasn't too talkative otherwise with mostly one word answers. Public speaking doesn't seem like his strong suit but maybe that's a good thing. Does he have an engineering background? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, valve said: Public speaking doesn't seem like his strong suit but maybe that's a good thing. Does he have an engineering background? You are correct valve, public speaking is definitely a weak area for Jim Farley. Some of his comments in the Jay Leno's Garage video are worrisome. Fortunately, Ford's PR department can take care of that problem for most interactions with the media. Jim Farley earned a dual bachelor's degree in economics and computer science from Georgetown University and an MBA from UCLA. While he hasn't worked as an engineer at either Toyota (his previous employer) or Ford (his current employer), he has a lot of technical expertise in many subjects. And he's a good businessman. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, valve said: I liked the video too. We all like the sound of a mean ICE but that 1,400HP performance version sounded awesome! Farley must have been prompted to keep mentioning new Ford products as he kept mentioning the Bronco, F-150, ... every chance he got. Kind of annoying when the episode was about the Mach-E. He wasn't too talkative otherwise with mostly one word answers. Public speaking doesn't seem like his strong suit but maybe that's a good thing. Does he have an engineering background? Seriously? He was great. He was genuine. He's a car guy first. And it's not the Ford Farley show, it's Jay Leno's Garage. Jay is the star. And of course Farley is going to mention the new products every chance he gets. That's the quid pro quo to having him on the show with the 1400. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 45 minutes ago, akirby said: He's a car guy first. As of now, Jim Farley is CEO of Ford first. That was evident in the Jay Leno's Garage video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, rperez817 said: As of now, Jim Farley is CEO of Ford first. That was evident in the Jay Leno's Garage video. When you invite the CEO to come to your show and discuss the cool new vehicle you just debuted, of course he's going to be CEO first. Talk to him when he's out racing his GT40 and I bet you get a different vibe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, akirby said: Talk to him when he's out racing his GT40 and I bet you get a different vibe. Watch his reaction when Jay shows him the trophy that Fangio gave him. That's a car guy through and through, he nearly wet his pants! Fangio is his hero! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, Harley Lover said: Watch his reaction when Jay shows him the trophy that Fangio gave him. That's a car guy through and through, he nearly wet his pants! Fangio is his hero! Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordBuyer Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 6 hours ago, valve said: I liked the video too. We all like the sound of a mean ICE but that 1,400HP performance version sounded awesome! Farley must have been prompted to keep mentioning new Ford products as he kept mentioning the Bronco, F-150, ... every chance he got. Kind of annoying when the episode was about the Mach-E. He wasn't too talkative otherwise with mostly one word answers. Public speaking doesn't seem like his strong suit but maybe that's a good thing. Does he have an engineering background? I thought it was boring....Leno just rambled on trying to impress Farley and Farley seemed bored with Leno's thoughts. I was hoping they would at least drive the Mach E and instead Leno got in and Farley stayed outside and barely talked. What a waste of time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 50 minutes ago, FordBuyer said: . What a waste of time. Speak for yourself. I enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR739 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, FordBuyer said: I thought it was boring....Leno just rambled on trying to impress Farley and Farley seemed bored with Leno's thoughts. I was hoping they would at least drive the Mach E and instead Leno got in and Farley stayed outside and barely talked. What a waste of time. Gotta admit though, the massive shot Jay took at Hackett at the beginning was beautiful. And clearly Farleys favorite word is “yep” ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, FordBuyer said: I thought it was boring....Leno just rambled on trying to impress Farley and Farley seemed bored with Leno's thoughts. I was hoping they would at least drive the Mach E and instead Leno got in and Farley stayed outside and barely talked. What a waste of time. While I didn't find the video a waste of time, you do make a good point about the interaction between Farley and Leno. Jim Farley is a businessman, Leno is an entertainer. Jim Farley's late cousin Chris, on the other hand, was a great entertainer. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausrutherford Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 3 hours ago, rperez817 said: While I didn't find the video a waste of time, you do make a good point about the interaction between Farley and Leno. Jim Farley is a businessman, Leno is an entertainer. Jim Farley's late cousin Chris, on the other hand, was a great entertainer. ? If you close your eyes, both Jim and Chris have the exact same speech pattern and accent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valve Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 14 hours ago, FR739 said: Gotta admit though, the massive shot Jay took at Hackett at the beginning was beautiful. And clearly Farleys favorite word is “yep” ? Apparently that's called being "genuine". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Can you imagine if Hackett was there! Jay wouldn't of babbled on about washing machines and Zenith tv executives running companies. I also love Jay's optics about how he views all the leaders of the industry with car guys/gals/engineers running the show with usually the end result better products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR739 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 3 hours ago, kyle said: Can you imagine if Hackett was there! Jay wouldn't of babbled on about washing machines and Zenith tv executives running companies. I also love Jay's optics about how he views all the leaders of the industry with car guys/gals/engineers running the show with usually the end result better products. Ugh I don’t want to think about it. It would have been even less substantive and way more silly corporate buzz words like agile, lean, etc or how a filing cabinet handle influenced the design of the front trunk release. Yawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordBuyer Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 5 hours ago, kyle said: Can you imagine if Hackett was there! Jay wouldn't of babbled on about washing machines and Zenith tv executives running companies. I also love Jay's optics about how he views all the leaders of the industry with car guys/gals/engineers running the show with usually the end result better products. Leno is at his best when he is in the vehicle driving it and commenting about it and cracking jokes with his passenger. This video had none of that and basically showed a Ford video shown on You Tube many weeks ago. Babbling for 30 minutes outside the Mach E instead of driving it was disappointing and missed opportunity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR739 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, FordBuyer said: Leno is at his best when he is in the vehicle driving it and commenting about it and cracking jokes with his passenger. This video had none of that and basically showed a Ford video shown on You Tube many weeks ago. Babbling for 30 minutes outside the Mach E instead of driving it was disappointing and missed opportunity. I agree. I too was bummed he didn’t drive it. Really all they did was show that it has Sirius XM and that the gauge cluster is a screen. Riveting stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR739 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 We have a thorough video of the Mach E. We also know why Jay didn’t drive it. The arbitrary date that Ford set for the release of driving impressions has not arrived yet. So, the video above gets a pass although they could have dove further into design and engineering but I’m guessing Farley has no idea about that stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 1:49 PM, FordBuyer said: I thought it was boring....Leno just rambled on trying to impress Farley and Farley seemed bored with Leno's thoughts. I was hoping they would at least drive the Mach E and instead Leno got in and Farley stayed outside and barely talked. What a waste of time. Leno needs to tread carefully and not get too technical. He is trying to appeal to a larger audience than just gearheads. Even Farley had to rein himself in when he knew he was getting too technical. I think it was a well balanced segment where Ford got their news out with it becoming an infomercial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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