1st: So really all of this Ford is doing really bad at keeping Covid 19 out of it’s plants, was really they were being overly cautious. Meanwhile at GM, “ We don’t care if everybody gets sick, we’ve got a unlimited supply of unemployed people to take your job if you die!”

No Wiper rubber

Ralph Nader wrote a book once,” Unsafe at any speed”. That’s pretty much a Wrangler at this point. Basically anything over 30mph you are putting your life in danger. Death wobble, poor crash results, terrible center of gravity, and horrendous ability at highway speeds pretty much sum up what you deal with in a…

How much safer is a 2000 Toyota Corolla than this? At 2400lbs it’s not going to matter if your teen gets into an accident with a 3 ton SUV.

Alright, Dad with a 5 year old that has severe epilepsy (LGS),global developmental delays, and is on the autism spectrum here. Raising a special needs kid is the hardest thing I’ve done. The added stress broke up my marriage and now we are co parenting in this situation. There are days where I fail, where he and I…

Been like that for 10 years but the response was always, “but we have volume of sub prime buyers and rental car companies!” They don’t even have that now, just a bunch of unsold garbage products.

This is so GM, as it’s only a matter of time till it happens to them. I also wonder if Ford is just being more aggressive and caught it before it started to spread through the plant. Similar to the states that said they didn’t have many cases, when really they weren’t testing so how would they know.

2nd: Living in Chicago, I have zero interest in getting on any public transit now. I mean I took it to work until the first week of March and I’ve been working from home since. My company is slowly going to roll out a 1 week a month in office work schedule in July. We don’t have to do it (now anyway) but in order to…

Thank God for booze delivery.

I’m not saying that they didn’t take that loan. That was a way to incentivize fuel efficient auto production. It was in no way the same, of what Chrysler and GM took. They are not the same.

You mean their lending arm (aka credit grantor) like all credit grantors took a loan. I am pretty sure every lender did so I don’t understand your point. This wasn’t to finance their operations.

I don’t know man. Agree on suspending the AV and some not immediately profitable programs (aka the Rivian Lincoln). However, I am not sure Hackett isn’t guiding them in the right direction. Global pandemics can magnify weakness but Bronco, Bronco Sport, Mach-E, and new F150 (with hybrid, electric to soon follow) are…

1st Gear: This isn’t just a Ford problem. If they can actually ramp up production next month, they will take a hit but should be fine. If this lingers on for months and months, then all automakers are fucked.

What part of “Again, I am not saying everyone.” do you not understand?

Ah...I see. The “I can make generalizations but others can’t.” Got it!

They are going after the EXACT opposite of what Mitsubishi and Nissan chased. Low margin sales volume is not what Ford is going after. Sub prime lending is not what Ford is going after. Uber taxis are not what Ford is going for.Sure, Ford botched the new Explorer role out but their quality is much better than those…

Except their not. See Tea Party protests on state capitals. In the midwest, especially Michigan, domestic muscle from 50-70's is huge in the boomer circles. No, these aren’t the 1% er circles. These are the”I’ve restored this car myself in my spare time. I’m on a skilled trades pension and don’t want the government…

Meh....maybe if it was out 10 years ago. Over 300 horsepower is also very meh. The now discontinued Lincoln MKZ had 400 HP. It’s a nice looking front wheel drive sedan though. Too bad those don’t sell well.

So basically it will replace model 3 sales for the most part but the recession will push Tesla to the brink.

Just spread the virus....let it flow so my company doesn’t go bankrupt.