fordpartsman

How much of a smaller company is Ford today from the 7 billion dollar heyday of 2001? FPM

*Assuming* Ford continues it's progress back from the brink... How did they do it? The past six months have been packed with the new and exciting vehicles and technology advances that seems impossible to imagine just a few short years ago. Ford cut tens of thousands of jobs, shut down research facilities, closed plants, etc. It seemed like every week there was another cut. I actually had visions of empty engineering labs with flicker lights with 3 people working... Was Ford that bloated that all of these jobs could be cut, that quality and innovation actually improved? Many of Fords current products could be considered industry leading, how and when did this happen?... Was it in motion during the 500 launch? (05ish) Was it the Bold Moves program?, Way forward plan? How close were Bill Ford jr. & M Fields to seeing the results themselves without Alan Mulally. Any polarizing events that stand out? FPM

hmmmm. early 30's for me too.. FWIW, I still have a brochure for the cancelled 2000 Mustang Cobra with a mystic gold cobra pictured on the cover.. Too bad these things weren't like misprinted stamps!

I'd say something clever here in my defense, but I'd hate to screw up my stats by posting twice in one day in the same thread. oh damn.

haha ~ I guess it will take a long time for my average to come up!

haha... and to think, I just increased my post count by 50%!

Don't post often, but I agree with this statement 100% Best of luck to everyone affected.