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Wow, honestly the Explorer is doing great! I thought it would be an under 5k a month vehicle from now on. The days of decent Explorer sales were long past us. I am pleasently surprised here.

To be fair the US dollar was heavily devalued first. Japan is just playing ctahcup. I think the dollar = 97-103 yen is about fair.

is it? Too bad, it is a fun looking car. Sad, but you can't save a car that sells under 50k a year. I agree, the Edge needs an update. Like the Escape, it has done well, but it needs a refresh like the Escape had Would also like to see Ford get into Heavy Trucks some more. As Hino/Toyota are making some serious headways into the US market.

Does Ford make money off of the Fiesta when sold in the US?

Exactly, on the Mazda part. In China, seperating production now with Mazda, is costly and pointless. Mazda is a good second window into a lot of areas with poor Ford coverage. They also make some seriously nice vehicles. Really is a shame. I hope Ford reinvests in Mazda, at least to the point where they can appoint dirctors to the board.

Agreed. Ford needed the money, or really didn't have the money to keep JLR going. Getting rid of it was good for Ford at the time. Also Ford needed the focus that not having Volve and JLR gave em. Yeah I miss not having those brands in our portfolio, but it has helpe dout Ford. What I do regret is the deepening divide with Mazda. I feel that closer collaberation and shared facilties would help both companies

yeah, it is a dying niche really. Why waste all that R&D on it. Tell you what, Alan knows what he is doing. He has dragged us kicking a screaming deep into the black

Anyone have China/Asia Europe 2012 figures?

Agreed. Though the payou percentage is still pretty low, so it prolly was needed to get the stock up, and the credit rating too. Also, hope they put some more investing into China/Asia. As the profit margins will eventually grow there

With the P/E ratio being so crazy low ie around 4 and a bit, F is heavily undervalued imho. Maybe not this year, but $20 is very doable in the next 18 months or so imho. Which is a massive gain % wise. Very happy about this. Also I am letting my dividends automatically reinvest

I bought a Focus the other day. The dealer didn't have that many in stock. The ones they did, were mainly the unpopular colors, and models. It's not just the amount there have in inventory, it's the type too.

One of those Foci in April was MINE!

I have lived in Japan for the last 3 years. Good luck. Japan is a dying auto market, with a lot of odd ball sizes, and rules. Which is prolly damaging to the auto industry in general. Anyhow, be nice to see more than a single dealership per province. But i don't see any profits here.

Wow 85% I had no idea they let that much of it go. Being in E Asia though, I see a crap ton of the Fuso trucks among other work trucks.

We all know it's junk. Well do they make a profit on it anymore? Anyhow they are prolly the smallest indepedent car mnfger. Wonder how they can pay for their R&D. As they are the same size as Mazda. While Mazda at least has Daddy Ford to rely on. Anyhow it's clear Mitsu should either stop the cars like Isuzu did, or partner up with someone. Chry was a disaster as both were helpless and didn't have anything of value to add. Though Mitsu makes some cool Off road vans. So if they do, who do you think they will partner up with. As cars are costing a lot more to dvlp, and they're falling farther and farther behind.