[Slapshot68]

Don’t worry. Ford renaming the Five Hundred to the Taurus will fix everything.

/sarcasm off

[2banana]

Cramer last night said Ford is a buy...

[kinoxi]

They make good trucks. They need to make better cars.

[Minn]

Ford has been trying to cut back on rental sales, which can hurt brand image and profits.

How does that work?

[ArrogantBustard]

Gee ... maybe it's because their small cars SUCK!!!!!

I've always driven Ford or Mercury ... but generally larger cars and trucks. So ... I was recently in the market for a compact car. I looked at Ford's lineup. Garbage. I bought a Toyota. Still like my truck, though ... I hope they don't ruin their truck lineup in the next few years.

[DGHoodini]

Who wants to buy cars from an immoral company that panders to the death sexers?

[Clemenza]

Time to take Ford private. Helicopter Ben’s devaluation, er, lower interest rate policy can help that.

[Southack]

Well, at least the right-wing boycott of Ford because of their homosexual marketing and Ford Foundation support of abortion isn’t hurting their sales...

< /wink >

[sasafras]

This is good news for conservatives who believe that Ford has overstepped its boundry for promoting values which are contrary to most Americans. Diversity for Ford means stifiling free speech for Christians and openly supporting organizations which proudly spew hate for people of faith. Ford elected to take sides in the culture war - Fords morals and values are not consistant with most of America.

[pierrem15]

"... as jittery consumers put off big-ticket purchases in reaction to the credit crunch ..."

How about "... as wizened consumers rejected buying over-priced pieces of junk intended to fund pay and benefits packages for union members that far exceed the purchasers' own income and benefits ..."

[khnyny]

That’s what happens when your competition is making a better product. It’s called a free market economy. The US car makers created a monopoly for years, but those years are long gone.

[Restore]

If they'd just bring over the Ford Transit, I'd buy.

[csistrueblue]

I, like many others on this post - am supporting the AFA Boycot!

[SnarlinCubBear]

My take:

1. Ford = Dearborn-abad. Home to those wonderful ROP’ers.
2. Ford has a reputation for being anti-semitic.

I know #1 is true, and if #2 MIGHT be true, #1 is enough for me.

[RockinRight]

Fix Or Repair Daily
Found On Road Dead
Backwards... Driver Returns On Foot
Backwards... Dorks Ride On Fords
Factory Ordered Road Disaster
Factory Ordered Rebuilt Dodge(Datsun)
Flip Over Read Directions
Four Old Rusted Doors
Fixed On Race Day
Ford Owner Really Dumb
For Only Retarded Drivers
Ford Owners Recommend Dodge
Flipped Over Russian Dunebuggy
Found On Russian Dump
For Off Road Death
it Freaking Only Runs Downhill
Fat Old Rusted Dog
Freaking Old Rusted Dodge(Datsun)
Frigin Oakies Really Dig it
Funky Old Road Dog
Found On Roadside’s Destroyed
Backwards...Don’t Ride Over Fifty
Fixed-up Old Repossesed Dodge
Found Old Rebuilt Dodge
Forget OutRunning Dale
Found On Railroad Deserted
Found On Railroad Dead
Fools Only Read Directions
First On Repair Dolly
Favorite Of Redneck Drivers
Backwards- Dumb Retards Own Fords
Funny Old Rebuilt Dodge
Fast Only Rolling Downhill
Found On Russian Dump
Forfiet On Race Day
Found On River Dead
Failure Of Research & Development

[jack_napier]

I would buy a Mustang GT, but I’m waiting to see how the new Camaro pans out first...(and I fully suspect the Dodge Challenger will be more than I want to pay)

[kellynla]

I purchased my last Ford product in 1996. I discovered that Ford was flying the Vietnamese Communist flag at corporate headquarters.
Ford subsequently removed the flag after it was inundated with mail & telephone calls from outraged Americans, many of whom are Viet Nam combat veterans like myself.

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[Doctor Don]

I will never buy another Ford product! I have had three well maintained Ford cars blow engines before 100,000 miles.

[Skenderbej]

They need to stop blaming the rental fleet sales. A lot of people rent cars and when the cars are uncomfortable and of poor quality, people won’t buy them from a dealer.

A couple of years ago I was travelling a lot for work and had a lot of rental cars. Most of the time I got a Chevy Malibu, a Ford Taurus, or a similar “American” counterpart. I was always glad to get back to the comfort, fit, and finish of my Honda Accord (70 percent US content), even though my Accord had 50,000 more miles on it than any of the rental cars.

On two occasions I got Nissans as rental cars, one an Altima, the other an Xterra. Both times I enjoyed my rental experience. Earlier this year, when my wife and I were in the market for a new SUV, I remembered my rental experience, and we ended up with a Nissan Xterra.

The huge numbers of Ford and Chevy cars sold to rental fleets increases their exposure. If they made quality products, even at the bottom of their lines, those rental vehicles would sell themselves when people were looking for a new vehicle. Instead, most people say, “I drove one of those as a rental, I have no need to drive one now.”, and they go to Toyota or Honda.

[RightWhale]

• Ford has been trying to cut back on rental sales

  The plan is working!