Just try to defend domestic vehicle quality around here and you will hear plenty of anectodal evidence, but very little substance.
Ford has brought much of its pain upon itself. It has been too closely tied with its unions. Management has been derelict in its duty to keep the company innovations coming.
I said last year, when the media was writing GM's epithet that it would be Ford in the most trouble. It may require a takeover to straighten them out, especially when Daimler-Chrysler overtakes them in market share.
I can not disagree. Certainly, there have been management problems. Also, the visceral hatred of American cars is merely conservatives buying into the idea that foreign anything is superior to American products. Really, this is the same kind of snobbery and anti-Americanism you find in liberal circles. GM produces excellent cars which now have a 100,000 mile warrenty-comes with the cars, great financing options and a hidden benefit-Americans with jobs create a stable society. If we lose our manufacturing base, we will be headed for socialism. It is only a matter of time.
My husband told me last year that Ford was in deep trouble. He works for GM. You are very well informed. I hope and pray Ford survives, but they are in deep trouble-no doubt.