Comments on: Ford “cost-cutting” exec quits

By: zoomzoomer

zoomzoomer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:31:45 +0000

For 24 years, “Prystash was one of the most influential and key components to Ford’s cost-cutting efforts.”

…such as facelifting the same old Ranger and Grand Marquis for 20-some-odd years, rebadging the Five Hundred/Freestyle/Montego with minimal substantive changes, and failing to certify the current Fiesta and C1 Focus for US sale, yet having them freely available just across the border?

Good riddance.

By: zoomzoomer

zoomzoomer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:25:50 +0000

If this is the guy that decided retsyling the old Focus was cheaper than bringing the Euro model to the US, then he should have been let go when they realized it cost them MORE.

By: sharpie

sharpie — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:27:29 +0000

Mark Fields: Yeeeeehaw! The wicked witch of cost cutting is dead! We can begin wasting again!

By: The Stig

The Stig — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:50:35 +0000

Now if Ford would only dump Mark Fields they would be on their way…

By: acura_el2000

acura_el2000 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:10:49 +0000

cutting-costs = cutting-quality

By: yarddog82abn

yarddog82abn — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:14:03 +0000

They cut his pay…..So he’s out……LOL……

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:22:23 +0000

Poetic justice, beatus: the guy with the axe gets the axe.

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:59:28 +0000

Maybe this was the guy’s final “cost cutting” move. “Let’s cut out the guy that cuts costs. Wait, that’s me! Oh, crap!”

By: J2D

J2D — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:00:01 +0000

They’ll probably spread it amongs each other.

By: tastyorange

tastyorange — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:05:09 +0000

hhhhmmm maybe with the money they save not paying these people, they could put it into the cars?

Yeah… THAT will happen.