Ford has not had discussions with Renault-Nissan about any type of alliance, Ford President of the Americas Mark Fields said in a telephone interview yesterday with the Associated Press. Fields said Ford’s sole focus was on turning around its North American operations.
Speculation about a possible alliance between Ford and Renault-Nissan began almost immediately after General Motors and Renault-Nissan announced they had scrapped alliance talks. Ford previously expressed interest in working with Carlos Ghosn and Renault-Nissan. However, some analysts predicted an alliance would become much less likely after Alan Mulally took over as CEO of the American automaker from Bill Ford.
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10/17, 11:54 PM
posted by:
A4
so?
10/18, 1:25 AM
posted by:
Lucifer
ford wants carlos ghosn…and needs him, they don’t want renault-nissan.
10/18, 1:42 AM
posted by:
Stuart
This is actually a good idea. Ford/Nissan/Renault are competing in a few market together. If the share the hardware they have it would dramatically cut costs and reduce overheads.
10/18, 7:17 AM
posted by:
Kenny W
Ghosn waited too long and missed his boat w/ Ford. It’s as simple as that. Ford didn’t NEED Carlos, they needed a turnaround man. They wanted someone that had worked inside the industry, but in Lulally they have a guy thats arguably just as capable (if not moreso) as Ghosn would have been.
10/18, 9:21 AM
posted by:
davidg1977
Know that Mullaly has been on the job officially for a couple weeks, I wonder if he’ll start showing a public image or if Fields will continue to fill that role?
10/18, 10:25 AM
posted by:
Stuart
Lulally never had as many obsticle at beoing as he will have at Ford. The UAW is enough to make any company bankrupt
10/18, 11:55 AM
posted by:
sampson
Who cares?? how many times are we going to read about this? Write an article when something is done…
10/19, 12:15 AM
posted by:
A4
i agree with sampson