Comments on: Ford’s U.S. sales chief retires

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:44:47 +0000

rolling stones^

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:37:42 +0000

I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was time for a change

By: BLISS

BLISS — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:13:42 +0000

TIME FOR A CHANGE.

By: Driven

Driven — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:51:06 +0000

14b7, thats funny & good point about Ford bringing in new blood to turn around sales. I wonder if GM Sales realizes how inane his comments are after reading your take. Kudos for almost shutting him up and allowing the rest of us to have on topic discussions.

By: 2008PowerStrokeF450Lariat

2008PowerStrokeF450Lariat — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:08:07 +0000

mulally needs to hire some of the european execs. and see what happens next. maybe big sales and big profits. but we’ll see when he hires that new person, i just don’t think putting fields there is a good idea, even if it is interim.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:20:41 +0000

good point.

By: jamhole538

jamhole538 — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:20:27 +0000

god dam there is a lot of FORD HATERS on leftlanenews

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:46:00 +0000

retired, he needed to be fired, now the few ford employees get to support him for 20 years for failing at his job.

By: Deanster

Deanster — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:27:10 +0000

Good riddance Thanks for such nuggets as “Bold Moves.” Now the only bold moves you’ll be experiencing are those bowel movements in retirement.

By: Piablo

Piablo — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:58:48 +0000

Personally I think we’re at the very begining of another 80s style business revolution. Ford and Chrysler and every other corporation in the same boat can bring in as many execs as they want. But until they start doing things differently, nothing will change. Sounds obvious, but identifying that ‘thing’ to change is the hard part. I would start taking a look at customer service. If you look at most of their websites, they’re simply repositories for information. There is no interaction. Why is there no customer login for scheduling oil changes, after market upgrades, tires, brakes, and other services? xxxx, pay online for your oil change so you don’t have to wait in line dropping off or picking up.

These guys are very focused on the product itself, which aren’t half bad, and seem to be neglecting the other aspects of the sale. I have no doubt these new execs are itching to make a difference and a name for themselves, they just need to change the way they do business. (or the way they currently are not doing business).

By: RicardoHead

RicardoHead — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:37:17 +0000

Bet this guy got a nice fat retirement bonus for driving Ford sales into the xxxxter too, along with a thank you card for a job well-done.

It’s the Corporate American way – reward the incompetent people who kiss your äss regardless of performance, and layoff or fire the capable people who try to implement the incompetent decisions of those at the top.

By: autonut

autonut — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:16:01 +0000

Until Ford family inbreds who own 5% of the stock and control 60% of the vote will not relinquish control this brand is damned. Mother Teresa will not be able to help them.