Renault had no comment today in response to a Wall Street Journal report that Ford CEO Bill Ford had called the French automaker’s boss Carlos Ghosn about a possible cooperation. The WSJ article suggested Mr. Ford recently called Ghosn to say that if the Renault-Nissan alliance decided not to continue alliance talks with General Motors, Ghosn should consider talking to Ford. “We have no information on any phone conversations between Ford and Mr Ghosn and cannot comment on the report,” said a spokeswoman for Renault. In July, GM and Renault-Nissan said they would explore an alliance. Ford is rumored to have contacted Mr. Ghosn late last year — long before the GM-Renault alliance talks — about hiring him as CEO of Ford. Any such deal, however, never materialized.
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08/23, 11:10 AM
posted by:
Jimbo - G Mill$
muy interesante. -.-
08/23, 11:10 AM
posted by:
Lloyd
VVERRRYYY CCCRRRREEEEPPPYYYY….. BUT THEN AGAIN FORD DOES NEED THE HELP. BUT THEN WILL THE NEXT MUSTANG SHARE THE NISSAN 350Z’S PLATFORM?
08/23, 11:24 AM
posted by:
Jay
Hmmm interesting… just don’t drag Renault down if you did something like this, that would be terrible.
08/23, 12:16 PM
posted by:
BS BS BS
I don’t see how this would benefit Ford or Renault. This is all BS.
08/23, 12:27 PM
posted by:
Atomicbri
Well we knew Ford has spoken with them before…. I think Ford just needs to design some better products. I know they say they have some in the pipelines….but maybe they need to figure out how to hurry them along. Everyone seems to think Carlos Ghosn is an automotive saviour….but last I checked, weren’t Nissan’s sales down? And Renault is not an international player since they do not offer any cars here in the US. So I guess an alliance is to either platform share (cause Carlos has said many times he will not be CEO of either GM or Ford) or hope they can have Carlos dabble in some of thier business….who knows.
08/23, 12:38 PM
posted by:
Blah Blah Blah
Ford has great product in Europe, it needs more volume from Volvo and L-R and Ford NA and Mazda on its European platforms. If Ford NA took Ford Europes platforms the volume would be adequate and it wouldn’t need Renault
08/23, 1:28 PM
posted by:
hal
As far as I can tell the only reason Renault/Nissan is interested in a linkup w/ GM is because GM is relatively strong in China.
I’d rather see Ford pursuing deals in India or China then Europe – After all what have Renault/Nissan got that Ford can’t do on its own?
08/23, 3:16 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
I concur with Blah Blah Blah. But Volvo needs a Diesel engine (at least, on this side of the ocean I can’t spot anything but gasoline engines)!
08/23, 3:52 PM
posted by:
Joe Deegan
Ford should hold talks with Ford of Europe about co-operation. They could ask Ford of Europe for permission to bring some of their models into the US.
It is convenient that both companies have the same name even though they have no apparent connection. Ford of Europe has interesting, up to date models, which is exactly what Ford on America needs, so it’s a no brainer.
Maybe there is an auto business consultant somewhere that could introduce the two companies.
Joe
08/23, 4:51 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
“just don’t drag Renault down…..??
HaHaHaHaHaHaHa !!
That’s funny, just when has Renault, the “Le****” of the automotive world, ever been up ??????????
08/23, 5:09 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
The Le****!
I love that remark! Hahaha…so true! 
08/23, 5:39 PM
posted by:
digitalzombie
that would be kewl nissan can get the rotrary engine for their S16 hehe.
08/23, 9:37 PM
posted by:
Fleming in Tennessee
Bring the Reflex concept to market as the next Focus. Bring the Iosis concept to market as a new Mercury model and FoMoCo can set back and count the money. These two vehicles alone could save Ford! Only change I’d make is do away with the swing up doors. Its all product. That’s all they offer, that’s what their business is all about: product, product, product. As fast as they brought the Ford GT to market, these two vehicles could be in showrooms spring 2008!
08/23, 11:14 PM
posted by:
miles
ford is gay im not the first to say that and i wont be the last. gm turned down the offer to go forren and know ford wants to turn french im srry but i will not drive a wee wee car. and if your a real american u shouldnt eather.
08/24, 1:45 PM
posted by:
kareem ali
ford& Gm need to cut back on the truck & suv and get some better designs from their foregn companies.