With alliance talks between General Motors and Renault-Nissan now official scrapped, there is much speculation Ford and Renault-Nissan might begin talking. After all, Bill Ford is known to have contacted Carlos Ghosn about working together in the past, and the company even expressed openness about an alliance while GM was still in talks with the French-Japanese automaker.
But now that Ford has a new CEO at the helm, an alliance is looking less likely, according to the Detroit News. Ford sources told the newspaper the “situation has changed” since the appointment of Alan Mulally as CEO, and “Ford now has little interest in an alliance.” While the company is open to talking to Ghosn, its main focus is now “fixing its struggling North American automotive operations.”
10/05, 8:45 AM
posted by:
Vertical
Good. Ford doesn’t need an alliance. It needs to quit teasing us with great prototypes, and just build them. Like now. We will buy them, and everything will be good.
On another Ford note, I talked to a Ford auto tech yesterday. He said he never sees 500’s or Fusions come in for repairs. That’s first line support of Ford’s claims of improved quality. Good to hear.
10/05, 9:08 AM
posted by:
lanapat7
I am glad that Ford is not considering an alliance.
The Fusion is a Mazda 6. It was manufactured for 3 years before the Fusion arrived. I think all bugs were corrected before Fusion’s launch.
What would be interesting to know is how reliable the F150 & Mustang have turned out.
10/05, 9:13 AM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Great.
I have a lot of trust in that Mulally dude, as he turned Boeing around from major financial disaster. Everyone was telling them “the A-380 is going to kill Boeing”, “Boeing can’t build a decent A-350 competitor” etc. etc. etc. Ha! Look who’s getting their asses kicked now! 
The Dreamliner 0wnz, it has better fuel economy than many other aircraft of its size and is exactly what the airline industry wanted.
10/05, 9:37 AM
posted by:
Ricardo Head
I think Ford would be stupid to dismiss the opportunity so early. Probably just a public position to minimize the media scrutiny.
10/05, 10:02 AM
posted by:
Veda
Fix yourself first before bringing others in to fuse.
10/05, 11:43 AM
posted by:
angelo
Ford and GM have amazing engineering capabilites that have been focused on cost savings rather than product development. If a merger of the two philosophies rules their future, we will see the resurgence of the American car (although likely built more cheaply in Canada or Mexico, maybe even China).
10/05, 3:09 PM
posted by:
90Z
Isn’t Ford already in an alliance of sorts with Mazda that has had mixed results at best? Why would adding Nissan/Renault to the mix make anything better? Just curious.
10/05, 3:37 PM
posted by:
Hal
Ford owns 30% of Mazda and has management control.
I don’t see what Renault/Nissan can offer Ford either.
10/05, 5:33 PM
posted by:
GL1
Yeah I don’t see why they would want an alliance either any more than GM should..
10/05, 6:04 PM
posted by:
Bobzooki
Megan Mulally is Karen Walker on Will & Grace. Is she running Ford these days?
10/05, 11:48 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
No, it’s Alan Mulally, he’s a guy, so get your facts straight. Keep watching your retarded tv series if that’s all you have to bring to the table.
10/06, 2:31 AM
posted by:
John Landers
Mulally has a master’s in aeronautical engineering, and a master’s in management from MIT.
Hopefully he can bring some educated thinking to Ford.
Sometimes it’s nice to have sales reps climb to the top, other times it’s nice to have formal education.
10/06, 2:37 AM
posted by:
John Landers
Bill Ford also has a MS in management from MIT too.
Maybe Mulally didn’t sleep through the classes as much.