Comments on: Report: Ford has “little interest” in alliance

By: John Landers

John Landers — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:37:29 +0000

Bill Ford also has a MS in management from MIT too.
Maybe Mulally didn’t sleep through the classes as much.

By: John Landers

John Landers — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:31:18 +0000

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.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:48:40 +0000

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.

By: Bobzooki

Bobzooki — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:04:18 +0000

Megan Mulally is Karen Walker on Will & Grace. Is she running Ford these days?

By: GL1

GL1 — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:33:28 +0000

Yeah I don’t see why they would want an alliance either any more than GM should..

By: Hal

Hal — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:37:11 +0000

Ford owns 30% of Mazda and has management control.
I don’t see what Renault/Nissan can offer Ford either.

By: 90Z

90Z — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:09:28 +0000

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.

By: angelo

angelo — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:43:30 +0000

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).

By: Veda

Veda — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:02:21 +0000

Fix yourself first before bringing others in to fuse.

By: Ricardo Head

Ricardo Head — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:37:59 +0000

I think Ford would be stupid to dismiss the opportunity so early. Probably just a public position to minimize the media scrutiny.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:13:36 +0000

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.

By: lanapat7

lanapat7 — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:08:03 +0000

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.

By: Vertical

Vertical — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:45:56 +0000

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.