I found my next truck...

[Ldub]

Ford, in general, has an "unusual" way of looking at things. In my opinion, their engineering for the masses is about 6-8 yrs. behind the times. While on the other side of the coin, they can produce such marvels as the GT & Shelby.
A look inside the corporate mindset was forthcoming, in a CNN report this morning about Ford trying to figure out it's staggering losses of the most recent quarter, they proposed "tracking how much time workers were spending in the bathroom"...sounds like a reasonable theory as to why their product isn't selling.
Just my $.02, Ldub

[MZ-N10]

well, as crappy as ford is they are one of the biggest car companies in teh world. they own jag, landrover, mazda and aston.

funny how top gear hates american cars yet they love the ford made vantage v8 and db9.

[transio]

MZ-N10, that's like saying the Elise is "made" (engineered / constructed) by the crappy Malaysian car company Proton because they own Lotus. I think you know better.

[MZ-N10]

well look at the mazda6 for instance (since my gf has one). the chassis and engine is identical to those of the ford fusion. but the m6 has been rated as one of the best sedans, up there with the accord, camry and etc.

or we can look at teh focus. yea OUR focus is crap, but the euro version is a killer.

we cant really say ford is a crap company cause some of their cars are crap. im sure ever car company has made a few mistakes.