Interview with Bill Ford

TomServo92 · 2006-01-16 16:04:05

Here's the link (http://www.businessweek.com/autos/content/jan2006/bw20060111_202833.htm). It's a pretty good read.

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Jan 16, 2006 | 09:04 AM

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Here's the link. It's a pretty good read.

Jan 16, 2006 | 03:16 PM

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Great article! Thanks Mark!

I really admire that man. He seems to be very humble and admits to his mistakes.

Let's hope his plan works.

Jan 16, 2006 | 03:45 PM

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Excellent Article about Ford and Billâ€™s ideas for improvement with the company. He has one tough job as the CEO but sounds like he wants to do a good job its just tough being in his shoes.

Jan 16, 2006 | 03:56 PM

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Read that earlier this morning. Great read . . .

Jan 16, 2006 | 06:19 PM

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Ford is planing to kill Ranger and B-Series?

Jan 16, 2006 | 08:31 PM

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Originally posted by Red Star@January 16, 2006, 7:22 PM
Ford is planing to kill Ranger and B-Series?

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That wasn't Bill Ford that said that. It was the author saying that he thought Ford would get out of the small pickup market.

Jan 17, 2006 | 01:40 PM

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I dont think ford can afford to just "get rid of" the ranger.

Jan 17, 2006 | 02:43 PM

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They are still the best selling small pickup, so why would they do that?

Jan 17, 2006 | 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by JeffreyDJ@January 17, 2006, 3:46 PM
They are still the best selling small pickup, so why would they do that?

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Yeah, they just need to update it.

Jan 17, 2006 | 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by TomServo92@January 17, 2006, 5:01 PM
Yeah, they just need to update it.

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Ranger had last major redesign in 1993. I think Ford is planing to redesign them in 2009.

Jan 17, 2006 | 05:40 PM

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Originally posted by Red Star@January 17, 2006, 6:29 PM
Ranger had last major redesign in 1993. I think Ford is planing to redesign them in 2009.

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Like I said, they need to update it. It's long past due.