Isn't Mazda pretty much the ONLY profitable arm of Ford Mo Co?
Why would you kill the golden goose of your portfolio? especially when you've assisted in helping with It's debts.
Isn't Mazda pretty much the ONLY profitable arm of Ford Mo Co?
Why would you kill the golden goose of your portfolio? especially when you've assisted in helping with It's debts.
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The genuises who want to sell Mazda are probably the same geniuses who got Ford into their current financial cluster**** in the first place.
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Probably the same people who thought it would be an awesome idea to just drop all their established (read millions upon millions of advertising down the drain) and have all the models now start with 'F'!! Five Hundred! Freestyle! Fusion! Focus! ...Fmustang! And then 10 minutes later when they sobered up realized how colossally stupid an idea it was(after a few million more in advertising) and then switched them right back to the old brands.
Seriously. Do not sell marijuana to motorcompany CEOs, please.
Honestly I'm expecting the European branch of Ford to secede in a violent civil war any day now.
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Mazda's their best bet for selling, because they need the large pile of cash that will bring in for the short term. Having an arm that offsets losses over a long term is all well and good, but it's more important to rid the core sections of those losses. Apparently the new Fiesta is planned as a world car, so it'll get to the US market if they can stay afloat long enough.
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Good for Mazda - but cutting off your nose to spite your face by Ford Mo.
Interesting, as it's the Rest of the World Ford who have had the "F" names for a decade
I think the problem was they used "focus groups" to determine their strategy.
"here are the Ford Focus and Fiesta woudl you like these in USA"
-YES-
"OK. SO here they are. It's not the same cars as in Europe, it's an older design"
-GET LOST-
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Ford Australia is a great example of how Directly importing European spec models can be a success.
the Ford Focus, for instance, is essentially the same as that you receive in Europe, and sells well.
The Holden Astra is another example.....
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