Not a chance. You'd see the ecoboost v6 in the Mustang before they build another v8 and put it in a Mustang variant.
waaayy too late to do anything about those dice.
Ford doesn't care. The only thing they sell that makes serious money is the F-series. All their cars barely rise to #metoo status with typical Detroit crap quality control build by overpriced union workers, that the Japanese and Koreans (using American non-Detroit workers no less) can spank with one hand behind their back and with eyes closed. Cars are a dead end for Ford. The fancy-pants Focus was cool and all but drowning in a sea of GTI and Civic R's with little to differentiate it except lousy quality control. Frankly I expect at least 2 of the CUVs to disappear quite soon, likely the Ecosport and whichever is the worse platform for EV between Edge and Escape. I bet the Expedition also takes a (figurative) dirt nap.
No, he just parroted the fad-speak of the day. Driverless is a delusion and Electric as half-assed as Ford's efforts isn't going anywhere without stiff subsidies.
Talk about moronic. If it was true then by definition there isn't any more blood to be found in that stone. Bad design, worse manufacturing leading to failed product rollouts is not a sign of highly-efficient anything except kissing executive ass and lying about the truth. Which was also Mulally's observation that Ford #1 problem is Ford itself - it's intractable bureaucracy and the millstone of the American "worker".
I agree that talking about electric and driverless at this time doesn't bode well. He should be selling what people want, not talking about stuff that no one wants right now. Does he think people will want to swap cars in the era of Covid? Duh. Yes Ford makes the most from F150s, but they should at least pay lip service to the rest of their customers. He definitely isn't winning me back with talk about electric and driverless.
100% correct. Mulally was an inspiring leader who understood the customer, the market and most importantly, how to extract high performance from the team he had. He's one who's shoes have not been filled. As I've mentioned a couple of times on this forum, within 6 months of his departure, it was obvious that things had changed. Things felt different and worked differently.
LOL if you think Farley is going to change direction, especially on things of his own preference. They're going from a guy who knows literally nothing about making cars to a guy who thinks he knows how to make great cars.
Kind of......he certainly canned GRWD (the Global Rear Wheel Drive)......but he had to slash costs left right and center to ensure Ford could avoid bankruptcy. He sold off the company silver (Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo (the Premier Automotive Group) which enabled money to be focused on Ford product alone.
