Ford: Yeah; GM and Chrysler: Nay

[Forddirect]

if anyone has seen Quantum of Solace, did you hear the sound of the Ford Vehicles used. They sounded like electric hybrids, for both small car and 4Xdrive.
It felt that w=they were almost putting them out there as a subliminal product placement.
cheer
FD

[vztrt]

I thought the Fords were put in the movie for product placement.

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by Forddirect

if anyone has seen Quantum of Solace, did you hear the sound of the Ford Vehicles used. They sounded like electric hybrids, for both small car and 4Xdrive.
It felt that w=they were almost putting them out there as a subliminal product placement.
cheer
FD

oh no, a Bond movie with product plaement?

[Mark351]

Ford will not voluntarirly go into bankruptcy. It's a family controlled car company, and will not want court interference.

Read this...

http://www.time.com/time/business/ar...866152,00.html

[Nikked]

Reading the various buiness and financial reports tells me one thing, Ford are smarter then we think. The are often critisized for marketing, etc, but they have came out on top.

[burnz]

smug alert
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...VideoID=272288

[Bossxr8]

Saw an interview with Bill Ford on Foxtel last night, An Interview with Larry King or whatever its called, and I came away impressed with Fords direction. Bill claimed they should not need a cent of the bailout money, and that their sales have started to pick up, the new Lincolns are selling well, and they have a lot of good products coming out next year in terms of small cars ie. new Fiesta and Focus. He also praised the UAW for their work in easing concessions to the automakers.

He was asked if its a good think if their competitors fold but he said the supplier chain would be in real trouble and it would create a lot of trouble for them, so he didn't want to see that happen, and also that GM and Chrysler will not want to go bankrupt because customers do not want to buy cars from a bankrupt business.

[mcflux]

Originally Posted by 99GHIA

Hmmmm lets see. Gutless compared to wat??? As I said if you learnt how to read correctly is
all the power of most 1.5ltr motors. Which they do.
And they do handle well for wat they are. I never said they were a race car.
Don't compare them to a car that has been lowered or comes off the lot as
a performance car because thats comparing chalk with cheese.
As for the batteries hey if they get damaged in an accident who gives a toss.
If you don't have insurance your a !!

Gutless compared to other 1.5lt cars. Put the foot down, it changes from electric to petrol, the CVT just keeps the engine at around 2500rpm & the thing gurgles along... The footbrake is good for J-turns though :P

They handle bloody awful for a small car. Roly-poly. Makes footbrake-assisted turns interesting :evil3:

Damaged batteries in an accident = electrical hazard, environmental hazard...

Oh and did I not state myself they are ugly as sin.

Said the AU driver :P