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[Mr. Bill]

At first I thought it was a misprint, that Ford was offering a buyout to 54,000 workers.

Then I found the same statistic, approached differently - buyouts are being offered to 93% of the hourly workforce!

There is so much wrong going on....

Ford Offers Buyouts As Losses Narrow: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

[James]

Originally Posted by Mr. Bill

At first I thought it was a misprint, that Ford was offering a buyout to 54,000 workers.

Then I found the same statistic, approached differently - buyouts are being offered to 93% of the hourly workforce!

There is so much wrong going on....

Ford Offers Buyouts As Losses Narrow: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

I would of expected the Big Three to have done this a while ago! It is basically sounding like Union Busting.

[TXINSURANCE]

Its that darn Health Insurance costs that is the problem.

We need national health care to fix Ford.

Or even better yet - they can make a car that is not a piece of crap.

[James]

Originally Posted by TXINSURANCE

Its that darn Health Insurance costs that is the problem.

We need national health care to fix Ford.

Or even better yet - they can make a car that is not a piece of crap.

That's weak! Their trucks are great and most of their cars for the price is an exceptional value today.

[Mr. Bill]

Ummmm...hate to break it to you but the first best thing they can do is get rid of retiree health care. Let them eat Medicare and Medicare Advantage!

I think if the Big 3 weren't so reliant on fleet deals and flooding the rental market, they would have been competitive a long time ago.

There are 4 Ford dealerships that have closed within 20 miles of me (okay, technically one is more about 30 miles but then the guy who bought it and took it bankrupt within a year didn't know what he was doing). It really is sad though.

As far as fleets, hands down once we drove a Chrysler 300 (the current model) that is my preferred rental of choice. Prior to that I was really happy with those Dodge things (the Chrysler 300 prior model). Huge trunk holds lots of suitcases.

I can't even think of a Ford vehicle that is not a truck.

[James]

Originally Posted by Mr. Bill

Ummmm...hate to break it to you but the first best thing they can do is get rid of retiree health care. Let them eat Medicare and Medicare Advantage!

I think if the Big 3 weren't so reliant on fleet deals and flooding the rental market, they would have been competitive a long time ago.

There are 4 Ford dealerships that have closed within 20 miles of me (okay, technically one is more about 30 miles but then the guy who bought it and took it bankrupt within a year didn't know what he was doing). It really is sad though.

As far as fleets, hands down once we drove a Chrysler 300 (the current model) that is my preferred rental of choice. Prior to that I was really happy with those Dodge things (the Chrysler 300 prior model). Huge trunk holds lots of suitcases.

I can't even think of a Ford vehicle that is not a truck.

No doubt, Chrysler has some interesting and good looking auto's coming out. Yet they seem in more trouble then Ford!

Ps think Mustang