scream-of-consciousness;
"If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell."
I'm probably not remembering this correctly, but IIRC didn't Ford buy a chunk of Mazda back in the early '70s? I seem to remember something about Ford wanting/needing to adopt some of the Japanese manufacturing/quality techniques that were eating their lunch and the family that owns Mazda was willing to share knowledge in exchange for a substantial cash infusion.
Ford had a partnership with Mazda that ended a couple of years ago. Everyone thought it was death to the little independent company.
Ford did save Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin, & Volvo. They introduced modern manufacturing to some of them & clout in buying components for others. They have since sold off all of them.
People talk about Ford having an Aston Martin like grill. It's more like Aston Martin has a Ford like grill.
You left out America's Best-Selling Car:
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I'm probably not remembering this correctly, but IIRC didn't Ford buy a chunk of Mazda back in the early '70s? I seem to remember something about Ford wanting/needing to adopt some of the Japanese manufacturing/quality techniques that were eating their lunch and the family that owns Mazda was willing to share knowledge in exchange for a substantial cash infusion.
ReplyDeleteFord had a partnership with Mazda that ended a couple of years ago. Everyone thought it was death to the little independent company.
ReplyDeleteFord did save Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin, & Volvo. They introduced modern manufacturing to some of them & clout in buying components for others. They have since sold off all of them.
People talk about Ford having an Aston Martin like grill. It's more like Aston Martin has a Ford like grill.