Posted by jdemaris on November 21, 2014 at 04:57:18 from (70.194.2.240):
In Reply to: Aluminum pickups posted by DeltaRed on November 20, 2014 at 19:52:15:
Being the only USA auto-company not to whine and beg for US taxdollars was also a big gamble for Ford. Heck they even had their "Blue Oval" trademark in the virtual pawn shop. Now they are the ONLY US company left standing on their own. We taxpayers are out billions thanks to GM and the Italian owned so-called "Chrysler" company.
I'm a "born again" Ford fan. GM now turns my stomach. I guess such companies must take risks and look ahead to survive. Ford also has one of the first US made mini-trucks in the planning state. NOT a mid-sized truck like the Ranger was. A true mini-truck. It might be based on their Transit-Connect van. Only thing Ford ever had that was close was the Mazda rebadged the "Ford Courier." And GM used the Isuzu PUP and rebadged it as a "LUV." Chrysler had the rebadged Misubishi sold as the "Mini Ram 50." Later trucks actually made by the US companies were mid-sized e.g. the Ranger. S10, S15, Dakota, etc.
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