Originally posted by Celerity@Nov 21 2003, 02:01 AM
Ford is a remarkably new company. Oldsmobile, Chevrolet and others in America have out-lasted it. Although the clock has stopped ticking on oldsmobubble.
Ford only made the first popular car. A cheap car that everyone could afford. It's like if someone started selling airplanes for $14,000. Sure, you could get one - But why.
That's like buying "The cheapest gun".
-> Steve
Also, as far as blaming parts for notoriety - How about Ford's blame claim on Firestone for the tires? Do you know that after the whole tire debacle was resolved, Ford got it's Millions and drove Firestone out of business, That Ford recalled ALL of it's Expeditions and Explorers for axle troubles ?
And yet, the tires are to blame. Ford was also the first US car company to move it's operations to Mexico to exploit those locals. At the same time, they bragged about reduced pricing across the board. This won them acclaim.
It's a design flaw. When Toyota's 7MGE engines developed head gasket problems, no one blamed FelPro (Factory suppliers of gaskets for Toyota). They blamed Toyota. It was a design flaw with the motor - The 2.8 5MGE ran like a clock. The 3.0 2JZGE ran fine.
There is a such thing as quality control - Which I wouldn't pick on Ford so much if it wasn't their fucking motto.