The Ford Motor Company would like to forget 2008 as would GM, Chrysler, and a handful of other automakers who have been taken a beating this year. Double-digit sales losses have contributed to billions of dollars lost and a decrease in market share. A weak economy and an almost overnight shift in consumer demand from [...]
Out of Ford’s three American brands, Mercury is having the most difficulty of competing against the huge onslaught of foreign brands comprising the North American automotive marketplace. A case could be made for Lincoln as well, but Lincoln’s problems have mostly to do with product that can’t compete with Cadillac while Mercury’s situation is a [...]
In a claim that is probably raising some eyebrows, the Ford Motor Company issued a press release this past Friday claiming that the company’s vehicles were on par with Toyota when it comes to quality.
Citing a first quarter survey of Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln vehicles from a Global Quality Research System (GQRS) report, the Ford [...]
