I would love that just to see all the fanboys/haters on both sides of the house have to suddenly do the mental gymnastics of the company they consider to do no wrong being one and the same with the company they consider to be able to do nothing right.
If the company changes hands intact, I'm sure you're correct. I have zero inside info, but it's possible Ford would retain the 150 and spin everything else off. I've personally been through 2-3 of these myself...there are always many possible scenarios...most non-intuitive.
GM/Ford and Ford/VW have also jointly invested. Rivian doesn’t have the cash to take Ford. They’ll be lucky if they can survive this on their own; I’m actually certain Rivian will be bought themselves.
I feel ya... at least motorcycle season is here. May try to find another project so I can “stimulate” the economy in the meantime
They've had trouble generating year over year growth, but net sales last year were $155.9B and operating income was $16.2B before depreciation and special items which is perfectly healthy from a "survival" standpoint. Earnings looked awful because they took huge one time write-downs on pension obligations and restructuring costs.
The what-ifs in this scenario are off base. Why would the Ford brand go away?
au contraire, we got the Fiat Renegade. And I believe a number of others are heavily reliant on other Fiat platforms, Compass? Grand Cherokee?, etc. Maybe some of the FCA types know and can chime in.
No, we got the Jeep Renegade. @Dads_bronze_bronco was pointing out the name won't change regardless of ownership. He wasn't saying a new parent company wouldn't work in their engineering and design philosophy at some point.
The Renegade is 99% Fiat, the 1% Jeep part is where they said, "make it rugged"
No one is disputing that. It's still branded Jeep...you're arguing a different point than anyone else is making.
Peace, I was not clear. The point is when another company buys you out, they rule. It may still have a Ford badge on the front, but everything behind that could be another brand, VW running gear, GM interior, or whatever, heavily reused from another platform.
