Comments on: Ford to sell shares in Mazda

By: Joober

Joober — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:21:25 +0000

Prolonging the invietable thats all, I think Ford is going bust sooner than they expected with the market turmoil happening. As someone said close to burning 1bill per month, I think I read it similar to this figure in the economist few editions back, you can see why…

By: Duck

Duck — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:50:12 +0000

Ford need Mazda, for everything really, with technologhy and everything they get from them otherwise there doomed!

Like Holden need Chevrolet for the LS2 and LS3 and the the……………LS7!

By: Falcodore

Falcodore — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:28:32 +0000

Ford probably will get through and when they come out the other side i think they’ll regret offloading Mazda considering the technical and design superiority Mazda seems to have over Ford.

By: Genie

Genie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:07:45 +0000

I meant $60 million last quarter, not total.

By: Genie

Genie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:02:39 +0000

^^ When you are dying of dehydration, drinking your own piss is a survival technique, even if eventually it’ll kill you (not talking evaporating the water out either). Point is, even if though Ford have a good thing going with Mazda (netted $US60mil I think from the investment), when you need money short term to avoid going bust, you have to sacrifice long term gain.

By: Falcodore

Falcodore — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:11:29 +0000

Parts for mazdas aren’t that expesive, not for servicing anyway. Its cheaper to buy genuine oil/air filters etc from mazda than it is to buy them at supercheap auto and the like.
Ford bought into mazda because of the emerging tech and products they were introducing at the time.
U.S mazda sales are down butthere are about 15-20 manufacturers doing worseand the 6 has its own unique platform not shared with any other ford prduct.
Ford U.S are stupid for selling off the only profitable company they have in their portfolio,they just keep proving what TOSSMONKEYS they really are.

By: JML

JML — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:37:54 +0000

I see a lot of people talking smack about Ford and getting all wet about Mazda. Google “Ford rescued Mazda” and then come back and talk. This is why marketing goons and car designers get paid the big $; because facts mean nothing when perception is everything.

Everything about where Mazda is today is not just because of Ford rescuing the company with cash when Mazda was in the toilet both product-wise and financially, but because of Ford know-how.

What do you get if you put a fashionable badge and pretty sheet-metal on a Ford? A Mazda.

By: ASH8

ASH8 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:20:42 +0000

The Multi Link rear suspensions used in ALL Mazda’s are designed and made by Mazda and not Ford.
In fact Mazda’s multi-link suspension Won a Japanese Engineering Society award.

Mazda plants have been in 3 shift 24hour mode for years, so they are hardly treading water!

The ONLY country that has not had record Mazda car sales is the mighty USA/Canada.
They should be selling 4 times the numbers they are doing now.

Any wonder Mazda Japan want to take control of distribution in North America and also fix their appalling Dealer network which has been letting down the marque for years.

Mazda Japan owns virtually ALL other distribution centers on other continents.

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:32:14 +0000

Ozmazdaclub ZB Says:
Mazda should buy all the shares back and tell Ford to take a hike….

They would become very expensive cars if they did that. All car companies have an alliance of some sort to share the research and development costs. In other words it is allot cheaper to share than try and operate on your own.

By: Cupid Stunt aka No Name

Cupid Stunt aka No Name — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:41:21 +0000

Seems strange to sell a viable and popular sector off, I presume this will impact on the account for Ford in the East. Like Frontman says their market presence in Europe is minimal. 2 or 3% about a fifth of what Ford and Vauxhall sell.