[Golfingnut]

Why I am and always have been a proud Ford owner. Never buy foreign cars either.

Why GM may never pay in liability claims- MSN Money

[bimmertl]

Good luck!

Ford Among Companies Most Hit For Product Defects | Kansas City Legal Examiner | Kansas City Missouri Personal Injury Lawyer

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by bimmertl

Good luck!

Ford Among Companies Most Hit For Product Defects | Kansas City Legal Examiner | Kansas City Missouri Personal Injury Lawyer

And the one that did not need help from the Feds to keep their head above water.

Long live capitalism.

[NottaVillager]

I have always bought Detroit iron. Once GM became Government Motors and Chrysler became a subsidiary of a foreign company I now buy only Fords. We have two now, and I own Ford stock. Love them both.

[kittygilchrist]

Ram truck. that's the only GM thing that makes me want one.

[alurb]

Ram is not GM, but it is made in the USA

[kittygilchrist]

Well, then, I should get one after all.
Red, 1500, and some red boots with silver studs to match the fenders.

[villagerjack]

Originally Posted by bimmertl

Good luck!

Ford Among Companies Most Hit For Product Defects | Kansas City Legal Examiner | Kansas City Missouri Personal Injury Lawyer

Story 4 years old. I have owned fFord products all my life. Very satisfied to deal with this fine American company.

[janieb]

Been driving Ford for the last 20 years or so, mostly because of the A or Z plan. Just turned in my 2012 Fusion lease and picked up a Lincoln MKZ hybrid - loving it so far. Before Ford , I used AMC products again because of family discounts

[redwitch]

My father would be spinning if I ever bought a Ford. Just couldn't be done.

[buzzy]

You folks ever hear of the Pinto and Crown Victoria gas tanks exploding in a rear end crash?

[Mr. Grampi II]

I agree that Ford does build some very high quality cars, as does GM. Ford has also had its share of defective vehicles and lawsuits , the Pinto is a case in point.

Ford was for the auto bailout before they were against it. They lobbied for the "cash for clunkers " subsidies. They also received received $6B in government loans and applied for and received a $9B line of credit from the government

In my opinion Ford was in worse shape than GM and Ford's financial position necessitated they borrow $23B from the banks just before the financial crash and Ford borrowed while the banks were still "open".

Rest assured GM would have preferred to borrow from the banking system versus the United States government.

This is my personal perspective, it is shared by many others in the industry and I mean no disrespect to Ford, its employees and its cars.

[Topspinmo]

the Pinto is a case in point. You People do realize the pinto was 40 years ago. The pinto had great engine still in production powering Rangers up early 2000's, lived long after the vega Brazilian Al. engine died .

Also Before the pinto was the Chevrolet Corvair and of course the Chevrolet Vega which had about the worse engine ever made, But the Vega does make great Drag cars once gutted and properly built. Baldwin Motion also redone the Vega for about twice it cost and made instant Race car.

The Chevrolet Corvair made famous by Ralph Nader. So when you talking about law suits GM has had their fair share and still building cars with KNOWN defects latest the defective ignition switches.

Then there was the SUV Ford Firestone dilemma which IMO was caused by dirivers, Driving too fast with low tire pressure (especially on the back tires, tires heat up and explode, I have never witness that, but I bet it can cause control problem on about any SUV beings the center of gravity is higher off the road). Even today you can see people driving around with Low tire pressure cause they don't check routine maintenance Items regularly. Course when something happens you can always find sleazy lawyer to file suit.

I think safety standards have come along way since the 60's and 70's so the Old news items like pinto's and Corvairs would be compared to Model T's back then.. Bottom line their management and unions didn't get paid off by the Government with our tax paying money While screwing the GM stock holders and of course the tax payer.

[justjim]

My last four vehicles have been Honda. All I've done is put gas and have regular maintenance. Great odyssey vans and assembled in America and providing good jobs to Americans.

Nothing against Ford, Chrysler or GM but a number of their vehicles (and parts) have "foreign" written all over them. My very first car was a 57' Ford.

[billethkid]

as has been noted in any form of public news in recent years most of the top auto makers from around the world have the same recall issues.

For me it is very simple. Most people do not stop flying any particular airline because of a plane crash or crashes....or don't stop flying any specific aircraft for similar reasons.

Certainly one is entitled to do so and I am sure some do, however, a very small incidence. Same for auto makers. The isolated incidences, although some few very serious (like plane crashes) make front page headlines....which we all know have to be taken with a grain of salt depending on whose and which axe is being ground that day.

The big three (and others) have all had their turn in the barrel.

The millions of cars coming off USA assembly lines, TODAY, are among the safest, best built, most economic cars in the world from the lowest priced model to the luxmobiles.

To try and determine which is better or worse based on recalls is like trying to measure airlines by number of crashes....serious....noteworthy....but, thank GOD, isolated incidences.

In my humble opinion.