The bottomline - Ford is losing money like a mofo and needs to "rope" another 2 generations of "blind followers"...
Don't worry, that is how GM and every other large company has to be to survive.
Car building is not a philosophy - it is a business - and these high-flying ideals will only last as long as the corporate blowhards who champion them are in office... and they "appear" profitable
But it made for interesting reading, and will look good in a gartner Report and in the Wall Street Journal...
