I like your ideas, but I'm not sure this:
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Originally Posted by Adam in NYC USA
Use local parts for the region you are selling them in.
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...is going to make them any money. That's a political consideration, not an economic one. There are a variety of reasons for Ford's impending demise. But one reason is clearly the inability of unionized American auto workers to compete in a global theater.
Plenty of foreign manufacturers have been able to successfully open plants here, including foreign auto companies. But they are in states who's capitals are not controlled by union hacks, run by polititians who don't prostitute themselves out to unions. No foreign manufacturer in their right mind would operate a union plant in the U.S. And neither should Ford,,, providing it wants to stay in business.
