Market cap calculation excludes the preferred shares closely held by the Ford family - the majority of voting control is still held by the family to prevent hostile takeovers.

As a current Big 4 public accounting firm employee, I call BS on this... One does not simply break into a PwC office and steal tax returns.

Maybe it's because I drive Fords, or more likely because I'm not an idiot, but have you ever heard of routine maintenance? Even if you had the most reliable car in the world (bad news, you don't) you should still be taking it for service.

I'll be dumping Netflix in favor of Zune rentals, which have a much better selection of instant downloads!

I want bigger so that if your Japanese car's gas pedal gets stuck and crashes into me you die and I don't. Americans always want bigger so that the fat-azzes can fit.

Gator, the Civilian Hummer has absolutely nothing mechanical in common with the military vehicle, it was a condition of the licensing agreement under which they were sold. No one is sadder than me about losing American manufacturing to the Chinese, but a private company selling a brand would not give them any tactical ...more

Tiredofblockbuster my 1993 Ford Probe GT has 230,000 miles on it and it runs like a top. My 96 PGT was smooth as glass at 160,000 when I sold it, and my 01 Lincoln LS will have 100,000 in a few weeks. I don't think you should try to predict the future.... I confess that the late 90s and early 00s were not Ford's finest...more

The argument against the program that cites the top clunkers being traded in being american and the top new cars purchased being japanese doesn't have anything to do with politics or economics... Can any of you think of an old Japanese car that gets 18mpg or less composite? I happen to only drive American cars, but it'...more