Ford surprises with $1B profit; sees profit in '11

Great news for Ford! GM and Chrysler should have take the hint from Ford, but then again Chrysler/Dodge is a piece of Crap car!

$1b in profit or $1b in income? The article states both and I'm confused.

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HER MAIN MAN wrote:

Great news for Ford! GM and Chrysler should have take the hint from Ford, but then again Chrysler/Dodge is a piece of Crap car!

Take a hint from this statement, your a moron, were all in the same boat!

Read the fine print. First, 2/3 of the profit was from overseas operations and only 1/3 from the U.S., which means that their American operation still sucks. Second, their revenue went down by about a billion, and they managed to make the profit only by huge cost cuts and job cuts. They will need to work on their top line (i.e. grabbing more market share) if they want to survive, because cost cutting can go on for only so long.

2003emm3 wrote:

Read the fine print. First, 2/3 of the profit was from overseas operations and only 1/3 from the U.S., which means that their American operation still sucks. Second, their revenue went down by about a billion, and they managed to make the profit only by huge cost cuts and job cuts. They will need to work on their top line (i.e. grabbing more market share) if they want to survive, because cost cutting can go on for only so long.

I suggest that you pay close attention to all other auto manufacturers when they report their earnings. You will see that topline growth, or lack thereof, was much worse for everyone except Kia, Subaru, and Hyundai. Ford has been gaining marketshare for 10 months and all the while reducing incentives. Kia and Hyundai have been increasing marketshare but with excessive incentives and other giveaways. Subaru has been doing it with a lineup that is just about all new.

These are very good numbers but should not have been as big of a surprise as it is being portrayed on the street.

john wrote:

<quoted text> Take a hint from this statement, your a moron, were all in the same boat!

Oh! so your a piece of crap also? DUMBASZ!

HER MAIN MAN wrote:

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Oh! so your a piece of crap also? DUMBASZ!

If telling it like it is, makes me a piece of crap, i guess thats what i am, what are you dick head?

john wrote:

<quoted text>If telling it like it is, makes me a piece of crap, i guess thats what i am, what are you dick head?

Hmmmmmmmmmm! you must be in the same boat as GMC and Chysler, they are sinking and well Ford remains afloat! Yeah part of the Profits came from Europe, but they never (ok watch this!) FORD NEVER TOOK BAILOUT MONEY FROM THE GOVERMENT!
Now do you understand what I wrote? or are you to stupid to understand anything?

HER MAIN MAN wrote:

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Hmmmmmmmmmm! you must be in the same boat as GMC and Chysler, they are sinking and well Ford remains afloat! Yeah part of the Profits came from Europe, but they never (ok watch this!) FORD NEVER TOOK BAILOUT MONEY FROM THE GOVERMENT!
Now do you understand what I wrote? or are you to stupid to understand anything?

Ford did not have to have a bailout the reason being they mortgaged every thing they own before things went south, this was not skill on their part but nessity, call it what you believe, but the difference between me and you is i want them all to make it,even if one day ford had to take bailout money i would still support them, i guess you could call me a american, chrysler gm and ford thats who i support, so go ahead and support who you want with what ever excuse you use for supporting them, but they have all been around longer than you have been alive, maybe one day you will get it, but the way you talk i somehow doubt it!

I'd buy a Ford over any other Domestic brand just on the fact they passed on the bailout money alone. They also have a better overall product line than the other domestics as well.

Patches Ohoulihan wrote:

I'd buy a Ford over any other Domestic brand just on the fact they passed on the bailout money alone. They also have a better overall product line than the other domestics as well.

Thats your choice,but i would buy the best product and it isn't a ford!

gilbert wrote:

<quoted text>Thats your choice,but i would buy the best product and it isn't a ford!

What is the best DOMESTIC product in your opinion? If you are going to say something like "I wouldn't buy domestic" then you are going off on a tangent and missing my point.

john wrote:

<quoted text>Ford did not have to have a bailout the reason being they mortgaged every thing they own before things went south, this was not skill on their part but nessity, call it what you believe, but the difference between me and you is i want them all to make it,even if one day ford had to take bailout money i would still support them, i guess you could call me a american, chrysler gm and ford thats who i support, so go ahead and support who you want with what ever excuse you use for supporting them, but they have all been around longer than you have been alive, maybe one day you will get it, but the way you talk i somehow doubt it!

WOW! you read all of that in my statement! I guess I'll have to re-read what I wrote, but I do remeber that I never said I did not support these companies! I was happy for Ford making a Billion Dollar Profit ans said the other 2 companies should learn from Ford!
By the way since you open a can of worm so to put it, Do you support AIG giving out Millions of Dollars in Bonus Money to its Upper Management from the BAil-out money it received from the Federal Goverment? Is the Un-American if I don't? How can you support this, a company loosing money, almost goes bankrupt and they give out Bonus to people who almost made bad decisions! I like a job like that!