George Pipas Ford Motor Company - US Sales Analysis, Godron Chang, Forbes, John Batchelor, host of johnbatchelorshow.com and myself talk about Ford's sales for 2010. Ford was up in sales for 2010, beating out Toyota in marketshare. How? Was it because of the relationship with their dealerships? or because of Alan Mulally? Why is Mercury [...]
Future Shock is Today In the course of my work which takes me to just about every corner of the globe, I see many aspects of phenomena which I am just beginning to understand. Our modern technology has achieved a degree of sophistication beyond our wildest dreams, but this technology has exacted a pretty heavy [...]
I've been waiting for today. My esthetician, Veronica, finally got back from France visiting her relatives. To me, Veronica is not a luxury, she is a necessity. While Veronica was working on my face I asked her about her trip. She talked about how conscientious the French were of the names on clothes and accessories. [...]
JD Shanahan is the Chief Engineer for the Lincoln MKZ. Shanahan has two cars with him: the 2009 Lincoln MKZ and a 2010 Lincoln MKZ. We put the old MKZ and the new MKZ back to back so that you can see the difference in exterior and interior design. The new 2010 Lincoln MKZ 5-passenger [...]
2009 Lincoln MKT concept was unveiled at the 2008 Detroit auto show. Lincoln is the luxury brand of Ford, it used to be part of the Premier Automotive Group (PAG). Lincoln was quietly removed, Jaguar and Landrover are being sold off and Volvo will stay with Ford. Lincoln will have their hands full to meet [...]
Los Angeles, CA - We're at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto show where Ford's subsidiary, Lincoln, is unveiling the 2009 Lincoln MKS.
Mike Richards is the General Marketing Manager, Lincoln, a division of Ford Motor company. Richards talks about the 2009 Lincoln MKS and how fuel efficient the next generation of the MKS will be at the 2007 Los Angeles auto show.
All the talk is about the rivalry between the Big 3 and Toyota. Dig a little deeper and it's not Toyota that's number one, nor General Motors that comes in last. These numbers come from J.D. Powers Power Information Network (PIN) and are Year-To-Date as of September 30, 2007. Just like in “The Biggest Loser” [...]
Matt Edwards - interior design manager, and Freeman Thomas, director, North American Strategic Design, Ford, talk about the Lincoln MKR.
Peter Horbury introduces the 2008 Lincoln MKR concept at the 100th anniversary of the Detroit auto show (NAIAS.)