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Lewis Booth was saying that $2B/quarter is not the norm but I'd be happy with a solid $4 billion for all of 2010, more debt paid down and strong sales growth. These are the times for Ford's supporters to saver a resurgent Ford, still more work to do but far from being on government welfare..... |
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has gone from $500/ton to $650/ton in the US, that will add significantly to car build costs. Also the second half of the year will be filled with a lot of new Focus and Fiesta sales but because these vehicles have lower retail prices, the total revenue is expected to be down. I think the latter is a bit pessimistic, I think Focus and Fiesta will add to Ford's increasing sales, not detract but more like cream on top.... Edit, The $4 Billion estimate was mine, not Lewis Booth but I suspect that's what Ford are hinting at.... |
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What the need to do now is capitalize on the products that are in NA.
Make them available in RHD, have Mustangs going all around the world; I was going to say F trucks but we will have T6 so that should do.
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Its not all good news. They still have a mighty big hole to get themselves out of.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/did-ford...d-by-debt.html |
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making profits for the last four quarters in a row in the worst economic time of the past 75 years. |
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Blue Oval cruises into the black
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When you have inventory that is depleted faster than it can be restored, that increases the 'apparent' profit too. It will be interesting to see the next few quarters. They might make as little as $0.5B and as much as $2.5B USD per quarter. Two large factors on the profit will be * How US Toyota rebound and how many incentives they offer which have been phenomenal lately. * The Euro market and how it responds to the dropping of new vehicle subsidies. BTW Ford has recently taken market leadership!
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I'm fully expecting Ford to have some big payments in the US for new car programs there this year
but by way of compensation they get a global Focus and Fiesta that both make money as well as a new Explorer, a freshened Edge a, new Mustang and engines ... the list goes on, new F150 with 6.2 Raptor, 5.0 V8 and V6 ecoboost coming soon. GM has nothing in the cupboard comparing to that showroom, they are betting big on Volt bring a knockout winner but gee, a subsidised $40,000 long range hybrid is a big ask in the USA... |
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As mentioned in the last quoted article, Ford expects profits to be lower than this quarter for the rest of the year due to the number of new vehicle launches this year, and the launch costs. However, these launches will lead to more profit next year.
Also, now that the US market is begining to hum along, with more momentum coming, Ford is investing in emerging markets such as China and South America as the US market is mature and only market share can be gained, instead of growing a new market like in China and S.A. I believe these investments will also begin to pay off in profit margins starting next year and continuing from there. Ford is also expanding in India. I believe the next several years for Ford look stellar, depending on how high commodities costs go. Mulally = The Man. Steve
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People forget thet Ford IS paying down debt AND delivering on new products. I don't see GM's IPO being that successful later this year, still the same chumps running the company.... |
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