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21 Jul 2004, 22:38 (Ref:1042624)
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Jag/Ford Money matters
Found this snippet quite interesting, although it still doesn't explain why Ford are penny pinching. What do they mean by "expensive retooling "?
http://www.f1universe.com/browseto.php3?hid=202837 |
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21 Jul 2004, 22:52 (Ref:1042643)
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Re-tooling is changing the factories/production lines for new models.
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21 Jul 2004, 23:26 (Ref:1042673)
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Theyre gonna need good racing cars to help sell these new models.
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21 Jul 2004, 23:32 (Ref:1042676)
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Never seen a Land Rover racing car!
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22 Jul 2004, 00:15 (Ref:1042689)
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it's all about rationlisation of sourcing. Instead of making, say, six different engines for different brands to use one engine in different output spec to suit the various needs.
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22 Jul 2004, 01:34 (Ref:1042717)
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I will qualify this statement by saying that my wife works in a Ford dealership.....but they have the most bland, basic, unoriginally styled cars available today. This is why their market share continues to drop. Most of a dealers money is made in service and parts, luckily Fords require a lot of this! It is probably this, and their financial (credit) arm, that keeps this bloated bird in the air. It's certainly not their revolving door management!
And Jaguar F1 suffers as a result. |
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22 Jul 2004, 01:39 (Ref:1042724)
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What you need is a few Australian Fords...
We certainly don't want them ....  David. |
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22 Jul 2004, 01:50 (Ref:1042736)
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 The BA's are good looking machines compared to some other offerings.Go better than the Holdens anyway. The Grumpy1 
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22 Jul 2004, 03:06 (Ref:1042786)
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Took the words right out of mouth, Grumpy.
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22 Jul 2004, 04:15 (Ref:1042810)
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Don't get me wrong,
The new GT's look nice, it is just a shame they can't spell Holden ;-) David. |
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22 Jul 2004, 13:27 (Ref:1043396)
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That ford money article doesn't really give any hints as to what ford might do about the jag team in future.
Sure thay are having problems but that looks like it's being worked out They can probably quite easily afford to run the jag team indefinitely but it really pretty much depends on wether they WANT to continue with the team I can imagine that this year might be a decision point. In the past when they are having a hard time they could say 'hey,we just need time-you can't buy success overnight'. But now with so many things going wrong (losing a fast driver and a big sponser)and STILL no success i wouldn't be surprised to see them give up I'm not into cars much these days but i must say that the new fords at least look pretty good . I don't know how on earth the company survived in OZ with the styling of the last main model What REALLY scares me is that we got used to it!! The V8 race cars even looked good i thought-how sad is that? |
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22 Jul 2004, 13:36 (Ref:1043408)
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Basically Ford have money to make themselves look like a bunch of fools in F1 but no money to make a Commitment to WRC, People in here that read the Rallying section know my feelings on Ford on the merits of F1 Vs. WRC.
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22 Jul 2004, 14:54 (Ref:1043519)
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The money Ford spend on motorsport is a drop in the ocean, compared to the business as a whole.
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22 Jul 2004, 22:52 (Ref:1043980)
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Interesting about the "you can't buy success" comment... Just how much did the Stewart team change when it was re-branded ?
And a second point, even if Ford do pull the plug on the Jag team, will they build/supply engines for the other teams...? David |
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