First Mitsubishi now Ford

[Ext User(Not an ASIO Plant (Honest))]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/ford-posts-record-127b-loss/2007/01/26/1169594474776.html

In short it mentions that Ford (international) lost $16.4 Billion
Aussie Dollars being over $2k per car produced.

I havent got a clue about Huge businesses (Even though I do own and
advise SME'S) but how does it seem even remotely possible for such a
large business to go so far in the red...

Funny how they sacked poor old Aussie Jac to bring in a family member
and the problem gets worse.

No wonder they want to sell of Aston Martin and perhaps Jaguar..

[Ext User(Noddy)]

"Not an ASIO Plant (Honest)" <legalco@tpg.com.au> wrote in message

> No wonder they want to sell of Aston Martin and perhaps Jaguar..

Why the fuck the wanted to *buy* them in the first place is beyond me :)

--
Regards,
Noddy.

[Ext User(Ron)]

"Not an ASIO Plant (Honest)" <legalco@tpg.com.au> wrote in
news:1169790371.126248.148080@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:

> http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/ford-posts-record-127b-loss/2007/01
> /26/1169594474776.html
>
> In short it mentions that Ford (international) lost $16.4 Billion
> Aussie Dollars being over $2k per car produced.
>
> I havent got a clue about Huge businesses (Even though I do own and
> advise SME'S) but how does it seem even remotely possible for such a
> large business to go so far in the red...
>
> Funny how they sacked poor old Aussie Jac to bring in a family member
> and the problem gets worse.
>
> No wonder they want to sell of Aston Martin and perhaps Jaguar..
>

http://tinyurl.com/yu8mzy

Ford CEO says Jaguar not for sale
Mon Jan 8, 2007 10:49 AM GMT25
By Poornima Gupta

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford's British luxury division Jaguar is not for
sale, Chief Executive Alan Mulally said on Sunday.

"Jaguar is not for sale at this time," Mulally told reporters on the
sidelines of the North American International Auto Show.

"We really like the progress Jaguar is making both on the product side
and on their quality and productivity," he said. "They are on a really
good positive business improvement plan."

Mulally, who replaced Bill Ford Jr. as CEO in September, had earlier
declined to rule out the sale of money-losing Jaguar and other premium
brands in its portfolio.

Ford, which is in the midst of its third restructuring in five years, has
said its British sports car unit Aston Martin was for sale. But analysts
are keen to see the company sell Jaguar.

Jaguar managing director Bibiana Boerio said she is focused on
resurrecting Jaguar's vehicle line-up and does not worry about a possible
sale of the company.

"I don't spend a minute a minute worrying about that," she said. "I can't
control it. Ford will take the action it needs to take." Continued...

[Ext User(Ron)]

"Noddy" <dg4163@(nospam)dodo.com.au> wrote in news:45b99d1d$1
@news.comindico.com.au:

>
> "Not an ASIO Plant (Honest)" <legalco@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>
>> No wonder they want to sell of Aston Martin and perhaps Jaguar..
>
> Why the fuck the wanted to *buy* them in the first place is beyond me :)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.

A lot of yanks buy them.
However, I don't think they will sell this one:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21121325-952,00.html

What a stupid thing to do, attach a car to the back of a truck and take
off! If it had been under it's own power, behind the truck, it would have
been okay!

Ron

[Ext User(Ori)]

who wants to buy Aston Martin...?

you`ve guessed it.... - our own James P....r

oh, sorry he is only 'interested' in Aston


Ori






Noddy wrote:
> "Not an ASIO Plant (Honest)" <legalco@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>
>> No wonder they want to sell of Aston Martin and perhaps Jaguar..
>
> Why the fuck the wanted to *buy* them in the first place is beyond me :)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.
>
>

[Ext User(Noddy)]

"Ron" <dodo@hotmail> wrote in message
news:Xns98C4B2D9F58D8GPS@64.209.0.82...

> A lot of yanks buy them.

Sadly :)

> However, I don't think they will sell this one:
> http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21121325-952,00.html
>
> What a stupid thing to do, attach a car to the back of a truck and take
> off! If it had been under it's own power, behind the truck, it would have
> been okay!

It's a common movie stunt practice.

I saw the clip on the news not long ago, and it was a nothing event.

--
Regards,
Noddy.

[Ext User(Steve)]

On Jan 26, 5:18 pm, "Noddy" <dg4163@(nospam)dodo.com.au> wrote:
> "Not an ASIO Plant (Honest)" <lega...@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>
> > No wonder they want to sell of Aston Martin and perhaps Jaguar..Why the fuck the wanted to *buy* them in the first place is beyond me :)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.

We can put that under the heading of "Odd Decisions". Although it will
have to be Very Odd to beat the all time champion, GM's decision to pay
$2 billion NOT to buy a stake in Fiat. I still can't work that one out.

Steve

[Ext User(Doug Graves)]

"Noddy" <dg4163@(nospam)dodo.com.au> wrote in message
news:45b9c21c$1@news.comindico.com.au...
>>> However, I don't think they will sell this one:
>> http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21121325-952,00.html
>>
>> What a stupid thing to do, attach a car to the back of a truck and take
>> off! If it had been under it's own power, behind the truck, it would
>> have
>> been okay!
>
> It's a common movie stunt practice.
>
> I saw the clip on the news not long ago, and it was a nothing event.

True although it might have been a little bigger if you were one of the guys
clinging to the roof etc.

Reaper

[Ext User(Jason James)]

"Ron" <dodo@hotmail> wrote in message
news:Xns98C4B2D9F58D8GPS@64.209.0.82...
> "Noddy" <dg4163@(nospam)dodo.com.au> wrote in news:45b99d1d$1
> @news.comindico.com.au:
>
> >
> > "Not an ASIO Plant (Honest)" <legalco@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
> >
> >> No wonder they want to sell of Aston Martin and perhaps Jaguar..
> >
> > Why the fuck the wanted to *buy* them in the first place is beyond me :)
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Noddy.
>
> A lot of yanks buy them.
> However, I don't think they will sell this one:
> http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21121325-952,00.html
>
> What a stupid thing to do, attach a car to the back of a truck and take
> off! If it had been under it's own power, behind the truck, it would have
> been okay!

Jaguar could be a volume seller if they got in some savvy people to get
costs down, but retain the uniqueness of the car. Here in the sticks you see
the odd Rover and MG. Not bad looking cars with scmick looking interiors.
Can be done if they tried.

Jason

[Ext User(Mad-Biker)]

fucking bitch, ritch bitch has an accident while wearing a seat belt on the
back of a truck.

all the extras who were clinging to the side of the vehicle were killed!
they dont care about em


"Ron" <dodo@hotmail> wrote in message
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> "Noddy" <dg4163@(nospam)dodo.com.au> wrote in news:45b99d1d$1
> @news.comindico.com.au:
>
>>
>> "Not an ASIO Plant (Honest)" <legalco@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>>
>>> No wonder they want to sell of Aston Martin and perhaps Jaguar..
>>
>> Why the fuck the wanted to *buy* them in the first place is beyond me :)
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Noddy.
>
> A lot of yanks buy them.
> However, I don't think they will sell this one:
> http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21121325-952,00.html
>
> What a stupid thing to do, attach a car to the back of a truck and take
> off! If it had been under it's own power, behind the truck, it would have
> been okay!
>
> Ron

[Ext User(Ron)]

"Jason James" <home@work.1.0> wrote in
news:45bb33f1$0$3202$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net:

>
> "Ron" <dodo@hotmail> wrote in message
> news:Xns98C4B2D9F58D8GPS@64.209.0.82...
>> "Noddy" <dg4163@(nospam)dodo.com.au> wrote in news:45b99d1d$1
>> @news.comindico.com.au:
>>
>> >
>> > "Not an ASIO Plant (Honest)" <legalco@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>> >
>> >> No wonder they want to sell of Aston Martin and perhaps Jaguar..
>> >
>> > Why the fuck the wanted to *buy* them in the first place is beyond
>> > me :)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Noddy.
>>
>> A lot of yanks buy them.
>> However, I don't think they will sell this one:
>> http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21121325-952,00.html
>>
>> What a stupid thing to do, attach a car to the back of a truck and
>> take off! If it had been under it's own power, behind the truck, it
>> would have been okay!
>
> Jaguar could be a volume seller if they got in some savvy people to
> get costs down, but retain the uniqueness of the car. Here in the
> sticks you see the odd Rover and MG. Not bad looking cars with scmick
> looking interiors. Can be done if they tried.
>
> Jason

Hi Jason,

You are correct :-)
I've said it before to the Jaguar dealers, build a car without out all
the silly "add on's", and it would sell. They put far to many gimmics in
them. Jaguar have done it before, I have a 1974 XJ6 with wind up windows
:-). It is basic, leather, wood and all that crap, with just air
conditioning as an accessory.

Ron

[Ext User(Not an ASIO Plant (Honest))]

On Jan 27, 10:14 pm, "Jason James" <h...@work.1.0> wrote:
.. Here in the sticks you see
> the odd Rover and MG. Not bad looking cars with scmick looking interiors.
> Can be done if they tried.


Could perhaps be a tad late for MG..

They closed down 2 years ago.

It is interesting that the all new 2008 Jaguar will depart from the
styling of all previous jaguars to be "more americanized" Id say they
will drop their old faithful customers and hope to pick up a new bunch
who is currently buying Lexus.

Cant see it working, Toyota has a gret name in quality control, Jaguar
unfortunately doesnt.

(Yes I own 2 Jags so am biased)

[Ext User(Noddy)]

"Mad-Biker" <mad-biker@westnet(Panties).com.au> wrote in message
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> fucking bitch, ritch bitch has an accident while wearing a seat belt on
> the back of a truck.
>
> all the extras who were clinging to the side of the vehicle were killed!
> they dont care about em

You must have seen a different crash than me, as the worst injury anyone got
was a stuntman's broken arm :)

--
Regards,
Noddy.

[Ext User(Mad-Biker)]

only goz he got up and made it to the hospital him self, the rest were left
were they fell and probably trampled by the reporters.

I blame that stupid religion, were its worshiping celebrities they all into?


"Noddy" <dg4163@(nospam)dodo.com.au> wrote in message
news:45bbf6d1$1@news.comindico.com.au...
>
> "Mad-Biker" <mad-biker@westnet(Panties).com.au> wrote in message
> news:45bbab61$0$1029$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au...
>> fucking bitch, ritch bitch has an accident while wearing a seat belt on
>> the back of a truck.
>>
>> all the extras who were clinging to the side of the vehicle were killed!
>> they dont care about em
>
> You must have seen a different crash than me, as the worst injury anyone
> got was a stuntman's broken arm :)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.
>

[Ext User(John McKenzie)]

Mad-Biker wrote:
>
> only goz he got up and made it to the hospital him self, the rest were left
> were they fell and probably trampled by the reporters.

yes, and she also killed Jon Benet Ramsey, and doesn't have an alibi for
the night Princess Diana was executed by agents, because she was
pregnant with Al-Fayed's child. And she doesn't shave her armpits.

>
> I blame that stupid religion, were its worshiping celebrities they all into?
>

Not that I consider it (religion) to be particularly enlightening, it's
somewhat ironic that you call something else stupid, in a post where the
grammar, sentence structure; in fact, the whole post, is so poor that
it's full meaning is absolutely unclear.


--
John McKenzie

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