“There was a saying going around Ford: GM was like the kid who was born on third base and yells out, ‘Hey, Ma, I hit a triple!’ Farley and his fellow Ford executives and workers were ready to rumble. They were on a hot streak and didn’t care if Dan Akerson had a million Volts to sell. GM had gotten a bailout, but Ford had much more. In 2010, the company reported its best year in more than a decade — $6.6 billion in profits. The Blue Oval was shining brighter by the day. The only way the company’s success could be better was to have some old-fashioned competition with the guys on the other side of town.
This was like the glory days again — Ford versus GM, let the better company win. ‘We’re going to beat them, and it’s going to be fun,’ said Farley. ‘Fuck GM. I hate them and their company and what they stand for.'”
— Bill Vlasic, Once Upon a Car (2011)
RE:SOURCES
- Vlasic, Bill ; 2011. Once Upon a Car: The Fall and Resurrection of America’s Big Three Automakers — GM, Ford, and Chrysler. William Morrow, New York, NY: pp. 378-379.
Also see ‘Lee Iacocca got lucky with the 1964-66 Ford Mustang’
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