Originally Posted by allanuk

for many years ford dsales in the usa have been dropping.

in fact the classic ford pick up used to be the big seller but i think toyota (or at lease a japan make) became a bigger seller.

this is not somthing of the last year or so but for ten years.

ford have had a lot of problems in sales for ages.

they have not realy kept up, while the quality and build of such as japan's firms as well as many eu countries cars have vastly improved.

go back a few years and car firks that were a bit of a joke are now firms of quality.

but such as ford have stood still since the 90's.

the other problem with a LOT of usa car firms is that they have for some odd reason ONLY produced for a us market. many well known usa firms are not sold in other countries.

in fact you can probably find more old ex comunist cars driving around the streets of the uk and other eu countries than you can find american cars (not including ford).

ford seem to be the only car firm to make cars to sell to other countries.

as i say ford was for many years the uk car giant. in fack when New Labour came into power the voters were refered to as Ford Mondao man as there were so many on the roads.

For many years the Ford Escort was a huge seller in the UK.

But now you do not see that many fords.

its somthing ford need to deal with, both cars for the home market (usa) and eu countries such as the uk.

In fact ford should be doing betst sales now as the cars are relitivly cheap and low running costs. after all cars such as bmw that are both expensive and high running costs you would expect to see to be doing wose at the moment, but while sales of ford cars would be down they should in fact do better due to the cheaper cars.

this is what i mean, this now gives ford a chance to come up with some great cars, or simply go bust.