If Ford Asks Toyota Will Seek Alliance

Fords are more reliable, please don't do it Ford!

— toyotasucks (View Profile)

Posted on 1/17/2007 11:35:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -4   

yes Fords are reliable keeping mechanics busy so they can feed their family and pay their bills.

— 99gs400 (View Profile)

Posted on 1/17/2007 11:46:47 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

toyota has already done this with gm. notable products of that alliance:

toyota corolla/chevrolet prism
toyota matrix/pontiac vibe

both were winners for toyota and losers for gm, despite being essentially the SAME car in both cases. it certainly makes sense that toyota would seek another deal, but i fail to see how a similar deal will benefit ford.

— cthip (View Profile)

Posted on 1/17/2007 1:10:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Ford can learn how Toyota makes money.

— urbansouljah (View Profile)

Posted on 1/17/2007 1:45:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

My guess would be a sharing of some kind of hybrid technology, since Ford already has a good thing going on with Mazda and small cars and 4 cyl engines.

— A4ORCE (View Profile)

Posted on 1/17/2007 2:34:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Anika Skywalker was a good boy strong with the Force and then he turned to the darkside. Toyota should learn from that. I think Toyota would develop/embrace Ford's bad habits before Ford learned anything from Toyota.

— rocker (View Profile)

Posted on 1/17/2007 2:35:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

One of those mechanics your women was with last night, OHHHHHHHHHHH!

— toyotasucks (View Profile)

Posted on 1/17/2007 11:44:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

"A4ORCE"Ford already uses Toyota's older hybrid system on the Ford Escape Hybrid,You didn't really think that they came up with their own hybrid system,sorry but Ford sucks at inventing technology,they always steal it from their other brands like Land Rover,Volvo,Aston,or Mazda!!!

— 2JZSoarer (View Profile)

Posted on 1/17/2007 9:13:20 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

This would be... interesting, but I think it would dilute Toyota more than it would help Ford.

My guess? Toyota would take all the premium brands when they got a divorce- and they'd bring Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover to perfection. Aston Martin is already perfect.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 1/17/2007 10:30:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

You mean the saturn that your wife is paying for me in exchange for giving her sexual pleasure, MMMMM it's great!

— toyotasucks (View Profile)

Posted on 1/18/2007 12:14:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

If it were to become a full merger or takeover, Ford would pull Toyota down with its UAW workforce - a bad move for Toyota.

Instead, Toyota should consider buying Land Rover and Volvo from Ford.

Land Rover: Imagine a Range Rover with Range Rover exterior and interior + Land Cruiser powertrain.

Volvo: Imagine a bullet-proof Volvo chassis + reliable Toyota powertrain.

— TruenoAE86 (View Profile)

Posted on 1/18/2007 2:34:49 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I agree with most here that such alliance would not help Toyota much than it would help Ford.

Beacuse It's nearly ALL GIVE and nearly No TAKE(except Aston MArtin,from whom Toyota can take something) For toyota.Like Trueno said.

LandRover with Land cruiser powertrain.
Volvo with reliable Toyota powertrain.

I think Toyota should better remain alone and independent like Honda.

Other than topic, now something on HONDA's Independence:

Honda's independent streaks have brought them where they r today.While FORD,GM and Daimler-benz - the second,third and fourth most valuable companies in the world by market capitalisation ten yars ago got fatter and lost shareholder value,Honda ha blossomed.

In 1996,Honda was the world's sixth most valuable car company,worth just over half as much as number two maker Ford.Since then, in absolute terms,only TOYOTA is more valuable.Honda is now worth more than four times as much as(bigger but woefully unprofitable)Ford.

All in all i Hope Toyota atleast now learn something from Honda(independence).And refrain from forming any New alliances.


JUGNU

— JUGNU (View Profile)

Posted on 1/18/2007 5:04:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Honda had a partnership with Isuzu for sometime,remember the Honda Passport/Isuzu Rodeo and the Acura that was the same as the Isuzu Trooper,looks like Honda wasn't so independent after all!!

— 2JZSoarer (View Profile)

Posted on 1/18/2007 10:21:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1