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Robbo
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18th Sep 06 at 19:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
For £6m to avoid branding issues with Land Rover apparently :S They will not make Rover cars... also BMW still own the rights ot the name MG but licence it to that US company that are resurrecting it... fkn weird stuff IMO!!
Marc
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18th Sep 06 at 19:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Suppose £6m is nothing to Ford!
TNM
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18th Sep 06 at 19:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Suppose £6m is nothing to Ford!


erm they are in ££££££££ of debt
Matt H
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Ford are struggling!

The Japanese company is putting the MGF back into production soon
Marc
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Are they?!
Robbo
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Was gonna say... Thye have just had to cuit a 1/3rd of their US workforce... they are in surprisingly real danger of mgoing under... a Ford family member no longer runs the company for the first time in history!!!
Robbo
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http://www.autocar.co.uk/News_Article.asp?NA_ID=222392

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News_Article.asp?NA_ID=222333
Marc
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In that case quite an extreme investment then!
ainsley_brader
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probably less than the potential lawsuit!
Robin
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how the hell do you lose 4.8 billion dollars in a year?

 
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