http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/alan mulally http://jalopnik.com/tag/alan mulally Ford CEO Alan Mulally says Ford needs to compete everywhere, including in executive pay, which is why after leading the company to $7 billion in profits for 2010, Ford's board gave him $56.6 million in stock. More »
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Fresh from bedding a broke and busted GM, CNBC's Phil LeBeau now prepares to go deep inside lovingly, metaphorically caress deify Ford CEO and soon-to-be-patron-American-automotive-saint Alan Mulally. Watch him do it November 10th at 9 PM ET/PT on CNBC. More »
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There appears to be a budding romance between Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne and Ford CEO Alan Mullaly. Ford's main man sneaked up behind his Italian counterpart at an awards ceremony this weekend. It was weird. And sweet. But mostly weird. More »
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The Sequoia restaurant in Washington, DC announced today Ford is the recipient of its "Don't Give up the Ship!" award in a one-page ad purchased in the Washington Post. Why? They didn't suck as bad as GM and Chrysler. More »
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Alan "Boeing! Boeing!" Mulally may not know how to pluralize Taurus, but it's clear he knows how to meet women; the kind of women who love panel vans. [@insideline_com] More »
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At a Fortune magazine interview with Ford's Alan "Boeing! Boeing!" Mulally, the always-smilin' CEO used "Taurii" as the plural for Ford's Taurus car model. Unfortunately, according to Ford and the New York Times, he's wrong. More »
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Consumer Electronics Association President Gary Shapiro announced this afternoon Ford's President and CEO Alan Mulally would be delivering the keynote address at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. Supposedly, he'll be showing off new hotness in the SYNC system. More »
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to KOMO News, on what the Ford CEO thinks about Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien replacing his vintage SHO with a 2010 Ford Taurus SHO. More »
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During yesterday's live-tweet by GM CEO Fritz Henderson, Ford's always-looking-to-be-center-of-attention-and-shove-a-foot-sideways-in-his-mouth social-media "expert" Scott Monty decided to tweet he'd come up with the idea first. However, unlike Ford's apparently typing-impaired-CEO Alan Mulally, GM's CEO can type his own tweets. Silly SMonty. More »
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally was up early for a Today Show interview in New York with NBC's Matt Lauer. Lauer fearlessly probed Mulally, peppering him with a slew questions. Smiling like a Cheshire cat, Mulally non-answered every one of them. More »
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As Ballmer and Mulally toured Microsoft HQ yesterday to tout the SYNC system they met with a Jalopnik reader and MicroFord fanboy in his Mustang. You can guess what happened next. More »
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally, enraged after Dennis Kneale defamed 'merican automakers infotainment capabilities, is on CNBC's Power Lunch today at noon to beat the crap out of him and "sync" his Blackberry with an F-150. More »
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After a story about Ford weathering the Carpocalypse so far thanks to early restructuring and privately-secured credit, animatronic Lou Dobbs stand-in Kitty Pilgrim gives a "gut check" award to Bill Ford, Jr. Wait, what? More »
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally personally phoned a Michigan man to thank him for canceling an order for a Toyota Prius and buying a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. Seriously? Yes. There's even video to prove it. More »
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Congress is serious business and Mr. Frank will not stand for people chatting in the classroom. He's looking at you Mr. Mulally. You and your friends can chat outside, because there's another class coming in and the bell is about to ring! More »
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With all this talk of corporate jets, slumming it on road trips and idling hybrids, it’s easy to lose track of the human cost of Carpocalypse Now. Has anyone thought of the standard of living adjustment the Big 3 CEOs will have to take when their salaries are cut from tens of millions to a paltry $1-per-year? One man has. That man’s name is Donny Miller. He’s taken it on himself to single-handedly help Alan Mulally, Bob Nardelli and Rick Wagoner put food on the table. How? An old-fashioned bake sale at last week's LA Auto Show.

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The not-so-Big Three learned from their corporate travel mistake deciding to drive to D.C. this week for testimony before Congress. Thanks to our man on the scene, here's a look at the cars they chose and their meaning. More »
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We didn't have the video of Wagoner pulling up in the Chevy Volt mule dressed up in the skin of a Chevy Cruze earlier. Now we do. We also have to say, we're pretty happy with how the Cruze looks in motion. Pretty snazzy if you ask us. We'll take ours with a turbo 1.4-liter four-banger rather than the Volt innards and definitely with the "dog-and-pony show" graphics-delete option. Also, we're now told Alan "Boeing! Boeing!" Mulally and Bob "The Builder" Nardelli are seated and Dodd's started flapping his gums. UPDATE: According to CNBC's Phil LeBeau, GM's modifying their request from the gubm'it — they need $4 billion this month and $4 billion in January (from $4 billion in December, $6 billion in March) to stave off the Carpocalypse! More »
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Ford today announced a plan to turn around its business, claiming it allows them to reach break-even level or profit by 2011. The plan includes building a battery-electric commercial van by 2010 and a BEV sedan by 2011. More »
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Saturday Night Live took on the not-so-Big Three's congressional testimony and "jetpooling" incident in this weekend's "cold open," and unfortunately fell into the trap of shamelessly mocking tired stereotypes. Which is sad, because we'd watched SNL take on a new level of relevancy as of late thanks to the uber-adorable Tina Fey and an election season devoid of real political commentary. That's not to say watching Will Forte as Rick Wagoner, Darrell Hammond as Bob "The Builder" Nardelli and Jason Sudeikis as Alan Mulally isn't funny, but hearing about quality issues on the upcoming Ford Fiesta and a Cadillac XLR-V is a bit ol' and busted if you ask us. Now quality issues on a Chrysler 300C? That's comedic genius. But hackneyed and tired jokes aside, we were more concerned with further evidence the automakers have done the world's worst job of getting their message out. For example, when we heard Casey Wilson as NY Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Clueless) explaining to the auto chiefs Congress mandated 200 MPG cars and in doing so they've "done their part." The joke on cluelessly ineffective CAFE over-reaching was met with absolute silence. Contrast that with a moment later when Hammond, as Nardelli, responds to the question "What is Chrysler doing to make more fuel efficient cars?" with "I don't know." The joke's greeted with massive laughter. Here's a tip for GM, Ford and Chrysler — when you become a bigger punchline than Congress, you know you've done a piss-poor job at message management. Just sayin'... [SNL via Crooks and Liars] More »
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New York Congressman Gary Ackerman feasts upon a buffet of "delicious irony" as he asks the CEOs from the Not-So-Big Three to perhaps save some cash and fuel by using a single jet together rather than individual private jets from Detroit to D.C. to beg for bailout dollars from the Feds. We even hear Reagan National's got a diamond-festooned runway set up just for jetpoolers. [CNN] More »
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It's probably a bad thing to fly a private jet from Detroit to Washington, DC when you're going to ask Congress to provide you a multi-billion dollar loan to bail you out of a financial crisis. That fact hasn't stopped Ford's Alan Mulally, along with the heads of the other automakers, who not only flew to D.C. in the Ford private jet but are, apparently, unwilling to fully cut themselves from the corporate crack that is their private air forces. This really disturbs us. We've been having all sorts of problems with the way the US automakers have managed their message in making the ask for money from the Feds for survival. First they weren't getting their message out. Now, however, they're getting the wrong message out. Frankly, when folks begin saying things like this: More »
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally spoke with CNBC's Phil LeBeau today following the automaker's announcement of $129 million in third quarter loses and announced the company was ready to weather the storm and will continue to develop its product line — but would still love some o' that good ol' socialist government help. The message appears to be far cheerier than GM's announcement that it would be implementing big changes, though there's still some cause for concern. What's the difference? More »
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As if the late-breaking Friday night news of merger talks between Chrysler and GM weren't astonishing enough, Bill "Pickles" Vlasic at the New York Times continued the onslaught of amazement with a follow-up story that GM had initially approached Ford before speaking to Chrysler. Apparently, GM execs approached Ford about a possible merger in July but Ford rejected the idea despite the talks progressing until as late as last month. And we though it was hard creating a name for a merger of GM and Chrysler — try coming up with one for Ford and GM. Best we could come up with was "Big Blue Moval." More »
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Remember how Ford used to claim the Ka was too small for American tastes? Well, it appears American tastes have sufficiently downsized, and Ford CEO Alan Mulally, during an interview on a local Detroit radio show, said an Americanized Ka has quite a few supporters in the halls of the Dearborn automaker. For those not familiar with the Ka (and since it's never been sold here, that may be many of you), the little city cruiser is about the same width as the old Kia-sourced Ford Aspire — remember the Aspire? — and roughly ten inches shorter. Fortunately, the new Fiat 500-based Ka is also rumored to be at least an order of magnitude more fun to drive, so we're looking forward to finally seeing one on these shores in something other than a James Bond flick. More »
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The week after taking a 5.5% stake in Ford Motor Co., representatives of investment tycoon and corporate raider Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corporation had a little chat with Ford CEO Alan Mulally and executive chairman Bill Ford to discuss [random speculation]. While the meeting was described by Ford representatives as cordial, Tracinda's spokespeople haven't said a word about it. We'll keep our ears to the grindstone on this one, but don't expect much more worth repeating anytime soon. Well, until Jerry York heads to Dearborn to roll some heads. [via Automotive News (sub. req.)] More »
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In a bulletin typical of the Russian-nesting-dolls-style news stories that so often seem to come out of Detroit, Reuters is reporting Barron's will soon report Ford per-share earnings "could" double next year to a buck and 44 cents. It would seem possible happy days are possibly here again...umm, possibly? More »
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Our second favorite Ford executive, CEO Alan Mulally, says the company is considering taking their luxury brand global. Speaking to Auto Motor und Sport, Mulally said, "We are considering distribution in Europe and Asia. We already sell Lincolns in the Middle East." A spokesman for the company was quick to qualify the statement, saying this could happen ""sometime in the future since the priority right now is clearly on North America." Perhaps Licoln hopes to take a leaf from Cadillac's book, that company is on their third attempt to crack the European market, this time with the new CTS. [Source: Automotive News] More »
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After parading Volvo through every private equity firm and flea market, Ford Motor Company is now, as expected, planning to hold on to the Swedish automaker. But Ford CEO Alan Mulally's commitment to Volvo isn't unconditional. Ford wants to shape Volvo into a true luxury brand to rival companies like BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus. Oh, and they want the company to make money, too. Experts say that Volvo already has an idyllic company image with extremely high brand loyalty. But Scandanavian design and a reputation for safety have never been enough to draw in the masses: Volvo has never sold more than 500,000 vehicles in a year. In redeveloping the company, Ford knows that maintaining Volvo's image will be the most important and challenging task. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=329546&view=rss&microfeed=true We're not really sure why, but the folks at FoMoCo just dropped a bunch of steamy hot pics of Ford CEO Alan Mulally speaking up at Traverse City onto their press site. And since we're really not sure why anyone would care (OK, maybe this had something to do with it), we thought we'd just drop them into a post and let you folks have some fun. There you go kids, don't ever tell us we don't give you anything, k? More »
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=287435&view=rss&microfeed=true Who knew being honest about shortcomings at Ford could get you lunch with Alan Mulally? We're expecting our phone call from the FoMoCo CEO shortly. Yup, any minute now...we're almost positive he'll call...we've got a bunch of open dates that'll work. C'mon phone, ring... [Detroit News] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=281014&view=rss&microfeed=true First there was quality, then there was cost cutting. Now, for Danny Howes, simplicity is apparently "job one." Only problem is — we think we read this article already on the front page of the business section of yesterday's New York Times. [Detroit News via NYT] More »
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Well, the numbers are out and things look both good and bad for FoMoCo. As we told you earlier, Henry Ford's baby is seeing things go from bad to worse on the money-makin' front here in North America. On the brighter side of life, they're losing significantly less money overall on a global level. What's this mean for FoMoCo? Well, we're going to listen to Chief Exec Alan Mulally try to make sense of the numbers for us on the automaker's quarterly earnings conference call, and we'll be the only ones with the balls to cover it live. Right here, right now — let's play. More »
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