Ford's Mark Fields Sees Upside To Loans

Apparently Ford's Mark Fields sees an upside to GM and Chrysler's bid for more federal funding. Of course he would. Compared to the other not-so-Big Three, Ford's sitting on a mountain of cash. [TheDetroitBureau]

What Comes Out When You Crack Open A 2010 Ford Taurus?

After seeing this shot from MSNBC of Ford of the Americas president Mark Fields on-screen above a split-open Ford Taurus, we knew we had the perfect choice for another round of "Caption This." [via MSNBC]

Caption This: Magician Bill Malone Deals Ford America Prez Mark Fields From The Bottom Of The Deck

Yesterday we caught this candid moment when infamous story-telling card trickster Bill Malone (YouTube him) shilled for Ford, to Ford Executives including Ford of America President Mark Fields. More »

Who's The Boss: Ford To Axe Boss Engine In Mustang, Limit Use To Super-Duty?

Buried beneath pickup truck news — by way of PickupTrucks.com and Automotive News — we're told Ford may be axing (or at least severely limiting) their program for the large displacement Boss V8 engine. These "Boss" engines, sources claim, were planned for the 2010 Ford Mustang and F-150's, and expected to go head-to-head with big-liter engines from Chrysler, GM and Toyota. According to the two outlets' internal Ford whisperers, the bigger engines may be being scrapped altogether. That means, potentially — in addition to the new Ford F-150 not getting a range of "Boss" V8s — the Mustang may lose out on the big, bold and bossy engine as well in favor of a smaller displacement V8. While our sources at Ford claim "it's hard to axe something that was never on the table to begin with," Ford's President of the Americas, Mark Fields tells a different story. More »

Toyota Tries To Lower Expectations On Plug-In Hybrids, Mark Fields Asks For Handout To Build Them

Toyota appears to be starting the expectations-management game for its upcoming plug-in hybrid vehicles after being stung in the past by complaints from Prius owners of lower-than-advertised mileage. Bill Reinert, national manager of Toyota U.S.A's advanced technology group, yesterday told a Brookings Institution/Google conference panel, "when we see the (claims of) 100 mile-per-gallon stuff, not everybody's going to get 100 miles per gallon." Mark "The Mullet" Fields, Ford Motor Co. president for the Americas, made what we think was the most important point to be made at the conference — that plug-ins need to be a "national priority." However, that message was lost when he next asked for a government handout, saying "significant government funding is needed for development of domestic production of advanced batteries and for retooling of plants." Sorry Mark, John McCain doesn't have any money to hand out yet — even if your battery can go 100 miles per charge. More »

Leaked Fields E-Mail: Ford To Reduce Salaried Costs by 15%, Two-Ply Going To One

We've spent the morning checking out the leaked e-mail from Mark "Mullet" Fields to white-collar staff at Ford calling for another 15% reduction in costs associated with salaried work force. Yes, you heard that right — "costs associated with salaried work force." That doesn't mean a 15% cut in the salaried work force, but rather they'll seek some form of cost savings first. You know, the unimportant stuff like going from two-ply toilet paper to one-ply, air conditioning limited from two hours a day to one, further cutting the number of subscriptions to Automotive News and limiting corporate jet use. OK, we don't think that's really going to happen. Mostly because they've already done that. What this more than likely this means is that if you work at the big blue oval (still), look for suspension of the popular U.S. Salaried Tuition Assistance Program, the Salaried Dependent Scholarship Program and other useless perks. There may even be some salary cuts to go along with them. That's not to say there won't be job cuts, oh no. If those leaked rumors we'd heard from the meeting with Jim Farley are to be believed, there may be a 10-12% cut in salaried staff. If that's the case then they're only talking about a 3-5% cut in "other cuts." Gulp. Happy Friday. Full leaked e-mail below the jump. More »

Lincoln: Going Global Baby!

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]

Are Bold Moves No Longer Happening Every Day At Ford?

After taking another peek at the mulletgasmic commercial for the Ford Taurus we showed yesterday we realized it was missing something we've come to expect on all FoMoCo commercials as of late. To wit, where were the "Bold Moves?" Although the reduction in importance began with the pseudo-"Pepsi Challenge" ad campaign for the Ford Fusion. But even in those, there was a token B.M. placed at the end of the ad. But with this commercial, the ad slogan at the center of the most ambiguous motorized marketing messaging campaign in recent history (at least since "Hyundai. Yes, Hyundai.") appears to be quite noticeably missing. Wherefore have thou gone, sweet movement of boldness? Could it be Ford is no longer making "Bold Moves?" Maybe it's just that they're no longer happening every day in Dearborn. We're not sure, but we know one thing — if "Bold Moves" is gone, what's to take its place? – Ray Wert More »

Ad Watch: Ford Taurus, Brought To You By Mark Fields?

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Stop The Presses! Ford CEO Earns More Than Blogger

We knew the good news of slipping market share, $12.7 billion dollar losses, workforce buyouts, plant closures and general awesomeness over at Ford would pay off big, we just didn't know how big. Ford filed docs with the SEC last Thursday reporting executive bonuses will be ever so slightly bigger than the white collar and blue collar bonus - to the tune of up to 2.2 million percent! Main man with a plan Alan "Not Too New To Know Better" Mulally picked up a reported total comp package of $28.2 million with an absolutely biblical $666,667 in regular salary for the four months of toil he's racked up so far at FoMoCo. Big Balla about town Don "Must be The Money" LeClair is expected to be carrying briefcases full of cash around after pulling in a cool million dollar salary and a $3.4 million bonus. Mark "Funkmaster" Fields is laughing at us all the way to the bank with $1.3 million in salary and $4.2 million in bonus bucks. Yup, auto exec definitely pays better than blogger. –Ben Wojdyla More »

New York Auto Show: Ford Does The Minivan Muscle Flex Live!

Alan, Mark, Horbury, Mays — the whole gang was on hand to preview two new cars for the auto-show media fleet here in New York. The first, the Shelby GT500/KR. But you know, we've seen that already. What haven't we seen? Well, we haven't seen them Flex yet. Until today. Here's the press release and the live shots from here on the Javits floor. We'll have more on Ford's minivan muscle flex soon. – Ray Wert More »

Ford Exodus: A Jalopnik-Bialystock Production

We're assuming at least 10,000 FoMoCo employees will be taking the long route home today, with the remainder of employees "left behind" wondering why they didn't take advantage of those early buyouts. But if this is a true "exodus" from Dearborn as the headline from the Freep this morning suggests, we're wondering who plays who in this turnaround story of biblical proportions on stage today in Dearborn? Our guesses on the playbill after the jump. More »

Bold Mullets: Still Happening Every Day

Apparently the Freep's decided to finally hop on to the Mark "Movie Star" Fields bold and never-moving hairstyle bandwagon. And...hmm...actually, we were going to make a joke or a snarky comment of some sort, but...the piece is so brilliantly written, so informative...so blogtastic, we've got nothing else left to say about it. Just go over and read it to get your fill of one of the most salient issues currently affecting the US auto industry. – Ray Wert More »

Mark Fields Urges Ford Managers To Be "Supportive"

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Ford's Failing Report Card: Automaker Grounded, Not Allowed Out To Play?

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Incentives Like To Live On The Edge Too

Automotive New is reporting FoMoCo's now offering $500 off on the base model of their new CUV to give it a bit more sales "oomph!" Pardon us for being a bit worried here, but wasn't the turnaround effort at the Dearborn, MI based automaker supposed to be "an Edge-based turnaround." Because you know, the Edge is the automaker's "flagship" and stuff. – Ray Wert More »

It's Sort Of Official: Introducing The Ford Taurus, Taurus X And Mercury Sable

Well, when you hear it on BlueOvalNews it must be true. According to the fan site all about FoMoCo, they've got the press release before the press conference — the five hundred will be no more for 2008. Instead, the Dearborn, MI based automaker will be bringin' FleetSalesBack (yeah!), and bringing back the Taurus nameplate. But it won't be just the five hundred that'll be getting the name, the Ford Freestyle will also be re-badged as the "Taurus X" and the Mercury Montego will be re-born as the "Sable." Officially official word's expected at either this morning's 8:00 AM CST breakfast, or at the 10:45 AM CST FoMoCo press conference. Full "press release" after the jump along with a picture of the Taurus X and the Sable. Call us when there's news on a SHO Taurus X. – Ray Wert More »

Attack of the No Guys: A Doomed Plan to Save Jaguar

Ford executives have a long and noble history of failing upwards. This seems to be especially true where the company's Premier Automotive Group (Jaguar, Volvo, Land Rover, Aston Martin) is concerned. After Premier's premier Premier Wolfgang Reitzle bled billions trying to transform a rag tag army of money-losing foreign car brands into the Louis Vuitton collection of upmarket autos, Bill Ford offered Wolfie the keys to the entire kingdom. When Mark Fields assumed control of Ford's English patient, his efforts failed to staunch the arterial spray of red ink. In fact, Automotive News reports that Jaguar North America CEO Mike O'Driscoll, marketing executives Richard Beattie and George Ayres, sales boss Doug Speck, PR chief Simon Sproule and finance boss Geoff Cousins hatched a plan in '04 to restrict Jag sales to supercharged models. Rather than making a Bold Move, Fields let the brand's British bosses smother it in its crib. Today, supercharged X-Type prototypes are in storage, Jaguar's American sales are in the toilet and Fields has the keys to the executive washroom, as Ford's President of the Americas. Go figure. [FYI: Best quote: "All Ford's 'no' guys came out of the woodwork," says a Jaguar source. "You know, legal, engineering, warranty. It was doomed."] – Robert Farago More »

FoMoCo FUBAR! Ford Earnings Call Live-Blog!

Well, the gang's all here for a FoMoCo earnings conference call this morning that I expect to be lossgastic. We're expecting to hear from Alan "New Guy" Mulally, the man-with-a-plan hired in September to captain this plane with an engine fire. We'll also here from Don "What Me Worry?" LeClair, the Chief French Puff Pastry Financial Officer for FoMoCo. And then there's us — standing at the ready to live-blog the Dearborn-based automaker's 2006 earnings call. So refresh this page like mad kiddies 'cause it's going to be one FoMoCo FUBAR fun-ass morning. – Ray Wert More »

Barrett-Jackson: We Get A View Live From Stage, You See Shelby Give Away First-Born GT

Our insider snapping photos and videos out in Scottsdale at the big BJ auction managed to get themselves up on the stage and take some shots of Ford's newest Mustang derivative, the #001 serial-numbered Shelby Mustang GT. We've got the picture gallery below and according to the description from FoMoCo PR description from Shelby PR shit pulled off of Barrett-Jackson's website from god knows where:

"This car will be the first to be produced, and will carry Shelby authentication plate Number One. The Shelby GT Mustang combines the best in classic Shelby looks and Ford Racing Performance Parts for a well-balanced, corner-carving Mustang that is equally at home on the track or the street. These cars start life as a Mustang GT at the factory in Flat Rock, Michigan and are...

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Bold Mullets: They Happen Every Day?

Ok, so we've now determined the hair style most appropriately associated with Mark "Movie Star" Fields is in fact a mullet. I appreciate the hard work all of you have done, leaving no stone unturned, poring over the entire gallery of pictures doing your due diligence in determining the FoMoCo Prez's hair style. But now we must turn to to a more important question. I've received a number of phone calls and e-mails over the past few hours alerting me to another hair-related matter regarding Mark Fields. Although I'd always assumed his hair was suffering from an affliction I've long called my own — the "Jew-fro." It's a common disease causing a brillo-like hair consistency atop one's head found among members of the twelve tribes of a land called Yisra'el. However, these rumors I've heard today force me to ask a question I am somewhat reluctant to ask, but only because it might give away a great secret should one day I be forced to answer the question "To Weave or Not To Weave." So I'll put the question to you, our readers — feel free to refer to the gallery below if you need a reminder. – Ray Wert More »

Mark Fields Could Have Caught The Spirit Party In The Back In August

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Air Fields, Grounded: Ford's Prez Gives Up Plane Perk

Looks like the pressure of Steve Wilson here at WXYZ in Detroit may finally have gotten to Mark Fields, FoMoCo's President of the Americas. Wilson's the guy who was the first ( followed closely through the breach by us, we might add) to go after Fields over his weekend commute to his Miami-based family in a Ford-owned corporate jet. The Detroit News is reporting the embattled Prez will be giving up the perk as it was "diverting attention away from his mullet more important issues." But don't expect any house or condo shopping to be commencing in Metro Detroit any time soon. Fields family will be staying in Miami and the man in charge of two continents will be flying commercial to and from the sunny beaches of Florida every weekend. And although Tom Hoyt, FoMoCo spokesman, claims it was "Mark's decision", we can't help but think the pressure of Alan Mulally talking about moving his family to Michigan while staring intently at Fields every singly time they spoke may have played a large role in the decision-making. But, if you listen to some in the hand-fed automotive punditocracy — don't expect a shakeup in Fields' job anytime soon. We're not so sure we agree with that assessment because right now, sales numbers speak at a higher decibel than even the whine of the engine on a Gulfstream jet. – Ray Wert More »

Choice Quotes From the Detroit Auto Show

Besides Thomas Weber's "Wee-Eight" comment, Mark Fields' description of Mercury as "Not Ford" and the apparent "I am going to cum all over you" line from Changfeng's Chairman Li, we only had Alan Mulally's "Ford blands" bit to keep us giggling. Let's just say Detroit didn't leave us with anything quite as golden as "ALUMINUM UND SHTEEL!" or "Your wife, my wife..." Regardless, there were a few gems that came to us away from the show floor. Transcribed verbal snapshots after the jump. More »

Detroit Auto Show Exclusive: We Talk To Mark Fields, Make Zero Mullet Jokes

Yeah, so every once in a while we get a little serious — and we guess this was one of those times. I sat down yesterday evening in front of the Ford Interceptor concept to talk with FoMoCo Prez of the Americas, Mark Fields. To his credit he didn't deck me — despite the ample opportunities I've provided him in my short tenure here at the Jalop. But this time instead of questioning the man's loyalties to his faith, his Miami-based family or his choices of hairstyle, I questioned him on a diverse set of product topics during our 15 minutes together. We discussed the rear-wheel-drive desire of FoMoCo, how the Edge is the new flagship for the Ford brand, that we should be expecting a B-segment car here in the US by 2009 or 2010. (Which confirms what Fields told us during the holiday party last month — expect to see a B-car in 2009, with a 2010 model year.) In addition, we learned exactly what the Mercury brand really is — "a Ford...that's a little bit different." And you know, that's the first time we've ever heard it described as not-Ford. Well, call a spade a spade, I guess. – Ray Wert More »

Everybody's Doing It: More Detroit Auto Show Embargoed Lincoln MKR Concept Content

After everyone learned last week about the tragically debilitating collective selective memory loss disorder suffered by the employees of Car & Driver (I know, how tragic is it that it only affects the ability to remember what date their magazine's printed on and pops up only during months preceding major auto announcements and when issue sales are looking flaccid?) pretty much everyone's put out all they got on the Lincoln MKR, the new concept set to be unveiled in Detroit from FoMoCo's "luxe" brand. So, we figure we should drop our load on you as well. More »

Oh What A Bold Feeling: More On Toyota And Ford Talking Sweet And Passionate Partnerships

We've learned a few more salient details on what was initially only an alleged, but now is a confirmed meeting between ToMoCo chairman Fujio Cho and FoMoCo CEO Alan Mulally (his ever-present sidekick and president of NorAm, Mark Fields bowing by his side) last week in Japan. That's right, Mulally and Fields spent 24 hours together in the air on the round-trip cross-continental flight. I wonder what they talked about? Hair care tips, perhaps? More »

Breaking! Ford CEO Mulally Meets With Toyota Chairman Cho On A Partnership, Allows Mark Fields To Tag Along

According to a source with access to Nikkei Net Insider, we've heard FoMoCo CEO Alan Mulally asked for and was granted a meeting this past week with ToMoCo Chairman of the Board Fujio Cho. According to NNI,

"The Wednesday morning edition reported that the meeting took place in Tokyo and was held at F's request. The meeting is considered as a first step in the exploration of a potential partnership. F EVP Mark Fields also attended the meeting. Mulally may visit Japan again in Jan to meet with Toyota executives."

Aww, that's adorable — they even let Fields tag along. I totally bet he had to sit at the kiddie table with Dr. Toyoda's grandchildren while Alan did the heavy lifting on a potential partnership. The kiddies more than likely spent the entire lunch pulling on Mark's mullet and throwing food at him to see if it would stain his KMart shirts. – Ray Wert More »

Jalopnik Team Party Crash: Ford Wishes Us Happy Holidays, We Eat Their Debt-Leveraged Brand Image

Last night was certainly strange at FoMoCo's automotive press mutual masturbation War On Christmas holiday "party" at Detroit's Fox Theater. It felt strange not only because 10,000 white collar workers received buyout "offers" on Monday but also the desserts seemed to indicate the image problems certain FoMoCo NorAm brands have in terms of acceptance by the market. But never mind that — what was more important to a room of mainly product reporters was the lukewarm reaction given to the product plans presented during the Dearborn-based automakers "Showroom of the Future" event earlier in the day and the embargoed Detroit Auto Show preview after that. Keep in mind when the General provided a similar behind-the-curtain and off-the-record three-years-out look at the automaker's product plans a year ago, it kept a great number of auto journos from going all Farago on the world's biggest vehicle sales machine. But FoMoCo's next-gen look seemed to be such a non-event, it seemed to sour everything from the dessert treats to the attendance. Be that as it may, we persevered — well, mainly because we knew there'd be free food (Hey, even soured-by-bad-product free food's still free!) — plus FoMoCo execs would be on hand like "Hi, I'm Dave" design mastermind Peter "Big Balls" Horbury, Mark "Movie Star" Fields and Alan "Too New For A Nickname" Mulally — plus a cast of dozens. Full gallery below with (Now with pithy and non-insightful commentary! And yes, I know I need a new camera — keep hitting reload and maybe they'll buy me one.). – Ray Wert More »

Ford To Show Employees And Retirees Everything But Kitchen Sink From Now Until 2010

Mark "Movie Star" Fields is making one hell of a "Bold Move" for the weekend after Thanksgiving — showing off something he's calling the "Showroom of the Future" at Detroit's Cobo Hall. The little post-turkey extravaganza is a curtain pull on FoMoCo's future product plans for Ford NorAm from now until, you know, whenever they run out of ideas — which apparently will be 2010. The two-day event is open to current and future Ford workers only, allowing them to see the automaker's product development plans aren't totally full of shit, "Dave" and fourteen Mustang variants. As Fields explains,

"Through our North America 'Way Forward' plan, we've spoken a lot about reducing our uncompetitive cost structure, but we have not yet fully explained our accelerated product plans...

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Breaking! FoMoCo Tells Dealers Its Pushing Back Launch Of Ford Edge And Lincoln MKX

The Dearborn-based automaker informed dealers today that the Edge-based recovery of FoMoCo cited by Mark "Movie Star" Fields was going to have to wait just a little bit longer. Joe Hinrichs, FoMoCo's veep for NorAm manufacturing, claims that they're going to need a few more weeks to iron out some "supplier issues." Hinrichs was quick to point out that quality's still job one at FoMoCo, this problem's more about the consistency of the product going out. Umm, wait a second — let's parse that press flack comment. It's not the quality, it's the consistency. So technically it could be the consistency of the quality that's holding things up, right? This makes me feel real good about driving one of those new in-consistent Lincoln MKX's tomorrow. – Ray Wert More »

Air Fields: Ford Exec Trips on Company Dime

Around here in the Metro Detroit area we've grown accustomed to the in-your-face style of WXYZ's investigative reporter Steve Wilson. The man may have cut his teeth down in the Miami area investigating Monsanto's growth hormones, but up here in Detroit, he's the man best known for asking some tough questions of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Wilson went after hizzoner on everything from alleged parties at Motown's Manoogian mansion, the official mayoral residence, to questioning why the Mayor needs a pimped-out red Lincoln Navigator. But now Wilson's turned his investigatin' eye towards the maker of said Navigator as he questions why FoMoCo's CWFO (Chief Way Forward Officer), Mark "Movie Star" Fields, is taking a private jet each weekend to Miami and back — at a round-trip price of more than $50,000. We do know it's... More »

One Of These Things Does Not Belong: God Blessed Texas With The 2008 Ford F-Series Super Duty

Things supposedly run a bit different in Texas than they do in the rest of the country. For the most part, from what we hear, things are bigger, longer and a whole lot more god-fearing down there. We guess since stuff's so big, long and holy — it'd make sense for the automakers to have spent the end of the last month down there showing off their new hotness in trucks at the "nations biggest state fair." Although we weren't going to be providing coverage of the circle jerk that is the Texas State Fair, today we came across a picture just begging for us to show ya. Above, you'll see the new 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty with FoMoCo's president for the Americas Ennis Del Mar Mark Fields and country crooner Jack Twist Toby Keith. So, we guess, after you see the pic above and the rest of the pageantry in the gallery, you've probably got the same question we've got: More »

Happy Trails, Mark Fields: FoMoCo To Ride Current Product Plans Into Sunset Or 2008, Whichever Comes First

At the Ford Edge drive event yesteday (yes, we're assuming our invitation to attend was probably lost in the mail) out in SanFran, Ford Prez of the Americas, Mark Fields, told reporters that FoMoCo's not going to be rushing anything new to market and the atoumaker plans to stick with current product plans through 2008. As Fields put it:

"We have to stabilize the business right now...we have to pick our shots on where we want to go out, and we have to get the business back to consistent profitability. Sometimes if we rush things just for the sake of time, there's a tendency to cut corners...I want to make sure that we're very careful about that and not let the organization get ahead of itself."

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Ford's B.M. — Episode 15: Ford Pitches A Tent Over The Fairlane

With the future at stake, how does Ford balance risk with reward? By daring to be different, with an eye on the past and an ear to the present: It's the latest "people mover".

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Monday! Monday! Monday! Ford Edge Preview Webcast

Ford figured out a way for the rest of us to experience a press junket, sorry drive event, without having to make small talk with writers from medium-market newspapers (c'mon, we kid the car-covering newsies from Hartford). This Monday, Ford President of the Americas, Manuel NoriegaMark Fields is hosting a webcast and product walkaround of the Edge. If you weren't aware, the Edge is a really big deal for Ford, and it needs to make every exposure count. That's why you should round up all the mommies you know and tell them Oprah and Martha Stewart are giving away free Laura Ashley bedding online. And give them the deets below. More »

Alan Mulally Don't Need No Museum Directors: Steve Hamp Out As Ford Chief Of Staff

No, we didn't think for even a microsecond Steve Hamp was qualified to be the Chief of Staff for a Fortune 500 company. Yes, the man did a great job with a world-renowned institution, The Henry Ford Museum. But The Henry Ford's just that — a museum...a place that's got more to do with farmer's markets than Ford cars. A museum's a relic of the past...which if Hamp continued on his merry ways, FoMoCo would have quickly become just that. But again we find ourselves asking — anyone heard from Mark Fields lately? More »

Breaking! Watch Ford's Way Forward Live!

We're watching and listening to Alan "New Guy" Mulally and Mark "Movie Star" Fields on FoMoCo's live webcast of their "Way Forward" plan and now you can watch all the hijinks too. Just click the link below and hear all about the automakers "Bold Moves." More »

Big Bill Ford's FoMoCo Shake-Up: Anyone Seen Mark Fields?

So Big Bill Boss is stepping aside (sorta) to let Alan Mulally take a shot at the helm of FoMoCo, but what's going to happen to Bill's hand-picked management team? He's elevated folks like Mark Fields to run NorAm operations, Anne Stevens to COO for the Americas, and he's even brought in folks like Steve Hamp as his Chief o' Staff. Hamp's prior job was a 27-year career at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, MI. Although that's not to say that Bill's Bold personnel Moves haven't been good ones — it's just an odd move to make a guy your CoS whose only experience has been running a museum. And as for Ford's CWFO (Chief Way Forward Officer) Fields, he's already laying down the spin, sending an e-mail late in the evening to all NorAm staff answering the burning question in everyone's mind: "how Alan's appointment affects the Way Forward plan and our efforts to accelerate our pace of progress throughout The Americas." And by answer it, we mean Fields answers with more of the same thing we've seen before, like: "In the meantime, nothing is more important than continuing to deliver our Way Forward plan - with more speed and a greater sense or urgency than ever." More »

Ford Employees All Shook Up Over Benefits Survey

The King aint got nothin' over FoMoCo according to Saturday's Detroit News. It seems the Dearborn-based automaker is having morale issues with its tie-and-coat wearing employees. It looks as though its due to the company playing a kind of game of Survivor with employee benefits, distributing a survey to white-collars asking questions like: More »