Ford Cool 49'er a Goner ?
After much ballyhoo and the great expectations created at last years Detroit Auto Show,USA Today reports that Ford’s slumping finances have left no money to produce an updated Ford Fairlane and a roadgoing version of the concept Forty-Nine.
The Fairlane, the paper reports, was to eventually replace the Crown Victoria. The cost pressures also mean it’s virtually certain that the Ford mid-engine supercar to be shown at next month’s Detroit auto show won’t be produced as well.
While Ford is in its current product drought, analysts like John Casesa at Merrill Lynch are predicting that the competition will replace its products much more aggressively, which could place Ford in even a more difficult position.
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