- they weren't forced by the car czar to close "brands" (like pontiac and saturn)

- the weren't forced to close/merge dealerships as part of the bailout, like GM and Chrysler were

- the F150 outsells the Chevy and Dodge pickups

- the Mustang outsells the camaro and charger

- the hybrid fusion is a better car than the hybrid chevy malibu

and so on and so forth. Ford is headed by an actual smart guy (Mulally sp?), as opposed to GM and Chrysler.

does anyone really believe that we'll soon see thousands of re-badged fiat 500's flooding american streets? these things can't even compete with honda and toyota in europe, where smaller size makes sense. nobody in their right mind would pick a fiat 500 over a civic - plus the fiat is going to cost more