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And then there were the Big Two automakers?

by @ 11:43 on January 24, 2008. Filed under Business.

(H/T – Stephen Green)

I hope you weren’t planning on getting a job at a Ford Motor Company plant in the US anytime soon; the AP is reporting Ford is going to offer “buyouts to its 54,000 U.S. hourly workers”.

There is a reason why I included that as a quote. If it’s accurate that Ford is down to 54,000 hourly workers in the US and further accurate that Ford is actually seeking 54,000 buyouts (neither a given with AP’s lack of attention to detail), that would be the effective end of Ford Motor Company as an American automaker. I believe it more-likely that Ford has a number lower than 54,000 buyouts in mind, and is simply making that offer available to every one of its hourly employees.

On a related note, the makers of the Tata Nano, the world’s most dangerous car, will soon own Jaguar and Land Rover. Feel free to pimp this Nano…

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…and let me know where your Photoshops are.

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