What happens if Ford goes bankrupt

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

It was Rahikainen all right but he said it in Finnish.

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Jooooovist, it was some version of Finnish he said it in, but my 1955 edition given as Christmas present to Aggi Ohlström from Mariehamn i Åland is for some odd reason written all in Swedish, don't know why.

But this strange mistake turns out to be very fortunate because then I can read it, and enjoy it, and from the reading, spark the curiosity more and then I go and read the massive amount of things about Vinterkriget and the Continuation War and the operations later in Lapland that is online from both sides.

Is there some region 'därborta' that people speak very slowly?

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Originally Posted by janvanvurpa

Jooooovist, it was some version of Finnish he said it in, but my 1955 edition given as Christmas present to Aggi Ohlström from Mariehamn i Åland is for some odd reason written all in Swedish, don't know why.

But this strange mistake turns out to be very fortunate because then I can read it, and enjoy it, and from the reading, spark the curiosity more and then I go and read the massive amount of things about Vinterkriget and the Continuation War and the operations later in Lapland that is online from both sides.

Is there some region 'därborta' that people speak very slowly?

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I think it might be from "Österbotten" i think they use the word "poiki", meaning young boy.

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Originally Posted by janvanvurpa

Kinda interesting the big bosses say the union guys want too much but somehow they can spend 5 miljard dollars to build a new plant in Hermasillio, Mexico and another bunch of billions building a plant in Brazil (just Ford) but they cant pay people a decent wage...

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Those 5 billion dollars aren't actual money streams on a certain date that you can track down. The costs for these plants can be depreciated over 30 years or so, so they are only 'counted' as 150 million a year so to say. Furthermore, because these plants are actual assets they can get a loan/mortage to finance it.
One of the major problems the big 3 are facing is that they can't get credit anymore to finance day to day operations. This includes wages but also paying suppliers. I read that GM was already 10 billion behind and Chrysler only pays small parts, but I don't know if that's accurate.

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Originally Posted by janvanvurpa

Jooooovist, it was some version of Finnish he said it in, but my 1955 edition given as Christmas present to Aggi Ohlström from Mariehamn i Åland is for some odd reason written all in Swedish, don't know why.

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Most people in the Åland Islands speak Swedish although it is part of Finland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land_Islands (sorry off post!).

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Originally Posted by Camelopard

Most people in the Åland Islands speak Swedish although it is part of Finland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land_Islands (sorry off post!).

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But most Finns would happily give it to Sweden. :)

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

But most Finns would happily give it to Sweden. :)

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True, we would be happy to give it away anytime. :)

I am always confused about the many brands that are owned by 1 company. For example what does Ford own? Volvo, Range Rover, Buick, Chevrolet? Is there any link to the lines that are between the different brands?

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Originally Posted by Tomi

True, we would be happy to give it away anytime. :)

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Why is that? I thought it was quite a nice place! (still off topic).

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Originally Posted by Camelopard

Why is that? I thought it was quite a nice place! (still off topic).

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Because they speak Swedish there. And because they want to belong to Sweden there. And because they make ornaments hanging from the roof out of spagetti there. And why they make them? Because they can and they have nothing else to do there. And finally, by giving Åland to Sweden, it would raise the avarage IQ not only in Finland but in Sweden too. ( still pretty much off topic )

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Originally Posted by alleskids

I am always confused about the many brands that are owned by 1 company. For example what does Ford own? Volvo, Range Rover, Buick, Chevrolet? Is there any link to the lines that are between the different brands?

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I think Ford has Volvo, Range Rover, Jaguar (not sure if they have it anymore) and then they own part of Mazda as well. But Mazda have been buying Ford out recently.

When it comes Japanese vs. Americans, I have only one word for you. That's Keiretsu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiretsu That's why they've been able to beat nearly everyone globally when it comes to cars. Oh, and their quality is the best as well.

But now that I think about it, I don't want the Ford to go bankcrupt since that would be the end of Volvo as well. I'm pretty sure that Saab won't see the year 2015 (Saab has made nothing but loss since 1997) so it would be great to have at least one Nordic car brand. I've already decided that the next car I will buy is Volvo or Saab. I want to have some scandinavian cars to live - the last thing I want is to have an option to choose between 15 chinese cars..