But after stepping down, he and Ford had a summit at Ford's Santa Fe ranch.
The folks at Ford Motor can be forgiven for spending some time looking backward.
But with carmakers looking to lay off thousands of workers, executives at Ford and G.
Are things really so bad at Ford that they have let the British take charge?
"The problems at Ford are getting worse, " said Jonathan Steinmetz, a Morgan Stanley auto analyst.
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Kirk Kerkorian keeps betting more and more heavily on a turnaround at Ford .
The trouble is that no one at Ford seems to understand the automobile business.
Before joining the CBI in 1994, Ms Barker was chief economist at Ford Europe for nine years.
My own uncle was a dedicated electrical engineer at Ford who was very proud of the car company.
Outsiders like Alan Mulally at Ford and Bob Nardelli at Chrysler might be just what Detroit needs now.
Globalstar has its roots in a 1989 plan at Ford Motor Co. to use satellites to aid motorists.
Northeastern's Mr Bluestone, a former lineman at Ford, argues that public-sector unions are at a point of decision.
"The danger is safety, " John Ellis, global technologist for connected services and solutions at Ford, said at a CES 2013 discussion.
"As difficult as it was for him at GM, it'll be even more difficult at Ford, " Tynan says.
Union members were due to meet with the Southampton City Council to discuss job cuts at Ford's Swaythling plant.
For years and years, a large part of the culture at Ford came to include hoarding information by department.
But management and labor worked through the shared pain, and things are looking pretty good at Ford these days.
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All of which allows Gary White, GM's head truck executive, to chuckle a little at Ford's F-Series war room.
He has also been a senior executive at Ford, Chrysler and BMW and was CEO of battery-maker Exide Technologies.
So Hudson left Harris Corporation and found a new job at Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation in Newport Beach.
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C-MAX Energi will soon be available for order at Ford Certified EV Dealers.
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In addition to his roles at HSBC and Barrick Gold, Mr. Thornton is a director at Ford Motor Co.
Sales of small cars at Ford rose 54 percent year-over-year, marking the best performance for the segment in 11 years.
The moves underscore the urgency that has taken hold at Ford after two previous turnaround attempts since 2001 fell short.
After a long tenure at Ford, Krafcik joined Hyundai in 2004 as vice president of product development and strategic planning.
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Union members at Ford's Southampton Transit factory will hold a mass meeting on Monday to discuss possible action over its closure.
After working at Ford, Fisher joined a company called Move Networks, but was laid off along with many other employees in 2009.
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Mulally, previously executive vice president of Boeing and president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has also been named president at Ford.
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