Scheduled to testify are Ford CEO Alan Mulally, Chrysler boss Robert Nardelli, GM CEO G.
Now Alan Mulally, Ford's plain-speaking new chief executive, has set out to fix this.
"It just seemed to us to be a liberating simplification of our product line, " explained Mulally.
Ford CEO Alan Mulally is visiting the country early this week (see related story here).
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Mulally said Ford's goal remains to be profitable by 2009, despite challenging economic conditions.
Mulally is also worried about the competitive environment, rising commodity prices and the continued weak economy.
John Parker will run Asia Pacific, Africa and Mazda and also report directly to Mulally.
Mr. Conner is the third head of the commercial airplanes division since Mr. Mulally left.
Orders for new planes have dropped from about 530 to 400, Mulally said in a news conference.
Mulally will continue leading the long-term strategic development of the One Ford plan and its continuous improvement.
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What the company needs, Mulally says, is a common look, feel and brand name for all Fords.
Analysts said Ford's top executives, including Fields, would benefit from Mulally's mentorship over the next two years.
Mulally remains confident, of course, but after a year, he concedes the job is tougher than he thought.
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The process of reducing models has been an ongoing activity since Mulally took over as CEO in 2006.
But Ford has been something of a financial darling since Alan Mulally became its chief executive in 2006.
Fields played a key role in ushering in this new internal culture, Mulally and Bill Ford have said.
Alan Mulally, its chief executive, is adamant that running luxury brands has no part in the company's future.
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Mulally and chief financial officer Lewis Booth will be holding a conference call for analysts and investors this morning.
Ford Motor's new boss, former Boeing executive Alan Mulally, is getting a crash education in an industry in crisis.
Boss Alan Mulally blamed a "crisis in Europe" for a drop in sales.
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When Mulally arrived he invoked a more disciplined approach: Ford would build only enough cars to match consumer demand.
Pointing to signs of progress in Ford's turnaround effort under Chief Executive Alan Mulally, Kerkorian's investment company, Tracinda Corp.
Some thought this was foolish, but within months, Mulally showed why he was the right man for the job.
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Every Thursday Mr Mulally painstakingly took his executives through every line of figures.
The boss of Boeing's civil-jet business, Alan Mulally, is even toying with the idea of turning up in person.
Nonetheless, Mulally says "there must be a way" to work around this dilemma.
However, in 2005 Mr Mulally was passed over for the second time when Boeing sought a new chief executive.
Mr Mulally joined Boeing as an engineer in 1969 directly after leaving college.
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