Yet as recently as last year, at a tense family meeting, the Fords decided against bringing in Wall Street advisers to explore their options.
As industrial dynasties go, the Fords are a pretty tight clan.
Police collision expert Jack McBirnie showed the trial a map of tyre marks found in the car park at the Fords Road end of Saughton Park.
What began as an odd hobby has grown into a full-fledged business: the school trains 4, 000 guests to hunt with hawks each year, and the Fords have opened a sister school at the Equinox, in Vermont.
Indeed, does anyone think the Fords (Lions), Bidwills (Cardinals), and Browns (Bengals) would still be owners today if the financial success of their teams over the years had solely been a function of their individual abilities?
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The Henry Fords, Thomas Edisons and Bill Gateses of the world are not created by political decree.
If you, Mr. Car Maker, want to compete with the Hyundais, Fords and GMs of the world, you had better be able to clear the 40-mpg bar.
The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in the world.
Where are the female Henry Fords, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates?
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Kenseth has won at least one race in 11 of his 14 full seasons in the Sprint Cup series, but the first 13 were all in Fords with Roush Fenway, the team that gave him his break in NASCAR and fostered his development into a likely Hall of Famer.
Even municipal entities such as the Moscow police force prefer Fords.
With the drapes pulled tight, they spent the next six hours hashing out design features for a slew of new Fords that could be sold globally, including the next-generation Focus and a midsize car, and a small crossover utility vehicle (a combination of a car and truck).
When Volvo was bought by Ford (in 1999), there was grave fear that Ford would gut the brand and its heritage, selling rebadged Fords as Volvos.
The scowling men in long dark coats and hats, led by the severely elegant John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), march into some grand Midwestern bank, take over the place, throw the cash in bags, and make their getaway, jumping onto the running boards of flat-topped black Fords.
In the past, in Lee Iacocca's day at Ford, the company put its best men in Mercury trying to build the line into something more than dolled-up Fords.
Ford stopped creating Mercury versions of its Fords: There are no Mercury versions of the Ford Flex and Edge SUVs.
While Lincoln and Mercury finally have new products in the pipeline, they're mostly dressed-up versions of mass-market Fords, says Merrill Lynch analyst John Casesa.
For the first time in over a decade, Americans are buying a larger share of Chryslers, Fords and G.
Zipcar will add up to 650 Fords to its fleet this year and up to 1, 000 Ford vehicles by the next year.
What the company needs, Mulally says, is a common look, feel and brand name for all Fords.
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