Ford sells mustang rights to TOYOTA

twanger1994 · Jan 4, 2007

Has anyone heard about ford. And them selling the rights to the mustang to toyota. My brothers father-in-law is a business lawyer and keeps up on corporate mergers and aqusitions and things like that. He says that with ford's financial troubles the company has sold the mustang to toyota in someway. Just wondering the actual story and whats going on

srothfuss · Jan 4, 2007

it'll never happen or never did happen

Schlitz-420 · Jan 4, 2007

Insanity

Agreed......

Think of the obvious reasons why it would NEVER happen:

1. Toyota would have to pay Ford way too much to get a name that their customers still associate with junk.

2. Supra.............

3. The Mustang is the only car Ford is able to move and not offer rebates and deals on (i know they do but not on the cars most of us want).

4. Hardcore Mustang enthusiasts would never buy a Mustang made or owned by Toyota.

Makdaddymac · Jan 4, 2007

is Ford really suffering like im hearing.Like facing possible flop............???

Warlok · Jan 4, 2007

Merger

I had heard that Ford was teaming up with Toyota, and I think thats true. But my guess is they would never turn over the Mustang to the Japanese to have there way with. I dont think its because Ford cares about us Mustang owners that much, as its just a money thing.

I mean, what other car in Fords corrall sells like the Mustang? Why would Ford cuts its own throat when sales suck so bad. I dont have any evidence to any of this, but everything is allways about money.

srothfuss · Jan 4, 2007

Ford visited Toyota in Japan to learn about their manufacturing processes - not start an alliance...

CBus 06 GT · Jan 4, 2007

Makdaddymac said:
is Ford really suffering like im hearing.Like facing possible flop............???

No. They are struggling for sure, but what hardly gets reported is that Ford is not in debt. They do have lots of debt, but the assets are greater than the debt owed. That's where you get into trouble. The equivalant would be to someone who owns a home with a mortgage. They have debt (gotta pay the mortgage) but as long as the house is worth more than the mortgage, they are not in debt. If I'm reading the most recent financials correctly, they have assets of $267 billion with a total liability of $258 billion. They are "mortgaged" out pretty far, but they are still a couple years away from being in trouble.

Back to the subject at hand, there's no freakin' way Ford sells out the Mustang name. The only way I see that happening is if Ford ceases to exist and the rights go up for sale in bankruptcy proceedings and that is not happening anytime soon.

FLY2kGT · Jan 4, 2007

The only thing I heard was that Ford and Toyota were possibly getting together to share technology/information. It's a pretty common practice and by no means does it mean they sold the Mustang name to Toyota.

CatmanJJ · Jan 4, 2007

If they did that I'd sell my Stang pronto.

The Fang · Jan 4, 2007

LOL. How do you say mustang in japanese......muusang

srothfuss · Jan 4, 2007

FLY2kGT said:
The only thing I heard was that Ford and Toyota were possibly getting together to share technology/information.

The Media led us all down an incorrect path... I too thought this was true until I read a statement by Allen Mullay in the newspaper stating that he had only gone to Japan to learn about lean Manufactuing from the experts.

The Fang said:
LOL. How do you say mustang in japanese......muusang

I thought it was VTAK

351CJ · Jan 4, 2007

Schlitz-420 said:
Agreed......

3. The Mustang is the only car Ford is able to move and not offer rebates and deals on (i know they do but not on the cars most of us want).

Where have you been Rip Van Winkle? Ford has rebates on Mustangs, including the GT. There are rebates on both 2007 models AND left over 2006s that STILL have not sold, even though 2006 production ended 6 months ago.

351CJ · Jan 4, 2007

twanger1994 said:
Has anyone heard about ford. And them selling the rights to the mustang to toyota. My brothers father-in-law is a business lawyer and keeps up on corporate mergers and aqusitions and things like that. He says that with ford's financial troubles the company has sold the mustang to toyota in someway. Just wondering the actual story and whats going on

Thanks for warning me to NEVER hire your brother's, father-in-law to represent me for anything, because he appears to have his info totally screwed up.

red05bullitgt · Jan 4, 2007

The day Ford sells the Mustang to the Japanese (Toyota) or whoever ?? will be the day both hell freezes over and Pigs fly...Just what in the hell was your brother's father in law smokin ? I'd much rather see Ford go under than sell out our beloved Stang over to anybody...So what's going to be the next practical joke ??? Humm I got it ? Ford merges with Daimler/Chrysler huh

Marine One · Jan 5, 2007

red05bullitgt said:
Just what in the hell was your brother's father in law smokin ?

I had the exact same thought...

LV51FER · Jan 5, 2007

What nonsense. I laughed so hard, I fell out of my Nissan Camaro.

red05bullitgt · Jan 5, 2007

That's exactly right, nonsense just like those rumors about the 4 door Mustang being a crock of BS

red05bullitgt · Jan 5, 2007

351CJ said:
Where have you been Rip Van Winkle? Ford has rebates on Mustangs, including the GT. There are rebates on both 2007 models AND left over 2006s that STILL have not sold, even though 2006 production ended 6 months ago.

$1,000.00 cash back on 07 models and $1,500.00 on 06 models left over..:SNSign:

celticstanger · Jan 5, 2007

LV51FER said:
... I laughed so hard, I fell out of my Nissan Camaro.

JTGrant · Jan 6, 2007

no way that would happen

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