Ford Motor Company 1908

by BRENT VANDERSTELT

Are we about to witness the death of Ford Motor Company?

Ford incorporated the Ford Motor Company in 1903, proclaiming, "I will build a car for the great multitude." In October 1908, he did so, offering the Model T for $950. In the Model T's nineteen years of production, its price dipped as low as $280. Nearly 15,500,000 were sold in the United States alone. The Model T heralds the beginning of the Motor Age; the car evolved from luxury item for the well-to-do to essential transportation for the ordinary man.

Ford revolutionized manufacturing. By 1914, his Highland Park, Michigan plant, using innovative production techniques, could turn out a complete chassis every 93 minutes. This was a stunning improvement over the earlier production time of 728 minutes. Using a constantly-moving assembly line, subdivision of labor, and careful coordination of operations, Ford realized huge gains in productivity.

For everything Ford has done for the automobile industry, and Michigan, Ford is on it's death's door.

Japanese auto maker Toyota, is ready to shovel the dirt into Ford's grave. It's new 2008 Toyota Tundra is set to dethrone the king of trucks with it's newest model of the Tundra.

I am not into cars or trucks, but I had an interesting conversation with a friend whom works for a Toyota Dealership, actually the second largest Toyota dealership in the world. he states that the Japanese auto maker is ready to capitalize on America's appetite for foreign cars and now trucks.

Toyota is betting that it's new Tundra and now the Hybrids, which neither one can remain in stock, will be the nail into Ford's coffin and soon Chrystel and American icon General Motors.

How sad it is that us selfish Americans are putting our own country to sleep with our insatiable appetite for foreign goods.

I think that that our children should be learning Chinese and Japanese in our schools instead of Spanish. We will need such languages when our government is overthrown but the new super powers after our economy crashes our our appetite.

Hell, we have been a country of over eaters (look at all the fat asses) for decades now anyways, why not gorge ourselves to death on an Japanese diet of Toyota and a nice buffet of Chinese "Walmart"?

I think the killers that we dubbed the "Sniper Killers" the ones that drove around with the kid in the trunk shooting at pedestrians from the keyhole in the trunk at various stores and highways should be released by the government and be permitted to "shop" for customers at these foreign dealerships and "Walmarts" of the world.

It will not belong, but maybe after Clinton in 2012, we hungry Americans will be ready to elect Toshiaki "Tag" Taguchi, President of Toyota or Jiang Zemin, President of China as our next leader.

If we do not get off our selfish asses, this is exactly what will happen. "Buy American, or Die"