The only thing to save Ford, GM or Daimler-Chrysler will be to build cars the foreigners don't. That's the way to beat this game. As long as these three losers play catch up, the public will vote Toyota, Nissan and Chery.
Now that Ford has mortgaged their farm for 8 billion dollars, that's just enough to bring out one last new product the foreigners don't sell: the flying automobile. The last flying Pinto was actually developed to a flying demostration for a couple of hundred thousand dollars. It was a grandiose, underfunded project run by two private individuals, yet succeeded in proving the reality of a concept, the dream of a practical ground car capable of practical aerial travel as well. Mass produced, such a vehicle could be sold for the price of fully loaded SUV and get you to where you want to go three times as fast without traffic tickets. The original flying Pinto crashed but that was because it wasn't a factory project. A factory flying Pinto would be crash-proof to the same extent as your family sedan, otherwise Ford wouldn't market it. GM has its Corvette and D-C has its Viper, but those are mere ground cars. Ford has in its very grasp the Flying Pinto ripe for the taking if its new transplanted Boeing CEO will act with conviction. Flying Pinto, the top of the line corporate showpiece of all time.