Has the public perception of Ford Motor Co. improved in the States?

[Chuck P]

Not in my opinion, they are still crap built by a company that was built on corruption. Many people agree with me that Ford could go belly up and it will serve them right. This company along with Firestone has been the cause for more pollution, traffic fatalities and overall deaths of their consumers than any of the other car companies combined including companies from overseas. They make junk, they have always made junk, and they will always make junk. I won't even drive one of their pieces of crap when I rent a car.
Look at their Pintos, The tires that blew up, and most recently their cargo vans that roll over. That's only a few examples of how they never learn. Do you know how many people were killed just by those I've listed and they continue to produce this crap and when faced with proof it was their poor design that caused it. They just move on like nothing has changed, business as usual. Well, as for me the name Ford is an acronym for Found On Road Dead.

 

[Michael]

I ask this, because I am a Ford truck man. Yet, Ford's image has taken a hit, while the other two in the big three have taken bailout money, released lesser quality trucks, etc.

Ford didn't take bailout money, and recent surveys said that increased positive opinion.

When the Cash For Clunkers program started, the 2009 & 2010 Ford Focus saw such a sales increase, Ford ramped up production. They are close to selling off the 2009 fleet, something they didn't expect at all.

I feel like General Motors receives the most support of the general American, which baffles me. Even with its hiccups, a Navistar Super Duty diesel engine will outlast any Duramax, and the engine superiority will continue since Ford is dropping Navistar and developing its own Super Duty engine in-house.

Chevy is all about the interior, and even that is matched or surpassed in either build quality or materials.

Ford has improved its global image, as they have two particular models that are flagships: one is in South America that became the platform for the Focus redux and the other is a hit in Europe that might be given to Mazda and rebadged for the States for the 2012 production year. I don't know, outside of Denalis and Escalades, of any GMs or Dodges being driven around the globe.

So, tell me, America..has it improved?

 

[kelly_f_1999]

fords have been on top pretty much since they started making them cant really improve on number one has for Europe South America cant say i know that out of driving 40 yrs fords have let me down the least an dthat anyone can drive thru a good shops parking lot and can see there not many fords there waiting to be worked on an dthats all the proof i need to know that fords are number one