Things Not Looking Good at Ford Performance

[boss302ls]

Another bites the dust. What's up at Ford Performance?

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-ca...rformance-car-has-left-for-jaguar-land-rover/

 

[DocWalt]

Everything I've read makes me thing Ford's new management is atrocious in every possible way except pleasing the stockholders for their short term gains.

 

[boss302ls]

Seems like Ford's focus will be on profitable areas like trucks, crossovers. Hybrids and EEVs will continue to evolve. Wonder what this will mean for Ford's racing team's support and Ford Performance moving ahead. Seems from a distance their are whirlwind changes afoot at Ford.

 

[TMSBOSS]

If you could see the contracts for the new folks, it would all be clear. Are the incentivized in the short term?

 

[thehueypilot]

Bean counters taking over...........

 

[boss302ls]

Bean counters taking over...........

Gotta wonder whether the Ford GT is going to stick around much longer. Can we blame this on the millenials yet?

 

[TMSBOSS]

Always.

Their battle cry. Change.

 

[VoodooBoss]

I'm not as worried about this as some. I've met a few of the Ford Performance guys over the years and there are a lot of gear heads and car guys working there. Some even own/track Boss 302's and GT350's. As long as they are still there I think we're safe. Now if the whole division gets axe'd then we're in trouble.

 

[j3st3r]

seemed like it was a sign of things to come when Dave Pericak "left Ford Performance" to take a job leading unibody cars

 

[boss302ls]

seemed like it was a sign of things to come when Dave Pericak "left Ford Performance" to take a job leading unibody cars

And now Ford decided it wants out of sedans. What is Dave doing now I wonder.

 

[j3st3r]

And now Ford decided it wants out of sedans. What is Dave doing now I wonder.

Thats 3 very big players in Ford Performance now gone....these guys were making it happen
Dave Pericak
Raj Nair
Jamal Hameedi

 

[VoodooBoss]

There’s been a couple of senior execs move into FP as well. See my comments above.

 

[OPMustang Tim]

I don't get too excited about this stuff, John sums it up pretty well HERE. It's the nature of the market. If they got out of it completely there would be several outside Ford that could still support a lot of it.

 

[Norm Peterson]

That article bothers me at least as much as the no-more-sedans announcement that they're trying to explain.

"Anything that impedes this has got to go." sounds like code for "no more support for niche products". I want to be wrong . . .


Norm

 

[BigTaco]

I don’t see this as a concern since people have moved in and out of what is now Ford Performance regularly. The product line has improved and evolved none the less. Hai Tung, John Coletti...

This is just part of regular business.

 

[Mad Hatter]

I don't know...seems very short sighted.... Fuel prices have gone up from below $50 a barrel to over $70... Down here we pay over US$5 bucks a gallon. Hope ford does not get caught flat footed..... Again....

Mind you, the only new fords you see are Mustangs and F150's, the Focus is too expensive for what you get, while the mustang is a deal.

 

[302BOB]

I didn't hear/know about Jamal leaving FP.....Like Dave P., he was passionate about hi performance......

 

[VoodooBoss]

Brent crude hit $80 yesterday and is at $79+ today.

 

[boss302ls]

Brent crude hit $80 yesterday and is at $79+ today.

There is always a price hike like this just before Memorial day. It drops back in July after the 4th and drops further after Labor day. The Iran situation and the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalam also were attibuted as factors. I am sure our shale oil producers are licking their chops now and getting ready to crank up production soon. This bubble will burst.

 

[ChopSui]

Interesting.
Raj to Multimatic.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a20734548/raj-nair-ford-multimatic/