Ford X-Plan

Buy or lease a new Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar or Land
Rover under Ford's "Friends & Neighbors" employee discount x-plan.

This offer is only for buyers in North America... sorry Europe.

This will allow you to get a Ford or Mercury vehicle BELOW dealer invoice
without haggling. The other brands (Lincoln/Mazda/Volvo/Jaguar/LR) are
priced at just a couple percent above dealer invoice... rock bottom prices.

There is NO Cost for this plan... absolutely FREE... no obligations at all.

You don't pay anything now, then get your money back later... none of that.
Totally free.

Just send an email to ford1ford1-xplan@yahoo.com and provide your full
name (first and last) and email address to enroll.

John Horner

Ford X-Plan wrote:
> Buy or lease a new Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar or Land
> Rover under Ford's "Friends & Neighbors" employee discount x-plan.
>
> This offer is only for buyers in North America... sorry Europe.
>
> This will allow you to get a Ford or Mercury vehicle BELOW dealer invoice
> without haggling. The other brands (Lincoln/Mazda/Volvo/Jaguar/LR) are
> priced at just a couple percent above dealer invoice... rock bottom prices.
>
> There is NO Cost for this plan... absolutely FREE... no obligations at all.
>
> You don't pay anything now, then get your money back later... none of that.
> Totally free.
>
> Just send an email to ford1ford1-xplan@yahoo.com and provide your full
> name (first and last) and email address to enroll.
>
>

Such a deal! Are you going to give your new 'net friends the $1000
bonus Ford is giving it's employee's who refer customers?

The program has been widely reported on, such as this report by CNN:

http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/17/Autos/ford_cash.reut/

John

James Sweet

>
> Such a deal! Are you going to give your new 'net friends the $1000
> bonus Ford is giving it's employee's who refer customers?
>
> The program has been widely reported on, such as this report by CNN:
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/17/Autos/ford_cash.reut/
>
> John

I don't get it, if anyone can get the employee discount then it's not an
employee discount, what's the point? Just advertising muck?

Michael Pardee

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:f7rxe.817$Fy4.693@trnddc04...
>
> I don't get it, if anyone can get the employee discount then it's not an
> employee discount, what's the point? Just advertising muck?
>
>
Essentially, yes. GM got into a pinch with their wide line of large vehicles
when the gas prices went up; I hear SUV sales are down sharply this year. So
a few weeks ago GM offered their SUVs and trucks at employee prices, then
expanded the offer to all their vehicles except the Corvette. That really
drew sales away from Ford, so Ford matched the promo.

The outlook is better for Ford than for GM. Ford has a strong-selling line
of vehicles with good fuel economy, including the very popular Focus. They
also have the best-selling pickup, the F-150. Ford has the wide variety of
acquisitions mentioned above. The situation is "devil take the hindmost" and
that fits GM.

Mike

John Horner

Michael Pardee wrote:

> The outlook is better for Ford than for GM. Ford has a strong-selling line
> of vehicles with good fuel economy, including the very popular Focus. They
> also have the best-selling pickup, the F-150. Ford has the wide variety of
> acquisitions mentioned above. The situation is "devil take the hindmost" and
> that fits GM.

Ford is in at least as much trouble as GM, maybe more.

The Lincoln brand is a disaster zone, while Cadillac is getting stronger
ever day. GM has a much more advanced China strategy than does Ford.
Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover expenditures have been nothing but a cash
drain. Ford took the #1 selling car in the USA, the Taurus, and
completely destroyed it's market position. Then there is Mercury. Why
does the Mercury brand even exist? Ford has toyed with it for decades
now and has yet to come up with a compelling reason for there to even be
a Mercury line of vehicles. GM has similar problems, but is working
much more agressively on them.

Although as a nameplate the F150 outsells the Chevy Silverado, when you
combine the Chevy and GMC versions which are essentially trim line
options of the same vehicle, GM outsells Ford in the truck category as well.

Ford's only winning acquisition has been the purchase of Volvo, partly
because it gave Ford good donor material for the Five Hundred and Freestyle.

John