Survey: Ford's image gets a boost by nixing federal aid

[wickedstangs]

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/mulally-bailout-copy.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />In what has to be one of the least surprising developments related to the auto industry, a newly-released survey finds that Americans' favorable view of Ford Motor Company has increased substantially since it became the sole member of the Detroit Three to abstain from taking federal funds. <br /><br />Before the Capitol Hill Bailout Bonanza got going in earnest late last year, just 41% of Americans held the Blue Oval in a positive light. Now, after billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent keeping now-bankrupt Chrysler and soon-to-be (in all likelihood) bankrupt General Motors in business, FoMoCo's positive number has jumped up to 63%, according to a survey conducted by the Aloft Group last week. <br /><br />However, that's not to say that those surveyed believe Ford's out of the woods: a mere 24 percent of the respondents think Ford doesn't need Uncle Sam to come to the rescue. Still, Ford's decision to mortgage everything on its own in a bid to stay alive has been a big PR success, and you can bet that Alan Mulally will instruct staffers to burn all the office furniture in Dearborn this winter before he looks to Capitol Hill for a penny in bailout dollars. In Detroit right now, the Scarlet Letter is "B."<br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20090501/AUTO01/905010429/1148/rss25">The Detroit News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/01/survey-fords-image-gets-a-boost-by-nixing-federal-aid/">Survey: Ford's image gets a boost by nixing federal aid</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 01 May 2009 19:02:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.detnews.com/article/20090501/AUTO01/905010429/1148/rss25>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/01/survey-fords-image-gets-a-boost-by-nixing-federal-aid/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1534289/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/01/survey-fords-image-gets-a-boost-by-nixing-federal-aid/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>


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[dundonrl]

cool, another reason to like Fords...

 

[Gibs]

I think it is awesome they snubbed their noses at the US government.......but the ones that did take the bailout are now about to go away.......hmmm........yep Ford has beaten the american companies and is well on the way to taking out the import guys too, now that the other americans are out of the way and the cometitionis slimming.


Gib

 

[sdsubzero4]

Gibs....you're so right. Its funny how the two companies that took bailout money are now facing or filing bankruptcy and Ford didn't take any and is going on. Hmmmmm.....good management strategies, maybe?

 

[Gibs]

nope as soon as they took the bailout they were done because the fear was in people about the product not being supported by a defunct auto manufacturer......GM isnt far from being bankrupt either.


GIb

 

[sdsubzero4]

Yeah, GM is just a small step away. They're going to be part of FIAT, soon.

Saturn is going to be sold off. I read on the Saturn forum that Saturn is looking to become an independant company and is in negotiation. But the warranty will be honored. I guess we'll see what will happen.

 

[ears]

ha rock on ford,,,, every one bashes ford,,, all them stupid gm huggers,,,, well whos laughing now biatches,,,, the only company to not take the govis money,,, and all the stronger for it!!!!!! that makes me proud to be a ford lover!!!! now just to convince my wife!!!