http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/12/...s-partnership/

Rumor has it that Toyota engineers are hard at work developing a new 5 razor blade grill for the new focus......

 

It's a good thing I bought my Scion when I did so that I can say "It's made by Toyota" and not say "It's a POS Ford!"...

 

ford would ask, since they' can't give those pos's away

 

theyre funny. a lot of people were bashing toyota on different accounts there. funny cause unless you are really , and i mean REALLY high there's no denying toyota's sales , quality , standard options

 

A merger between Ford and Toyota could work. All they have to do is:

1. Have Toyota buy Ford outright.

2. Sell off ALL Ford technology and equipment. (Destroy all Ford blueprints).

3. Send all Ford employees to super-intensive 6 month retraining class.

 

it wont be a merger. my guess is they will share development costs for a new hybrid technology.

 

Toyota can develop the technology while Ford get's coffee for everyone.

 

ford actually has a good hybrid system just in the wrong car (escape). Ford actually licenses some of the technology from Toyota. my guess is they want to team up with toyota and make THE hybrid system and kick GM out of that market.

 

Ford's hybrid technology is Toyota's older 1st generation system. Toyota let Ford start using it when Toyota came out with the current Synergy Drive technology. Ford is too busy worrying about NASCAR to develop anything useful.

 

I hate Ford.

 

Sounds good to me.

 

my understand was that Ford and Toyota came out with very similar hybrid technology very close to each other. and rather then sue each other they exchanged tech. toyota gets to use ford diesel tech and ford uses toyotas hybrid tech

 

NO that is not right.

 

yes it is. Ford and Toyota use the same supplier for there hybrid technology. they two systems were developed independantly from each other. Toyota released theres 1st and ford didnt want legal trouble because the systems are similar (since they are using the same supplier) so they traded technology

 

Who thinks Ford is "too busy" with nascar? Toyota is spending SO much money in Nascar right now. You need to get facts in order.

 

Ford is too busy trying to win, while Toyota will be too busy washing the champage off the cars.

 

I guess since TOYOTA has NEVER ran a Nascar race right....!?

 

I take it you love your NASCAR, don't you?


You might want to review how they did their first year of truck racing.

 

ford will be too busy getting their nascar to start and stay in one peice

 

Ah hell...I dun riled up a NASCAR fan. It's all good.
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