https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/fords-ceo-says-chinas-ev-054800452.html
Farley has been at Ford almost 20 years, running things for five years. If we are behind China, IT IS HIS FAULT..
When will the Ford family fire Farley for lacking any shred of competence?
@bw a plane guy was the last great CEO we had…just needs good business sense and knows how to build good culture.
@ct I've done the same
I’ve made sure that my immediate and extended family (over 50 people) will never buy another ford vehicle.
Very sad considering I’ve been in ford engineering for 30 years.
My kids are about to buy there first new cars… Toyota, Subaru and a Volkswagen are in the mix because ford doesn’t sell cars except the impractical mustang.
@c4 I notice a similar disconnect when he talks at global town halls. What Farley thinks my team is doing is not actually what my team is doing. Farley has no idea what LL5s, LL6s, and GSRs are doing. Farley will say my team is doing great work in one area when we are in fact not doing anything in that area. There is a serious communication issue between the working level and upper management. Either they just don't know what's actually being worked on or they just lie to make people feel better. Both are a problem.
Chris got the brain cells in that family.
@az I agree Farley is out of touch. I remember a town hall earlier this year where he said Ford dealers offer loaners for repairs. I don't know when was the last time he had to get a car serviced at a Ford dealer, but every time I have been to a Ford dealer, they have never had a loaner. He just has no idea what the customer sees. The truly great leaders are able to put themselves in the shoes of the customer.
Jim Farley is an ID10T
@bw we need someone who understands engineering and manufacturing mainly.
@bg I don't think we need a "car guy" at the top. The majority of customers use their car to get from A to B. The only experience I care about is getting comfortably from one place to another at an affordable price in a reliable vehicle.
Sure, have a truck guy running trucks a car guy over performance, but I don't think our CEO needs to be a car guy. I honestly thought a marketing guy would be better, but he is out of touch. Probably because he was born rich.
@bg Farley doesn’t know how to make cars or market them. Ford has been losing market share every year since e Farley joined as VP Marketing.
Isnt Farley's contract up for renewal this fall? If it is, then either a. he gets renewed within the next 3 months or b. an announcement comes out that he is looking to 'spend more time with his family and to write his memoires'. If he gets renewed, then I lose all hope. If he doesnt get renewed, then its time to worry about who the replacement is. The last 2 picks from Billly have been a disaster and he will be the one making the next pick too. I think the only ray of sunshine would be if Billy announces his retirement, and the BOD directors has to go pick the new chairman, who then picks the new CEO.
The first time I listened to him talk for more than 5 minutes, I realized right away, "this guy doesn't know how to make cars." Maybe he knows how to market them, but if you build the 'right' car in the first place, you don't need much marketing. After listening to other high level execs, same impression. I don't think there is a real car guy at Ford at the higher levels.
@az The Escape will be gone soon. If there's a 2026 model it'll be like the did with the Edge. The plant is being retooled soon (year end?).
@aw He is so out of touch with what people need, I have no idea how he keeps this job.
I often use the surveys they put out to tell them they are going to lose me as a customer if they get rid of the Escape. I haven’t heard that one recently, but I know it was talk a couple years ago.
My recently graduated college student likely won’t buy a Ford as their first new car. Nothing affordable or attractive to them even with A Plan.
Jim Farley doesn't know what he's doing. He cares so much about useless performance cars that nobody gives a sh-t about. If he put half as much effort into quality, we would be doing so much better. The fact of the matter is no buyer cross-shopping family SUVs cares that their shocks came from the Bronco DR Raptor T1+ Ecoboost GT GTD Dakar Special Edition. They care about whether their Escape is going to last as long as a RAV4 or CRV and the answer is he-l no. Farley has no idea about that since he just gets his new management lease every week and hasn't been in that customer's shoes in decades.
From an article that appeared in the New York Times on 6/23/2025:
“*Ford Will Keep [Chinese] Battery Factory Even if Republicans Ax Tax Break
Ford Motor said it would open a new plant in Michigan that could become ineligible for federal incentives under a policy bill championed by President Trump and passed by the House.*”
Ford has masters. In Beijing.
JF is a 🤡
Does he not get that the West does want his beloved EVs? Move to China and be happy JF. You have run Ford into the ground.
Farley is sleeping with Bill. It's the only explanation.
@OP. It is NOT Fartley's fault. Really. Fartley is the puppet and the puppet master is Bill Ford. Come on! Look at history. Since Bill Ford took over Jack The kn--e, the company went down hard, except when AM was brought to save the company. The sh-t that is going on right now, it is the same sh-t that was going on under Bill's. The same liberal fu-k up mindset, about "saving the planet" and riding unicorns.
Failure will never be placed at the feet of the people who deserve it at Ford. Layoff are a sign of a corporate failure. Look how many rounds of layoffs Ford has had. Now since they know the PR it creates, they force people back to the office to encourage attrition to avoid it. They've over played it this year already. Does the buck stop at the top? Doesn't look like it. Trust your future to this? Not a good plan.
What is REALLY going on behind closed doors between the BoD, Farley and the Ford family?