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AMD kills off ATI brandname, finally
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:46:35 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 19/09/2010 6:33 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:04:00 -0400, Yousuf wrote: On 10-09-16 11:41 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: How so? It's going to be rough existing on only Lincolns. The market is quite small and ageing fast. Ford will most likely replace the Mercuries with Fords. Huh? Almost all Mercurys *were* Fords with deferent trim (sometimes not even that). LM dealers cannot sell Ford models. That's what I'm saying. If Mercury disappears as a brand, then Ford the corporation will likely give the former Mercury brand dealers, Ford brands to sell instead. Not going to happen. Ford dealers would sue their asses off. Franchise agreements are cast in stone. Based on what's happened with Chrysler, not so rigid. I believe all their remaining dealers (after the Great Purge and the elimination of Plymouth) are now full line. -- As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin) |
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AMD kills off ATI brandname, finally
Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 19/09/2010 6:33 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:04:00 -0400, Yousuf wrote: On 10-09-16 11:41 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: How so? It's going to be rough existing on only Lincolns. The market is quite small and ageing fast. Ford will most likely replace the Mercuries with Fords. Huh? Almost all Mercurys *were* Fords with deferent trim (sometimes not even that). LM dealers cannot sell Ford models. That's what I'm saying. If Mercury disappears as a brand, then Ford the corporation will likely give the former Mercury brand dealers, Ford brands to sell instead. I hear that Ford wants to close 500 dealerships. I would suspect they are Mercury dealers. Noted in passing: Lincoln is now selling a little crossover which has the Taurus SHO "EccoBoost" engine, V6+2 turbo.And very cheap lease rates. I would take one of those, more useful form factor than sedan, and cheaper price. Yes, the engine is slightly detuned, it should still be a nice vehicle for people with a busy lifestyle. |
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AMD kills off ATI brandname, finally
In comp.sys.intel Yousuf Khan wrote:
That's what I'm saying. If Mercury disappears as a brand, then Ford the corporation will likely give the former Mercury brand dealers, Ford brands to sell instead. And dilute the business of the existing Ford-brand dealers??? If there were enough business for the Mercury dealers/brand to be healthy, it seems rather unlikely Ford would eliminate the brand. I think of all this brand consolidation by the U.S. auto makers as being akin to reverse stock splits seeking to keep the share price above $1 to avoid de-listing. You don't go to that trouble to just dilute what remains. rick jones -- denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, rebirth... where do you want to be today? these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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AMD kills off ATI brandname, finally
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:17:35 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
" writes: On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:46:35 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 19/09/2010 6:33 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:04:00 -0400, Yousuf wrote: On 10-09-16 11:41 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: How so? It's going to be rough existing on only Lincolns. The market is quite small and ageing fast. Ford will most likely replace the Mercuries with Fords. Huh? Almost all Mercurys *were* Fords with deferent trim (sometimes not even that). LM dealers cannot sell Ford models. That's what I'm saying. If Mercury disappears as a brand, then Ford the corporation will likely give the former Mercury brand dealers, Ford brands to sell instead. Not going to happen. Ford dealers would sue their asses off. Franchise agreements are cast in stone. Based on what's happened with Chrysler, not so rigid. I believe all their remaining dealers (after the Great Purge and the elimination of Plymouth) are now full line. Different issue. Ford isn't bankrupt. |
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AMD kills off ATI brandname, finally
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:56:51 -0400, Yousuf Khan
wrote: On 20/09/2010 7:43 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:46:35 -0400, Yousuf wrote: That's what I'm saying. If Mercury disappears as a brand, then Ford the corporation will likely give the former Mercury brand dealers, Ford brands to sell instead. Not going to happen. Ford dealers would sue their asses off. Franchise agreements are cast in stone. It's already happened up here in Canada. The dealers will fall in-line if they still want their dealerships. They can remove Mercury, but adding a Ford dealership to an area that is already covered with an existing franchise agreement isn't going to happen, at least here. |
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AMD kills off ATI brandname, finally
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:58:35 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote: On 19/09/2010 6:33 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:04:00 -0400, Yousuf wrote: On 10-09-16 11:41 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: How so? It's going to be rough existing on only Lincolns. The market is quite small and ageing fast. Ford will most likely replace the Mercuries with Fords. Huh? Almost all Mercurys *were* Fords with deferent trim (sometimes not even that). LM dealers cannot sell Ford models. That's what I'm saying. If Mercury disappears as a brand, then Ford the corporation will likely give the former Mercury brand dealers, Ford brands to sell instead. I hear that Ford wants to close 500 dealerships. I would suspect they are Mercury dealers. Mercury dealerships are also Lincoln dealerships. Yes, Ford has wanted to close many of them for decades. One I know of sell one car a year. Several sell single digits a month. That isn't very profitable for Ford. Noted in passing: Lincoln is now selling a little crossover which has the Taurus SHO "EccoBoost" engine, V6+2 turbo.And very cheap lease rates. I would take one of those, more useful form factor than sedan, and cheaper price. Yes, the engine is slightly detuned, it should still be a nice vehicle for people with a busy lifestyle. |
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AMD kills off ATI brandname, finally
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:17:35 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: " writes: On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:46:35 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 19/09/2010 6:33 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:04:00 -0400, Yousuf wrote: On 10-09-16 11:41 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: How so? It's going to be rough existing on only Lincolns. The market is quite small and ageing fast. Ford will most likely replace the Mercuries with Fords. Huh? Almost all Mercurys *were* Fords with deferent trim (sometimes not even that). LM dealers cannot sell Ford models. That's what I'm saying. If Mercury disappears as a brand, then Ford the corporation will likely give the former Mercury brand dealers, Ford brands to sell instead. Not going to happen. Ford dealers would sue their asses off. Franchise agreements are cast in stone. Based on what's happened with Chrysler, not so rigid. I believe all their remaining dealers (after the Great Purge and the elimination of Plymouth) are now full line. Different issue. Ford isn't bankrupt. Good point -- but I haven't heard that having all the dealers go full-line was made possible by the bankruptcy (and I am something of a mopar-holic, so I would have expected to). -- As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin) |
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AMD kills off ATI brandname, finally
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:28:41 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
" writes: On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:17:35 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: " writes: On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:46:35 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 19/09/2010 6:33 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:04:00 -0400, Yousuf wrote: On 10-09-16 11:41 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: How so? It's going to be rough existing on only Lincolns. The market is quite small and ageing fast. Ford will most likely replace the Mercuries with Fords. Huh? Almost all Mercurys *were* Fords with deferent trim (sometimes not even that). LM dealers cannot sell Ford models. That's what I'm saying. If Mercury disappears as a brand, then Ford the corporation will likely give the former Mercury brand dealers, Ford brands to sell instead. Not going to happen. Ford dealers would sue their asses off. Franchise agreements are cast in stone. Based on what's happened with Chrysler, not so rigid. I believe all their remaining dealers (after the Great Purge and the elimination of Plymouth) are now full line. Different issue. Ford isn't bankrupt. Good point -- but I haven't heard that having all the dealers go full-line was made possible by the bankruptcy (and I am something of a mopar-holic, so I would have expected to). A bankruptcy judge can alter or even nullify contracts. I know some mopar dealers who were *very* protective of their turf. One went so far as to sue (and won) Chrysler over their "regional advertising hold back". Their contract, from a prior epoch, had no such terms yet Chrysler was attempting to add it in. Other, newer, dealerships did have regional advertising terms in their contracts. After the dust settled, the older dealership then had a few hundred dollar advantage on every cars sold; big money in that business. Of course that was long before the big one hit. They're probably out of business, even though they were the largest in the area. |
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