Jerry,  Ford recieved a 10 million dollar grant from the energy dept after the CEO coerced his board members (who also recieved major bonuses out of the deal) into paying him 28 million for four months work. That money from the energy dept. was a grant, it will never be paid back.

The auto bailout was the dumbest thing they could do,How many people went out and bought a GM car,No body,If the government would have used that money to give you a $5000 rebate to buy a car people would have run out and bought a new car,Then the factories would have started back up to make new cars to replaced the cars that were bought.I went out and bought a new car a week later,A Kia thats the only way I could protest.

Why would Ferrari want to associate ANY of their vehicles with a model name used on a Ford product in the first place??? And a TRUCK???
  WHAT are they smoking?  Couldn't think of ANYTHING better?

If you tell someone you just bought a new F-150 they're not going to look for a Ferrari!

 

Well just from my point of view I'm real sure which F150 worked last week and which one would not have:



but hey after a day or so I had some ground effects also:

Better halfs car is awd w/traction control - but she won't let me take to
the blizzards when they happen - glad I'm back here today as it was
-32F in the area where I took those pictures last night

Have you considered that by creating a story where none exist, the Ford motor company and Ferrari both benefit from free advertising.

"I don't care what they write about me, so long as the spell the name right!"

Would it help the resale value of the old truck if I put a prancing horse on it?

Hooo boy have I stirred up a storm in a teacup !  

My point was : who cares if Ford have a pickup called F150, Ferrari's racers have a similar name but because of wholly different reasons...

Would anyone consider asking their neighbor "mind if I call my baby <Bill>?" just because the neighbor's name is Bill...

VW has a full-size Golf with a trunk called the Bora, and Maserati stayed quiet; when asked "why not sue VW for the name?"
a Maserati spokesman quietly replied "They can call their car "Paradise" but only Maserati can make Driving Heaven"



Maserati Bora                                                                                                                  VW Bora


On a lighter note, there is (was ?) a British kit car called the BRA, who knows, maybe Victoria's Secret sued...