I really like my Pontiac Bonneville, but it's paid for, so maybe I should considering buying a Ford:
Ford Motor Co. today reported its worst full-year loss on record, but reiterated that it has enough cash and credit available to survive the year without resorting to government funding and said it is ending its controversial jobs bank program.
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Ford is the only domestic automaker that has yet to ask for government loans to help it survive, but the depth of its loss, combined with increasingly pessimistic projections for automotive industry sales this year, is likely to add renewed vigor to questions about the company's ability to survive without federal help.
Anything we can do to keep one domestic automaker free of "government help" might mean at least one company might make some cars we actually want -- if mileage and emission standards don't put them all out of business.
