Why does Ford have a bad name?

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Originally posted by BilLster
its the same people who think Honda and Mazda are Japanese,(both owned by North American Companies)

Those same people forget Yamaha has worked with Ford and Ford owns Mazda.

Honda and Mazda are Japenese. Ford owns a controlling interest in Mazda. Mazda still has japenese engineers and japenese reputation for quaility.

Ford and Mazda share some parts on certain platforms (tribute/escape) but each also has cars that are independent of the others. My Protege has a Mazda engine, Mazda transmission, all mazda parts, was built in Japan, etc....

To say, for example, that a Mazda is the same quality as a Ford because Ford owns mazda is just ignorant.

Ford has a general bad reputation for quality that it earned in the time period when all american cars were garbage.

I noticed something very interesting and consistent over the last few years. I have talked with several people who claimed to be Chevy lovers and that Fords sucked. The good part was that not one of them actually drove a Chevy. They all had toyotas. So you have chevy lovers who swear by them, but wont buy them, talking down about Ford?

Its all bullshit. We know Fords kick ***, it doesnt matter what others think.

So what N/A company owns Honda?