{"id":57438,"date":"2022-08-11T14:38:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T18:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motor-junkie.com\/?p=57438"},"modified":"2022-08-12T06:08:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T10:08:18","slug":"blue-oval-blunders-cars-trucks-that-nearly-put-ford-out-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.motor-junkie.com\/blue-oval-blunders-cars-trucks-that-nearly-put-ford-out-of-business\/57438\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Oval Blunders: Cars & Trucks That Nearly Put Ford Out of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ford Motor Company is the oldest automaker in the world and has achieved astounding success. When the company was on a tremendous growth spur for decades, part of the reason for that success was the unique automotive designs. Cars like the Model T and the Mustang defined generations of drivers. Ford understood what it took to be a dominant force in the automotive industry<\/a>. Other companies like AMC have come and gone but the ‘blue oval’ is still here.<\/p>\n Yet there have also been quite a few failures at the Blue Oval. These were cars that didn’t quite cut the mustard, but Ford tried to push them onto consumers anyway. The Ford Pinto comes to mind<\/a>. The second-generation Ford Explorer was also marred in controversy. That controversy alone cost the company over a billion dollars in settlements and tarnished the reputation of the Explorer brand. Some of these failures were extremely costly and damaging, so we looked back at the less-than-successful cars and trucks that could have potentially put the blue oval out of business for good.<\/p>\n