Uh, I wasn't the person who brought up Ford or VW in the first place.
I did clarify that your dismissal of them being brought up was factually incorrect- in that many of their crimes aren't just 80 years in the past- because they aren't. They're pretty recent, and did far more harm to actual people, including hundreds of human deaths in Fords case.
I mean, they LITERALLY chose to lower tire pressures as a band aid rather than actually design the vehicle correctly.
Not "random low level engineer" making that decision- Ford executives.
They decided bolting a big SUV box onto a small pickup chassis would be cheaper and faster than properly designing a new vehicle. That's not a decision random joe engineer makes.
And it's not like any of this was new info to Ford executives. They were aware of stability issues with the Explorer prototype in May of 1987 per internal memos. Further memos tell the Ford execs there's a bunch of engineering changes that can make the truck safer- some quick Band-Aids that might help some, others significant/costly ones that'd delay production but make the vehicle significantly safer-- Management tells them "Do anything on the list that won't delay launching the truck, but nothing else"
But hey if you want more RECENT examples of Ford intentionally cheeping out on safety here ya go:
Ford Truck Rollover Wrongful Death Lawsuit Results in $1.7 Billion Judgment Against Automaker - AboutLawsuits.com
Ford has been ordered to pay $1.7 billion to the children of a couple killed in an F-250 "Super Duty" truck rollover accident.www.aboutlawsuits.com
1.7 billion dollar punitive judgement from about a year ago regarding Ford Super Duty trucks sold from 1999 through 2016, knowingly doing so for many many years with weak/defective roofs that wouldn't hold up in a rollover accident and led to numerous actual deaths.
FYI, the Chairman and CEO of Ford in 1999? William Clay Ford Jr. He's STILL executive chair of Ford today
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