S1 Ep135: Ford Almost Dies Again
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
TODAY ON PAST GAS: The 2008 crash nearly killed Detroit. How did Ford survive not one but two massive financial calamities within a span of five years? Could Ford transition from its history of larger than life, charismatic leaders, to someone with a steadier hand? There’s arguably an alternate reality where Ford-- and its American competitors-- completely folded just over a decade ago. Is a guy you may have never heard of-- Alan Mulally-- the GOAT of resurrecting dying companies?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what's up my name is Nolan and I'm from the Past Gas Podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | The second most popular automotive podcast out there this week we're talking about the |
| 0:08.3 | Baja 1000. |
| 0:09.7 | The Baja 1000 is an arduous 1000 mile drive through remote and desolate Baja Peninsula. |
| 0:15.7 | For many it wasn't a question of when you finished but if you'd finished it all. |
| 0:20.3 | The route is treacherous and so is the weather and if one breaks down and gets injured the |
| 0:24.9 | journey might cost the driver their life. |
| 0:27.3 | How did a publicity stunt organized by a Hollywood stuntman grow into such a prestigious |
| 0:31.8 | race? |
| 0:32.8 | What has kept drawing racers back to the Baja 1000 for the last 55 years and what makes |
| 0:37.2 | the race one of the most treacherous events in the world? |
| 0:40.0 | Well this week on Past Gas it's a story of the Baja 1000. |
| 0:43.0 | It was a riot to record. |
| 0:45.1 | I hope you listen very soon. |
| 0:46.4 | It's a lot of fun. |
| 0:47.7 | You don't have to like cars to like our show. |
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| 1:03.1 | In 2008 Bill Ford riddled with anxiety, sat in his office and deer-born Michigan across |
| 1:08.7 | his mentor Irvine Hockiday Jr. |
| 1:11.4 | Bill was the CEO of his family's century old automotive company. |
| 1:15.6 | It was out of ideas as to how to save it. |
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