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Percentage of 18- to 24-year aids who prefer President Reagan’s hairstyle to Carter’s and Ford’s: 47
Percentage of 18- to 24-year aids who prefer President Reagan’s hairstyle to Carter’s and Ford’s: 47
J&B/Spy Poll (N.Y.C.)
Combined long-term corporate debt of Toyota, Nissan, and Honda: $8,800,000
Combined long-term corporate debt of Toyota, Nissan, and Honda: $8,800,000
Honda (N.Y.C.), Nissan (Carson, Calif.), Toyota (Tokyo)
Combined long-term corporate debt of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler: $9,000,000,000
Combined long-term corporate debt of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler: $9,000,000,000
Chrysler (Highland Park, Mich.), Ford (Dearborn, Mich.), General Motors (Detroit)
Rank of Fords, among the cars most often bought by Asian-Americans: 1
Rank of Fords, among the cars most often bought by Asian-Americans: 1
Paul Sladkus International (N.Y.C)
Ratio of the amount the Ford Motor Company spent last year on health care to the amount it spent on steel: 1:1
Ratio of the amount the Ford Motor Company spent last year on health care to the amount it spent on steel: 1:1
Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, Mich.)
Number of American cars Ford’s new president, Alex Trotman, has bought in his lifetime
Number of American cars Ford’s new president, Alex Trotman, has bought in his lifetime
Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Mich.)
Estimated property damage caused in a New York suburb last spring by a man firing a slingshot from his Lincoln: $7,000
Estimated property damage caused in a New York suburb last spring by a man firing a slingshot from his Lincoln: $7,000
Nassau County Police Department (Mineola, N.Y.)
Year in which Gerald Ford modeled for the cover of Cosmopolitan: 1942
Year in which Gerald Ford modeled for the cover of Cosmopolitan: 1942
Gerald Ford Presidential Library (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Price paid at an Indiana auction last September for a 1975 Ford Escort previously owned by Pope John Paul II: $102,000
Price paid at an Indiana auction last September for a 1975 Ford Escort previously owned by Pope John Paul II: $102,000
Kruse International (Auburn, Ind.)
Percentage of Ford Explorer owners who have never taken their vehicle off-road: 87
Percentage of Ford Explorer owners who have never taken their vehicle off-road: 87
Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Mich.)
Maximum number of miles that Ford’s most fuel-efficient 2003 car can drive on a gallon of gas: 36
Maximum number of miles that Ford’s most fuel-efficient 2003 car can drive on a gallon of gas: 36
Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, Mich.)
Maximum number its 1912 Model T could: 35
Maximum number its 1912 Model T could: 35
Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, Mich.)
Amount paid last fall for a Ford Escort driven by Pope John Paul II: $680,000
Amount paid last fall for a Ford Escort driven by Pope John Paul II: $680,000
Kruse International (Auburn, Ind.)
Roughly 80 percent of U.S. cocaine was thought to be contaminated with a drug that causes skin tissues to rot.
