Forum Overview :: American McGee's Honda Civic :: Ford shares are now cheaper than a gallon of gas.

[quote name="Fussbett"]And closing in on being cheaper than a litre of gas too! <a href="http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081009/AUTO01/810090430" target="det">Detroit News</a> has other fun American carmaker comparisons like... [quote]A decade ago, GM was the largest company in America. Ford was the second, as ranked by Fortune magazine. Today, toy carmaker Mattel Inc. is worth almost $2 billion more than GM. [/quote][quote]The Ford family's special Class B shares were worth $586 million five months ago. Today, they are worth less than $189 million. They were worth $2.25 billion when Bill Ford Jr. took over in 1999.[/quote][/quote]