Episode 697 - Stock Market Woes, Lincoln's Revival, Maybach in Holding Pattern

Published: Aug. 8, 2011, 4:22 p.m.

The stock market is hurting big time but for the automakers times have been great in 2011, worldwide sales in the first half hit 39 million units even despite the disaster in Japan. Lincoln looks like it's just about to break through, and with new designs from Ford's luxury division, styling will play a big part. The world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano, is sliding, rather plummeting, in sales. To the tune of 50 percent! Putting a dent the company's profits. All that and more, plus Ford's head of vehicle electrification, Nancy Gioia shares a lesson that helped her career at Ford!