????福特首席財務官鮑勃?尚克斯上周表示，他“對目前的資金流動表示滿意”。第二季度結束時,，福特擁有超過250億美元的現(xiàn)金,。

????眾所周知，重建或白手起家創(chuàng)立一個奢侈汽車品牌的代價高昂,，花費將以數(shù)十億計,。福特首席市場官吉姆?法雷表示，實現(xiàn)這個過程需要花上25年的時間,。

????不過,，無法維持或運轉奢侈品牌的汽車制造商一致認為自己會在經(jīng)濟上處于不利地位。奢侈汽車能夠獲取不成比例的極大利潤,，可以用來擴張市場、支持新型汽車和技術的研發(fā),。

????福特的智囊團不難發(fā)現(xiàn)通用在重建凱迪拉克之舉中獲益了多少,。福特這家汽車制造商的銀行賬戶狀況已經(jīng)開始好轉，很快就將采取一系列大膽的舉措,，將林肯重新帶回汽車界的舞臺,。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

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????Ford CFO Bob Shanks announced a week ago that he is "comfortable with the present liquidity," with more than $25 billion in cash at the end of the second quarter. Ford aims to maintain investment-grade status through a down cycle in the industry.

????Fixing a luxury car brand or building one from scratch is notoriously costly, measured in multiple billions of dollars. Jim Farley, Ford's chief marketing officer, has said the process could take 25 years.

????But any automaker that fails to maintain or operate a luxury brand will sentence itself to a permanent financial disadvantage. Luxury vehicles generate disproportionate profits, which can be used to expand markets or support the development of new vehicles and technologies.

????The brain trust at Ford doesn't have to look far to see how much GM has accomplished in its move to fix Cadillac. And with its bank accounts on the mend, the automaker soon could be taking its own series of bold actions to bring Lincoln back.