The Man Who Saved Ford
鈥淲e invite guests every week to sit in on the meeting in Dearborn,鈥?Mulally said. 鈥淲e introduce the guests, who sit behind the team member that invited them, and we ask them for their reflections and thoughts. The guests might be an engineer or someone from down on the factory floor. So, all this data is flowing up, but then all the results are also flowing down. It is going back and forth every week at these meetings. And at the end of the meeting, the comments you hear from the guests make your eyes water. They say, 鈥楳y gosh, this is so big, so vast. We鈥檙e in every country. Mullaly knew Ford needed new products to survive. Its lineup was tired, in places, and some of Ford鈥檚 product decisions had been shortsighted, in Mulally鈥檚 view. Take the Ford Taurus, a car that revolutionized the automobile design process in the late 1980s when it was developed.
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From the outside, the changes are subtle but extensive. There are new headlights with a Discovery daytime running light signature. Add in a new grille with a lower and wider mouth, and the visual mass of the car is pushed further down to portray a sportier SUV. The rear gains new LED tail-lights with dynamic indicators and a new bumper. Land Rover will also offer 21-inch wheels for the first time on the Discovery Sport. The interior is where most of the changes have taken place, with the centre console, infotainment and instrument cluster systems replaced with significantly more modern iterations. The switchgear is all new and far more modern, even the steering wheel has been switched out for one from a Range Rover. In fact, that鈥檚 perhaps the biggest change to this car. The seats are comfortable and there is a ton of room in the second row, so this car can definitely fit five adults if it needs to.
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