>Mr. Splendore,
Your prompt response to my email encouraging Ford to restore its presence in Ridgewood by granting Ken Smith the opportunity to continue representing your brand as was formally done by Village Ford, is most appreciated
It is reassuring that you “feel” Ford is represented properly in Bergen County. Would you say the same for your Lincoln brand if Ken Smith where to go out of business in Ridgewood because Ford Motor Co. had limited their options in the marketplace; first, by eliminating half their product base with the demise of your Mercury brand and then by refusing them the ability to sell your Ford brand?
Having been raised in the suburbs of Detroit, I watched as the domestic auto industry was felled to its knees by the end of the 70’s for making cars that rusted like tin cans, were so massive they got only10 miles per gallon and quite frankly were ugly as sin. It is only now that Detroit’s auto industry has caught up to the Germans and Japanese in a bid to rectify those past liabilities and perceptions. But what truly led to the Detroit’s decline, was its arrogance. One hopes that Ford, in its bid to survive in the market, doesn’t cut off its nose to spite its face by forcing dealerships out of business for lack of product. It is one thing if a dealer can’t sell cars but totally another for it to be strangled by corporate simply because it didn’t exist on a highway.
All the best,
Ridgewood Resident
*the letter writer ask to have there name with held