https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2009/05/07/shocker-ford-beats-government-motors-in-q1/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 08:25:51 -0400<![CDATA[&#8220;Beats&#8221; being a relative term of the amount of red ink, of course.  Oddly, the New York Times and the AP neglected to mention this rather notable occurance, but BizzyBlog did the work that American journalists apparently won&#8217;t &#8212; research.  For the first time in 80 years, Ford outsold GM, bringing in a topline number of $24.8 billion in sales, against the bailed-out automaker&#8217;s $22.4 billion.  Both companies had severe reductions in global sales over 2008&#8217;s Q1 figures, with Ford losing almost $15 billion in revenue &#8212; and GM over $20 billion.]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:12:11 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2009/05/07/shocker-ford-beats-government-motors-in-q1-n161822