As I read it the comment was made by one of the female Ford heirs of which there are many, not by a spokesperson for Ford Motor Company itself. The Ford heirs as a group own 40% of Ford stock I think it is so whether or not one could say Ford Motor Company said something just because an heir did would be an individual interpretation. Given that Ford's bread and butter vehicle is the F150 I'd bet the folks at the motor company groaned when the remark by Martha Firestone Ford made the press. The reporter who wrote the article as if the company itself made the statement was out of line in my opinion.
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