The Race To The Top: Who Will Be The Most Profitable Automaker In 2011 VW OR Ford?

This is going to be an interesting race, the one to see which car company is the most profitable in the world. Will it be a big, multi-brand automaker from Germany, or a big, mostly one-brand automaker from the United States?

Will the winner be Volkswagen AG or Ford Motor Co.? Right now Ford is in the lead.

On Tuesday, Ford said it earned $2.6 billion in the first quarter (all figures in U.S. dollars). Today, VW said first-quarter profit more than tripled thanks to the success of the VW and Audi brands in China. Bloomberg reported that VW Group net income increased to 1.71 billion euros or $2.51 billion from 473 million euros a year earlier.


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Yonder7 - 4/28/2011 1:04:21 PM

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Please enlight me if i am wrong. This is not a fair comparation ....VW does not have UAW , so of course they will win by far...UAW are destroying the American Car industrie as far as I see till now but i am willing change my mind if someone can give me good reasons...

internationalmanofmystery - 4/28/2011 2:01:32 PM

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"UAW are destroying the American Car industrie as far as I see till now but i am willing change my mind if someone can give me good reasons"

Okay, CRAP and CAR! Good enough??

internationalmanofmystery - 4/28/2011 2:07:22 PM

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Check out Top Gear (European) and see and hear what they think of American "made" or branded vehicles!

Objectively compare the European build quality to the American build quality. Local car makers have given us CRAP for years and they are reaping the rewards of that! UAW has nothing to do with DESIGN and BUILD quality! The guys in the front office decide that!

internationalmanofmystery - 4/28/2011 2:09:27 PM

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Ford is making a go, but VW will win in the end. It just has too many solid entries! Not a fair fight

Neverfollow - 4/28/2011 4:58:14 PM

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And VW doesn't have a Union of their own to deal with? From what I understand, it's a pretty powerful organization. I'd say VW is still going to be the most profitable by far this year.

RS4tothefloor - 4/28/2011 7:46:58 PM

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Honestly I would probably take any of the current Ford models over the jetta and passat.

mini22 - 4/29/2011 1:08:41 PM

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I don't think the new Passat coming out of Tennesee is bad. At least you will get IRS. I'm not in love with the Fusion first restyle. I would like to see more Ford Mondeo from Europe in it.