dollars?
2006-08-21 18:05:58 · 7 answers · asked by charly 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Hint: It involved a foreign country...
2006-08-23 18:19:31 · update #1
IT INVOLVED A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
2006-08-27 05:38:33 · update #2
The answer is: He invested heavily in a rubber tree plantation in Amazonia.
It failed miserably.
2006-08-28 17:43:17 · update #3
His support for Nazism and the publishing of the "protocals of zion?" If you are talking about his failure to stop manufacturing the Model-T he really had stopped that in the 20's when he tried to produce the Model-A (development beginning in 1926) and he was also a failure in that he did not understand the importance of Advertising. He actually did alot of pretty stupid things which is why GM eventually surpassed him during his life-time to become the number one automaker in the world.
2006-08-21 18:13:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He made the Model T without change until no one would buy it any longer. Then he had to shut down the plant and completely re-tool to manufacture the Model A
2006-08-22 01:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by Laura 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't he invest real heavily in Direct Current as a power source for electricity? Lost a bundle...not sure if it equals two hundred million in today's money...
2006-08-22 01:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never heard that and no Ford expert, but I did know when he refused to upgrade his cars with the competition he lost millions, as well his slowness in increasing color and comfort options,
2006-08-22 01:12:19 · answer #4 · answered by AJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He made antisemitic comments.
2006-08-22 01:22:10 · answer #5 · answered by LivingLife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He made cars for the Nazis!
2006-08-28 18:36:43 · answer #6 · answered by Redeemer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he might have not taken any patent for his invention.
Is it?
2006-08-27 08:48:47 · answer #7 · answered by Ω Nookey™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋