Yes, you read the title correctly. In 2008, the year before General Motors went bankrupt, former CEO Rick Wagoner pitched a possible merger between GM and Ford to none other than Bill Ford himself, at least according to ‘Once Upon a Car: The Fall and Resurrection of America’s Big Three Automakers — G.M., Ford and Chrysler,’ by  New York Times writer Bill Vlasic. Such a merger would have given both companies a potential 38-percent share in the U.S. market, a stalwart presence globally, and of course, more money with which to stay afloat.
Obviously, Wagoner couldn’t seal the deal, but we see that as a good thing.
Source: The New York Times
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I might be mistaken. But isn’t that a scene from Detroit 1-8-7 (now cancelled)?
No synergy, Ford’s V8’s are DOHC, GM’s LS OHV. Ford and GM are both in Oceana, GM is undesputed in China, Ford undisputed in India. I could imagine such a thing in a science fiction sort of way that could possibly work. Imagine Ford building modern American/British/Aussie cars with Cadillac and Chevrolet building only the OHV Harely Davidson steampunk reproduction antique models. in this senerio Chevrolets would start around $80,000/ Cadillacs $150,000 and at substantialy less volume,being handcrafted in USA Orange County Chopper style/ not unlike BMW’s Rolls Royce but with strong United States/Canada flavor. Ford could than build reproduction 32 Ford roadsters with Chevy smallblock power, right from the factory with no contradictions.
Which would have survived: the Camaro or the Mustang?
Both, the Mustang would be free to have a twin turbo V6 with 500bhp, while the Camaro would be free to go with a 7 liter normally aspirated V8 of the same power, performance would probably be similar with a slight edge to the Camaro seeing as it would be twice as expensive in this scenerio.
Oh hell the LS would probably be stroked to an even 455ci for Chevrolet and 500ci for Cadillac and the intake manifold would be made to look like a dual plane,four barrel carb set up with direct injection and a tuned runners hidden benieth.
Why does the Mustang have to wear to training wheels?