ehhhhhhhhhhh ford definitely been making some shady moves... just not at a level most consumers are paying attention to. You're right to say these are shady moves that they pointed out from the dealership level. They actually hammered down on the dealerships during the pandemic, not nearly hard enough but some dealerships definitely got some funding removed and deliveries of special vehicles taken away.

But ford has been quietly building an insurance company, which same with GM and that should alarm you. GM is all but forcing you to get onstar, why this matters is that collects your driving data, which sure just affects your insurance... but look at the patents that ford has been pushing through. A camera system that hints to sending your information to law enforcement, also likely directly to your insurance, not only that but it also hints at being a rolling redlight, speed and other various traffic infraction camera for everyone around you and you. Again all this going directly to law enforcement / insurance. While there are definitely some instances where this is a good thing, who knows where this is going to go. IMO it just looks shady AF when you own a car company and then you start going into insurance for said vehicles, especially with how shady american insurance is in general.