Ford was always a more international company than its two Detroit rivals, General Motors (GM) or Chrysler (before its takeover by the Germans). As long ago as the late 1960s, Ford of Europe was set up to add regional strength to the carmaker's European operations. It was ahead of its time and became a model for other, mainly American companies, venturing abroad. While the suits in GM'S headquarters could all have been stamped out of the same press, Ford's top management ranks have often featured executives from Britain, Argentina and Germany. But there is also an accidental reason for this: Henry Ford II's fierce temper wasted cohorts of senior managers in Detroit, leaving only generals in the provinces to survive and move up the ranks after he had gone.
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机译：福特始终比底特律的两个竞争对手通用汽车（GM）或克莱斯勒（Chrysler）（在被德国人收购之前）更具国际性。早在1960年代后期，福特欧洲公司就成立了，以在汽车制造商的欧洲业务中增强区域实力。它领先于时代，并成为其他主要是美国公司进军海外的典范。虽然通用汽车总部的诉讼全都可以从同一家媒体上剔除，但福特的高层管理人员往往都来自英国，阿根廷和德国的高管。但是，这也有一个偶然的原因：亨利·福特二世（Henry Ford II）激烈的脾气浪费了底特律的高级管理人员，只剩下他省内的将军们生存下来，升任后升职了。
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