MARK FIELDS VERSUS PHIL MARTENS: No contest. Just as | pondered whether the Glasshouse was big enough for these two healthy egos came the news that Martens had “left” the Blue Oval for a top job at Plastech Engineering. Hmm. Leaving a glamorous, high-profile role at an automaker for work at a supplier. Doesn’t sound like a career move of choice, although Bob Lutz did bounce back from Exide to land at GM…The smart money has long said Fields is Ford’s next CEO. But does he really have what it takes? Like a lot of Ford fast trackers, he’s moved up the ladder before results at his last job were known. Most recently Ford of Europe/Premier Automotive Group chief, he can claim a 31.9-percent jump in U.S. sales for Land…
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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2006