David Thursfield: Ford's low-profile star

MR

By:

Mark Rechtin

January 14, 2002 05:00 AM

LONDON - Few people outside Ford Motor Co. know who David Thursfield is. In fact, few people within Ford know much about David Thursfield, either.

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