Ford - "2004 the year of the car"

Ford Motors said that today that 2004 will be the "year of the car," and should be the most profitable year since heir Bill Ford Jr. took over in 2001.

Ford said today that its pretax profit will be between $3.5 bn (€2.72 bn) and $3.8 bn (€2.95 bn) in 2004, with about a quarter of that coming from improving auto operations.