Bot,
McNamara was not ALWAYS wrong; just most of the time, politically.
Some of his sucesses--
The Ford Falcon was McNamara's car. Small, efficient, solid, if unimaginative. More importantly, they sold millions of them and made FoMoCo a boatful of money. The Falcon was the most sucessful new car launch since............well guess. In fact, the Falcon's launch has only been bettered by one other car,.....guess again.

McNamara was also behind the decision to make the T-Bird into a 4 passenger car. Now, all you 2 seater purists, don't go crazy here. With the economy in recession (remember the Edsel), and poor sales ( although better than the 'Vette), the choice was not a 4 door or a 2 door T Bird. The choice was a 4 door T Bird, or NO T Bird. MacNamara's decision preserved the T Bird as a car line.

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