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by modernshoggoth 5001 days ago
>(Ford)'s amazing success with low R&D expenditure (they had one engine design that ran from the 70's to the 90's with no modification or improvement despite the industry ballooning with different technologies during that time) shows how small the relationship between R&D and great products is.

And no-one ever accused Ford of making shoddy cars that fall apart the second they leave the floor... for many decades solid...