[wmf]

A lot of IP addresses are used but not visible from the public Internet.

[nwh]

Oh I realise, I just have a hard time believing that Ford even has a tiny portion of their block allocated to anything.

[rjsw]

Ford has multiple design centres in different countries plus a lot of subcontractors who may need to connect to stuff from outside.

I can believe that they are using a large part of an /8.

[devcpp]

And normal people and smaller companies need their addresses even more.

[wmf]

Then they can bid for them.