2009 Mazda 6 A Crucial Launch (AutoSpies.com)

Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally's crisis is Mazda Motor Corp. CEO Hisakazu Imaki's opportunity. The two men are partners in moving the second-largest U.S. automaker away from the trucks and large sport utility vehicles consumers are shunning in the face of $4-a-gallon gasoline. Ford, which saved Mazda from near-bankruptcy 12 years ago, owns a third of the Hiroshima-based ...