The big difference here, however, is that
1) Imeo is not a professional business, catering the needs of people not knowing him or his business when they
buy, yet. He is a small business man, and hes not claming to be anything than that. His expenses are his expenses. Ford gets money from the state to develop its product - so Ford also gets ordered by the state to withdraw their product. It might not say so in the newspapers, but thats what goes on. Dont think Ford's doing it, because theyre being nice.
2) The GG is a new product, on a new market, where as ford by now should have figured out how to make cars that dont burst into flames
3) The reason Ford can call a million cars back and still live as a business is... oh ...wait, they cant. Hm. Last time i checked, Ford wasnt doing that well, actually. *Huh* wonder why.