Return to Glory: The Story of Ford’s Revival and Victory in the Toughest Race in the World

DeBord, a senior correspondent for Business Insider, takes readers inside Ford before, during and after the 2016 Le Mans race and emerges with an upbeat, feel-good business story. After steering itself back to relevance under former Boeing exec Alan Mulally, Ford made a stunning move in early 2015. The automaker released a new version of its famed GT and announced that it would run in Le Mans. The significance of this entry was clear. The 24-hour race had turned the victorious GT40 into a legend in 1966. DeBord shows how Ford, a stalwart of the sometimes old-fashioned American auto industry, learned to embrace “One Ford,” Mulally’s modern culture of collaboration and culpability, while celebrating its high-octane past. Car enthusiasts will savor the insider information, including DeBord’s interviews with key members of the new GT’s design team, whose meetings were held in a “gloomy, grungy space” like a “garage set up for hot-rodding on a semi-pro scale.” Readers from the business side will enjoy this snapshot into how an American industrial titan flourished by going back to its past as part of its future. [em](June) [/em]