It's Been 9 Years Now...

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Back in 1998, a new brand emerged. The name was resurrected from its start back in 1932. It then, was an American company, still today arguably the first company to build such a product. But its competitor for first in the business sold well and thus took the title, and has been continuously in business since. But the resurrected name is now a subdivision of what also was an American icon in the industry. Both now are owned by a company world renowned for making some of the finest cars ever - Mercedes-Benz, a German manufacturer. Given that the Sterling still has the body lines of its original creator, I still refer to them as such, knowing all the while that even the manufacturing facilities are non-American. Yet the company that started this bold and innovative line is still in business today. Many generations were clothed and fed by this company through this particular division they once had. I feel dismayed that the company sold this division, let alone to foreign interest. Am I the only one still mad at Ford for doing so? Seems an American dynasty should stay such or at least when it no longer is, it should not even resemble the original. What do you think?