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This is a company with a $54B market cap and a 2015 pre-tax net income of $10B out of $150B in revenue. Yeah, I think they can spare an extra $55,000 now and again.

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Exactly. In fact, $200,000 is a rounding error for a company with $150B in revenue.

Can spare sure, but this looks more like how a middle manager can quietly hand 50k to a friend.

I get it now. What a story.

Given that the car was a freebie for referring 11 Model S sales I doubt it was a friend.. See http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/20/11466810/tesla-model-x-for...

My guess is that this was the first one Ford was able to buy at any price....

Yea, I think this is a case of looks sketchy but is fine. Still, journalism often focuses on the interesting even if it's not that big a deal.

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