right, but the 'current business model' started with Uncle Sam bailing out the automakers and having the workers acquiesce to lower or capped wages. The automakers said thanks, then went on about the much mentioned stock buybacks etc.. to the tune of $25B of gross profit (Ford's #) this year. So yes, if you pick this specific point in time and change nothing else, having to pay higher wages somewhat changes the equation for Ford, but it's not like they are teetering on the brink of going in the red and this in the tipping point that will doom them. we only seem to care about keeping capitalism and free markets real when it benefits corporations.
again, it's a neat trick that seemingly unaffected Americans white-knight big corporations and feel sympathy about them having to pay their employees more (who are subsequently demonized as lazy and not worth the wages). Like how a lot of Americans vote to give ultra wealthy tax breaks and against giving needy people 'handouts' or health insurance. Let's make America great again by going back to the 70's tax policies that saw the top bracket pay something like 80%.