Exactly. And also the only known time the Germans ever have been known to back down from the French...
The point is, it's already happened and the threat of lawsuit (by Peugeot) to protect their brand ID made Porsche back down. I dunno if the Italians will back down here, but if Ford threatens (which if they're smart, they will to protect their trademark on the best-selling passenger truck in history), they'll almost certainly need to...