No Focus For Ford's Australian Plant
27 Jul 2009, 10:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford continues global restructuring with yet another production modification, this time in Australia where it will build the first-ever four-cylinder Falcon. In addition, Ford Australia confirmed th...
Ford Ends UAW Buyouts
24 Jul 2009, 14:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The only American manufacturer who have survived so far without official government support has announced today 1,000 UAW workers have accepted the company's buyouts in the last quarter and it ...
Hot Rod History
24 Jul 2009, 06:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With all the TV reality-shows now on the market, it has become all but impossible not to at least notice these oversized, overpowered monsters on wheels. Defined, usually, by their retro-look coveri...
Ford Credit Posts Q2 Profit
23 Jul 2009, 14:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford's Credit division announced today its financial results for the second quarter of the year, posting a net income of $413 million in the second quarter of 2009, an imp...
Half of UK Scrappage Money Used Up
22 Jul 2009, 13:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The British scrapping program is going impressively well and the money is slowly running out. Almost half of the cash offered by the UK government for the scrapping scheme has been used by automaker...
WWII Warbird Mustang up for Auction
21 Jul 2009, 09:10 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / In order to support a fundraiser with the occasion of the “Gathering of Eagles” war bird festival in Oshkosh, USA, Ford have prepared a special one-off aviation theme Mustang. The specia...
Ford Focus and Volvo C30 - Best in IIHS Crash Tests
21 Jul 2009, 06:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford's Focus and Volvo's C30 received the highest rating in the latest safety tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), with seven small cars and ten midsize mo...
US Ford Fiesta, Focus Still in Play
20 Jul 2009, 15:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The new Ford Fiesta and Focus models will arrive in the United States next year, just as initially planned, the company's product development chief told Reuters, hinting that the restructuring ...
US to Host Ford Transit Connect Production Starting in 2012
20 Jul 2009, 11:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Currently manufactured in Turkey, Ford Transit Connect is one of the models to be built in the United States, a move that would obviously boost production and add new staff in Ford's domestic m...
Ford Still No. 1 in UK Scrappage
17 Jul 2009, 13:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the beginning of the month, Ford proudly reported that they have received no less than 12,000 orders in the UK, an increase in consumer appetite driven forward by UK's scrappage incentive. T...
Geely to Offer $2Bn for Volvo
17 Jul 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After it repeatedly denied it had plans to buy Volvo, Chinese manufacturer Geely is now getting ready to submit a bid for Ford's Swedish subsidiary Volvo, according to a report by The Wall Stre...
Ford Makes Management Changes
17 Jul 2009, 08:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The single big American car manufacturer to have lived so far without getting to much indebted to the US government, Ford announced today the retirement of two senior executives, together with addit...
2010 Ford Taurus Designed for Better Aerodynamics
16 Jul 2009, 09:53 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Ford take pride with their latest Taurus release. The car manufacturer revealed the logic behind the muscular and expressive look of the new Taurus. Ford's Dearborn, Michigan design studio t...
Visteon Delays Employee Bonuses
16 Jul 2009, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the objection raised by Ford to its plans to award no less than $80.3 million in bonuses to employees, bankrupt part supplier Visteon announced it has delay plans to do so, for both employ...
Monster Truck Icon: Bigfoot
15 Jul 2009, 09:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In only some 40 years, the monster truck has become one of the most tasty, appealing side dish of the automotive industry. Since all automobile enthusiasts can't help drooling when hearing abou...
Teens Destroy a 2010 Mustang in Crash
14 Jul 2009, 12:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Another incident that hurts the eyes of those who see the pictures happened when three teenagers took a 2010 Ford Mustang GT for a test drive. And what a test the car went through... A classic stor...
Ford Objects Visteon Employee Incentive
14 Jul 2009, 09:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bankrupt American part supplier Visteon has setup an employee incentive program which, in Ford's opinion, is “entirely too rich, given current market and economic conditions.” The c...
Avon Tires Look to Break Record at Pikes Peak Hill Climb
14 Jul 2009, 08:22 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / British tire manufacturer Avon Rubber p.l.c. is looking to be the first tire producer to break the 10-minute barrier at the renown Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The event opening on July ...
Ford Reported Diminished Sales in Europe
13 Jul 2009, 14:27 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Ford of Europe registered a 16.3 percent drop in new car sales in the first half of 2009 in Europe, yet some good news did come from Ford's main 19 European markets, which in June saw the first...
Ford to End GM's 78-Year Supremacy, Become Top Selling US Automaker
10 Jul 2009, 14:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is losing ground in the United States and the Chapter 11 filing is probably the easiest way to prove you that. After Toyota managed to overtake GM and become the world's number 1...