Seventh Fleet Victory for Ford Transit Connect at ACFO Awards
Nov 25, 2009
Ford Transit Connect has won Light Van of the Year in ACFO's Fleet Car and Vans Awards for the seventh successive year ... Continue reading
Ford Focus RS Is the Nuts Car of the Year
Nov 24, 2009
The Ford Focus RS continues to impress the critics, with the award of another major title - the Nuts magazine Car of the Year 2009 trophy ... Continue reading
Ford Presents 2009 'Wise' Prize to Zoe Burton
Nov 23, 2009
Engineering student Zoe Burton is the seventh winner of the FORD WISE (Women Into Science and Engineering) prize, the annual award that recognises exceptional women studying engineering and promotes engineering as a career ... Continue reading
Ford Vans Top UK Reliability Survey
Nov 23, 2009
Ford has been named as Britain's most reliable van manufacturer in an authoritative survey of more than one million vehicles. ... Continue reading
Ford Declared a Fleet Hero by Energy Saving Trust
Nov 20, 2009
Ford won the innovation prize for its fuel saving technologies at the 2009 Fleet Hero Awards run by the Energy Saving Trust ... Continue reading
IIHS 2010 Top Safety Picks - VIDEO ENHANCED
Nov 18, 2009
27 winners of 2010 Top Safety Pick award; new requirement to win is good rating for protection in rollovers ARLINGTON, VA â Nineteen cars and 8 SUVs earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2010 For the first time, good performance in a roof strength test to measure protection in ... Continue reading
2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Review
Nov 17, 2009
âThe most fuel efficient mid size sedan in Americaâ is Fordâs tag line for the Fusion Hybrid. Rated at 36-mpg on the highway and 41 in the city by the EPA, the Fusion is certainly ahead of the pack. You might get a little better mileage with the Jetta TDI (diesel), but thatâs a smaller car costing a ... Continue reading
Ford Fusion Named 2010 MOTOR TREND Car of the Year
Nov 17, 2009
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 17 -- -- The 2010 Ford Fusion is MOTOR TREND magazine's pick for its prestigious Car of the Year® award -- The Fusion bested a field of 23 contenders - including the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class - to win the prominent award -- Fusion is now among America's to ... Continue reading
Ford Focus RS is Scots' Favourite
Nov 16, 2009
Ford Focus RS has won the "sporting" category at the 12th annual Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW) Awards in St Andrew's, Scotland ... Continue reading
EcoBoost Engine Attracts Younger Buyers to Ford; Drives Higher Conquest Sales
Nov 13, 2009
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 13 -- -- EcoBoost(TM) engine technology is attracting younger customers to Ford dealer showrooms; Ford Taurus SHO buyers are 10-plus years younger than base Taurus buyers -- EcoBoost is luring customers of competitive products, with Taurus SHO holding the second-highest conquest rate in its segmen ... Continue reading
2009 Ford Fusion In America's Top 10 Selling Vehicles, No. 1 Selling Domestic Car
Nov 12, 2009
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 12, 2009 â Soaring sales of the Ford Fusion have made 2009 already a record-breaking year for Americaâs most fuel-efficient midsize sedan. Sales for 2009 already have reached 151,137 units, eclipsing the previous Fusion full-year sales high of 149,552 in 2007. Importantly, Fusion sales a ... Continue reading
Ford Active Park Assist Technology Wins Popular Science 2009 'Best Of What's New' Award
Nov 12, 2009
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 12 -- -- Ford Motor Company has won a 2009 "Best of What's New" award for Active Park Assist, which uses ultrasonic-based sensors to help drivers parallel park with the touch of a button -- Active Park Assist is another example of Ford's continuing commitment to deliver industry-leading solutions ... Continue reading
Kbb.com Reports: New-Car Shoppers Show Increased Interest in Audi, Ford, Hyundai
Nov 12, 2009
Latest Market Intelligence Shows Significant Year-over-Year Gains in Brand Consideration, kbb.com Traffic IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 12 -- According to the latest Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com Market Intelligence Brand Watch study and Market Watch report, over the past year in-market new-car shoppers have shown increased inte ... Continue reading
Nov 11, 2009
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 Ford Fusion SEL How's your memory? Do you remember the time before SUVs? Back then, "car" likely meant sedan, and most likely it was mid-sized. From its introduction in the mid-1980s, the Ford Taurus was the class benchmark. And then from the early 90s, it seemed that Ford, li ... Continue reading
Ford Teams Up to Develop Wheat Straw-Reinforced Plastic; New Biomaterial Debuts in 2010 Ford Flex
Nov 11, 2009
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 11 -- -- Ford Motor Company, working with academic researchers and supplier A. Schulman, has become the first automaker to develop and use wheat straw-reinforced plastic in its vehicles. This world-first application, which is on the third-row storage bins of the 2010 Ford Flex, reduces petroleum u ... Continue reading
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