Oct 11, 2007
One Week With 2008 Ford Escape XLT By Thom Cannell Senior Editor Detroit Bureau The Auto Channel Authors Note: No attempt at completeness, simply comments on one weekâs driving experienceâbalanced against decades of experience and hundreds of comparisons. Fordâs 2008 Escape, while not drawn from a comple ... Continue reading
Oct 8, 2007
What would you pay to have the coolest car on your block? A car with the best hands-free Bluetooth speakerphone and the best text-to-speech system for reading all those hundreds of messages from your thumb-pounding friends. How about owning a car where you could have an intimate conversation with your iPodâor othe ... Continue reading
Sport Package Helps 2008 Ford Fusion Stand Out
Oct 7, 2007
DEARBORN - October 7, 2007: By Robert Musial, FCN For 2008, the Ford Fusion gets a Sport Appearance Package that helps it stand out from the pack, both inside and out. Available on the SE and SEL models, the new package lets Fusion owners add custom details to make their favorite car look even better. On the outside, t ... Continue reading
Oct 6, 2007
DEARBORN, MI - October 6, 2007 â The Ford Mustang convertible, the best-selling convertible ever, is now the first specialty sports car in history to earn the highest possible safety ratings in all New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) test modes performed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). ... Continue reading
Ford Continues Partnership with Paul Newman to Help End Hunger Across America
Oct 3, 2007
DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 2 -- Ford Motor Company and Newman's Own Foundation continued its seven-year partnership to help end hunger in America by donating seven refrigerated trucks and thousands of pounds of fresh, nutritious food for distribution to people in rural areas of the country. The truck and food donation was m ... Continue reading
Ford September 2007 N.A Sales Decline; Crossovers Soar Again
Oct 2, 2007
-- Sales of Ford's all-new and redesigned crossovers spiked 96 percent in September; year-to-date sales were up 52 percent. Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX post highest retail sales to date. -- Overall sales totaled 189,863, down 21 percent compared with a year ago; daily rental sales were down 62 percent and sales to indivi ... Continue reading
OSRAM XENON Lighting to Be Offered as a Feature on 2008 Ford Mustang
Oct 2, 2007
HILLSBORO, N.H., Oct. 1 -- OSRAM SYLVANIA, the world leader in automotive lighting, is providing D3R mercury-free XENON (high intensity discharge) lighting that will be offered as an option on the 2008 Ford Mustang. Innovative XENON lighting technology provides the brightest illumination available for automotive headla ... Continue reading
Saleen S331: A Truck That Really 'Hauls'
Sep 27, 2007
~ Saleen's New Supercharged S331 Packs a 450 Horsepower Punch, Seats Up to Five Adults and Can Tow a House ~ IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 27 -- In its first year of production, the 2007 Saleen S331 Sport Truck revived the diminishing performance truck segment with the first fully-functional, high-powered sport truck to the ma ... Continue reading
Following Chrysler's Footsteps, Ford Considers Producing Verve in China for Export
Sep 27, 2007
SHANGHAI - September 27, 2007: Ford Motors is considering following Chrysler-Chery's path to produce small cars in China for sale in international markets, a senior Ford official said recently. "Ford may start to import small cars from its new factory in China provided that these vehicles can meet Ford's quality standa ... Continue reading
Ford to Make HD Digital Radio Available Across Nearly All Product Lines
Sep 26, 2007
- Dealer-installed option available nationwide on nearly every 2008 model year Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicle - HD Digital Radio(TM) can be installed on most currently-owned vehicles built in model years 2005, 2006 and 2007 - Ford's high-definition radio strategy builds on company's effort to be among the industry's ... Continue reading
Sep 25, 2007
Carroll Shelby, Bob Bondurant, Phil Remington and other racing heroes will headline the Shelby American Collection's 11th annual celebration at its museum in Boulder on December 1, 2007. The annual holiday party honors the race history of Carroll Shelby, his legendary 1960s Shelby American Team and the automobiles they ... Continue reading
Ford's Second Manufacturing Joint Venture Inaugurates In China
Sep 25, 2007
SHANGHAI - September 25, 2007: Ford Motor Co announced the opening of its latest joint-venture (JV) vehicle manufacturing facility in China's eastern city of Nanjing yesterday, according to the state-owned Xinhua newswire. The second factory of the Detroit carmaker's joint venture with its Japanese unit Mazda Motor Co ... Continue reading
ROUSH Performance continues to pay tribute to Ford's legendary history with the 428R* Mustang
Sep 25, 2007
For Immediate Release ROUSH CONTINUES THE HOMAGE TO FORD HISTORY WITH 428R* MUSTANG LIVONIA, Mich. (September 24, 2007) - ROUSH Performance continues to pay tribute to Ford's legendary history with the 428R* Mustang, a limited edition pony car which follows in the tremendous success of their 427R* model introduced last ... Continue reading
Ford's PReVENTive and Active Safety Applications
Sep 20, 2007
PREVENT: FORD DEMONSTRATES RESULTS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR ACTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS AACHEN/VERSAILLES, September 18 2007 â Ford's European Research Centre based in Aachen, Germany, today presented its results for PReVENT, a joint research project co-funded by the EU Commission for improved road safety by means of in ... Continue reading
Ford's Sync to Change In-Car Mobile Communications
Sep 20, 2007
'TOP TEN' WAYS FORD AND LINCOLN MERCURY WILL CHANGE IN-CAR COMMUNICATIONS WITH SYNC Staying connected is a way of life now. Recent research from the Consumer Electronics Association shows there are more than 200 million mobile phones in the U.S. Ford Motor Company research also indicates customers want to stay connecte ... Continue reading
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