May 2, 2007
PEORIA, Ill., May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ford Motor Company Fund and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), responding to 15 teen traffic fatalities in just over a year in the central Illinois community of Tazewell County, are continuing to bring the national Driving Skills for Life program to the area ... Continue reading
New MidBox Adds Storage Capacity & Versatility to the Ford F-150
May 2, 2007
DEARBORN, Mich., May 1 -- Owners of Ford F-150 pickups work as hard as their trucks do. That's why SVE Commercial Products is introducing the MidBox Professional Mobile Storage System for F-150 Regular and Supercab models. The new MidBox is Ford Motor Company's approved option for flexible, secure storage that maintain ... Continue reading
Ford Motor Company Reports April 2007 U.S. Sales
May 1, 2007
-- Ford Motor Company's U.S. sales in April were 228,623, down 13 percent from a year ago. -- New crossovers help Ford increase its share in the industry's fastest- growing category. -- Sales of the Ford Edge crossover were 9,134, and Lincoln MKX sales were 2,901. -- Land Rover sales rose 13 percent, as all-new LR2 deb ... Continue reading
American Consumers : Appeal of the Wagon
Apr 30, 2007
Washington DC April 30, 2007; The AIADA newsletter reported that in the U.S., the wagon genre isn't booming, but it has constantly held between 3 percent and 4 percent of the new-car market. Those numbers exclude car-based SUVs, sometimes called "crossovers," which might be considered wagons by some consumers. Today, A ... Continue reading
Shelby and Ford To Build 600 HP Street Rod
Apr 30, 2007
Las Vegas â April 27, 2007 â Shelby Automobiles will use newly-developed Ford Racing GT500 performance packs to help transform a limited number of 2007 and 2008 Ford Shelby GT500âs into fire breathing âSuper Snakeâ coupes. The Super Snake post-title package will include enhancements to the Ford ... Continue reading
Auto Shanghai 2007 Ends With Great Success
Apr 29, 2007
SHANGHAI, China, April 29 - Themed on 'Technology and Nature in Harmony', World Expo Group Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. announced that Auto Shanghai 2007 ended with great success on April 28. Auto Shanghai 2007 attracted over 1300 exhibitors from 21 countries and regions with a total exhibition scale of ... Continue reading
Western Automotive Journalists Shindig in Monterey Next Week
Apr 27, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO - April 27, 2007: Western Automotive Journalists, America's second largest group of working automotive journalists, will be holding their 15th annual Media Days event next week in Monterey, beginning Wednesday, May 2nd. Media Days allows all group members to drive and compare dozens of vehicles, head-2-he ... Continue reading
Ford to Participate in Goldman Sachs Annual Alternative Energy Conference
Apr 27, 2007
DEARBORN, Mich., April 26 -- On Thursday, May 3, Sue Cischke, Ford Motor Company senior vice president, Sustainability Environment and Safety Engineering, will participate in the Goldman Sachs Annual Alternative Energy Conference. The presentation will begin at 3:00 p.m. EDT and will last for approximately one hour. A ... Continue reading
2007 Ford Edge SEL Plus AWD Review
Apr 27, 2007
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2007 Ford Edge SEL Plus AWD It's no exaggeration to say the the Edge is the most important Ford vehicle since the original Explorer of 1991. But it is a very different vehicle than the Explorer. Like many - sometimes it seems like most - new vehicles today, the Edge is a crossover, ... Continue reading
Ford Beats Wall Street Expectations - Net Loss "Only" $282 Million
Apr 26, 2007
By DETROIT, April 26, 2007; Poornima Gupta writing for Reuters reported that Ford Motor Co. posted better-than-expected results on Thursday, helped by cost-cutting and improved results from its European and luxury vehicle operations, sending shares up 5 percent in early trading. Ford, which is in the midst of closing 1 ... Continue reading
Forbes' Hottest SUV's For 2007
Apr 25, 2007
Sport utility vehicles have become the family vehicles of choice for their spacious interiors and flexible cargo capacity. In recent years, sales of traditional truck-based SUVs have suffered, especially for the largest models. The new trend is crossovers â vehicles with car-like underpinnings matched with tall, s ... Continue reading
Cischke Appointed Senior Vice President and Will Lead Sustainability at Ford
Apr 24, 2007
DEARBORN, Mich., April 23 -- Ford Motor Company announced today that Susan M. Cischke has been named senior vice president and will lead the company's sustainability efforts going forward, in addition to continuing her present assignments. Her new title will be senior vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Saf ... Continue reading
Limited Edition Ford Shelby GT500 Available Soon
Apr 23, 2007
DEARBORN, Mich., April 19, 2007 â Even with demand for the most muscular Mustang ever â the Ford Shelby GT500 â at a record high, Ford is cranking up additional interest with a new, limited-edition package that adds unique visual appeal to the Shelby GT500. Enter the "Red Stripe Appearance Package," to b ... Continue reading
Ford Says Quaility on Par With Toyota
Apr 23, 2007
Dearborn MI April 23, 2007; The quality of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles is virtually equal to that of Toyota and Nissan, according to the first quarter 2007 model-year Global Quality Research System (GQRS) report. Ford, Lincoln, Mercury brand vehicles are at 1456 TGWs compared with Nissan at 1457 and Toyota at 14 ... Continue reading
2007 Ford Edge Crossover Utility Vehicle Review
Apr 20, 2007
FORD EDGE Nice But Not Edgy By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau We had the opportunity to drive the new Ford Edge in and around San Francisco last year before it was introduced to the public. Most of the assembled media, a usually critical bunch, were favorably impressed. I know I was. I was particularly f ... Continue reading
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