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Ford Offers Technology & Tips to Help Conserve Fuel

Ford Offers Technology & Tips to Help Conserve Fuel

DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 28 -- From technical innovations in a variety of products to simple ideas that help customers conserve fuel and help the environment, Ford Motor Company continues to seek ways to help reduce fuel consumption. That need for conservation was made even more urgent this week when President Bush urged ... Continue reading

2005 Henry Ford Technology Award: Recognizing Most Innovative Ford Ideas

2005 Henry Ford Technology Award: Recognizing Most Innovative Ford Ideas

· Ford Motor Company presented 64 researchers, engineers and scientists with the Henry Ford Technology Award (HFTA), the automaker’s highest level of technical achievement. · The HFTA was established as part of Ford’s effort to provide greater attention and recognition of exceptional technical contributio ... Continue reading

TriMas Corporation's Cequent Group Receives the 2005 Henry Ford Technology Award

TriMas Corporation's Cequent Group Receives the 2005 Henry Ford Technology Award

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Sept. 27 -- TriMas Corporation today announced that Cequent Electrical Products, Inc., part of the Cequent operational unit of TriMas, received the prestigious Henry Ford Technology Award for the Integrated Trailer Brake Controller (ITBC) at the annual recognition event held last evening. The H ... Continue reading

NHTSA - Saleen in Latest Recalls

NHTSA - Saleen in Latest Recalls

AUTOGENERATED, automotive, cars, vehicles, automobiles, The Auto Channel, news, tachxnoheadline ... Continue reading

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES- Las Vegas Motor Speedway

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES- Las Vegas Motor Speedway

September 24, 2005 RICK CRAWFORD-14-Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford F-150 (Finished 7th) - YOU WERE ABLE TO GAIN A FEW SPOTS ON THE FINAL FEW RESTARTS. "We got better and some trucks got worse. Actually, long runs didn't hurt us. We were the best finishing Ford and that's something we're shooting for every week. I'm glad ... Continue reading

Bill Ford Remarks On Innovation

Bill Ford Remarks On Innovation

<i>Editors Mote: Earlier this week Bill Ford Chair of the Ford Motor Company discusseed his vision of Ford'd future. Here is the complete speech.</i><p> Dearborn, Michigan<br> September 21, 2005<p> Thank you, Gerhardt. Good morning, everyone. I want to welcome the people here in the room and everyone watching on our FC ... Continue reading

Ford Delivers Fleet of Hydrogen Focus Fuel Cell Vehicles to Florida

Ford Delivers Fleet of Hydrogen Focus Fuel Cell Vehicles to Florida

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 23 -- Ford Motor Company is handing over the keys to five hybrid hydrogen Ford Focus Fuel Cell vehicles today as part of a five city 30 car program to conduct real world testing of fuel cell technology. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will get three vehicles and Progress En ... Continue reading

Survivor Melissa Etheridge Partners With Ford, Pens New Track to Help Fight Breast Cancer

Survivor Melissa Etheridge Partners With Ford, Pens New Track to Help Fight Breast Cancer

DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 22 -- * Ford has enlisted support from Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge to release a new single through http://www.fordcares.com/ to help raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. * Etheridge, diagnosed with breast ... Continue reading

Motley Rice Files Product Liability Suit Against Ford Motor Company for Defective Ford Mustang

Motley Rice Files Product Liability Suit Against Ford Motor Company for Defective Ford Mustang

MT. PLEASANT, S.C.--Sept. 19, 2005--Nationally known law firm, Motley Rice LLC, together with Egerton & Associates P.A. of Greensboro, N.C., today announced the filing of a negligence and products liability claim against Ford Motor Company and Cloniger Ford, Inc. of Salisbury, N.C. The suit was filed on September 9, 20 ... Continue reading

Insurance Industry (IIHS) Crash Tests Fail Several Minivans

Insurance Industry (IIHS) Crash Tests Fail Several Minivans

Washington DC Sepember 19, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that a test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) concluded that head restraints in some minivans do not protect people from neck injuries in rear-end crashes, but some automakers are refuting the test results. According to The Asso ... Continue reading

IIHS.Org: Only Ford Seat/Head Restraints Earn Top Rating In MiniVan Category

IIHS.Org: Only Ford Seat/Head Restraints Earn Top Rating In MiniVan Category

ARLINGTON, VA &#8212; Seat/head restraint combinations in the Ford Freestar and its twin Mercury Monterey earn good overall ratings. Those in some Dodge Grand Caravan/Chrysler Town & Country models are rated acceptable, based on recent evaluations by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety [see Addendum 1 (PDF)]. Ho ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Increases Hurricane Relief Efforts to Mobilize $6 Million in Aid to Gulf States

Ford Motor Company Increases Hurricane Relief Efforts to Mobilize $6 Million in Aid to Gulf States

* Ford provides Mobile Communications Command Center * Volvo to match dealer contributions for $500,000 * Vehicle donations increased to 275 * Jaguar/Land Rover to match dealers/employees contributions for $150,000 to charity food bank * Funds, vehicles, in-kind contributions top $6 million DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 16 -- ... Continue reading

Get an Insight into the Future Prospects for Ford Motor Company

Get an Insight into the Future Prospects for Ford Motor Company

DUBLIN, Ireland--Sept. 16, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24344) has announced the addition of Ford Motor Company 2005 Company Profile Edition 2 to their offering. Ford Motor Company, headquartered at Dearborn, Michigan (USA), manufactures and distributes automobiles, including c ... Continue reading

AutoPacific Announces 2005 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

AutoPacific Announces 2005 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

Lexus Top Brand, Maxima Top Car, Titan Top Truck TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 15 -- Results of a study released today by noted automotive consulting firm AutoPacific, Inc. reveal high owner satisfaction with new 2005 model year cars and light trucks. AutoPacific's VSA (Vehicle Satisfaction Award) study is an industry benchmar ... Continue reading

"Innovation Drive at U.S. Cellular Field:" Ford Offers Chicago Area Consumers First 'Test Drive' of New 2006 Fusion and Explorer

"Innovation Drive at U.S. Cellular Field:" Ford Offers Chicago Area Consumers First 'Test Drive' of New 2006 Fusion and Explorer

* PUBLIC WILL PUT FORD'S FUSION - THE COMPANY'S MOST IMPORTANT MID-SIZE CAR IN 20 YEARS - THROUGH ITS PACES, AND SEE THE 2006 NASCAR FUSION AS IT MAKES ITS CHICAGO AREA DEBUT * 2006 FORD EXPLORER WILL MAKE ITS CHICAGO DRIVING PREMIERE ON SPECIAL 'SUV CAPABILITY' COURSE * ATTENDEES CAN DRIVE AMERICA'S HOTTEST CAR - THE ... Continue reading

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