Tungsten Silver GT Helps Celebrate Historic Wins at LeMans
Mar 24, 2005
By: Brad Nevin | Ford Communications Network More news from the New York International Auto Show: Go-Fast Mustang Fans Get Their Fix , Ford Gives the High-Performance World a Shot of Adrenalin, The High Performance Mantra at Ford: More SVT Products, Faster, Jaguar Super V8 Portfolio is the New Height of Sophistication, ... Continue reading
NHTSA to Investigate More Than 3.7 Million Ford Motor Co. Pickups, SUVs for Defect
Mar 23, 2005
WASHINGTON March 23, 2005; Ken Thomas writing for the AP reported that Federal regulators said Wednesday they are investigating more than 3.7 million Ford Motor Co. pickups and sport utility vehicles because of a defect in a cruise control switch that already has led to a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Adm ... Continue reading
GT500 reborn as a modern thoroughbred: Shelby, SVT create most powerful Mustang ever
Mar 23, 2005
The most powerful factory-built Ford Mustang in history takes to the street next year, following a unique collaboration between performance car legend Carroll Shelby and the Ford Special Vehicle Team (SVT). Ford took the wraps off the 450-plus-horsepower Ford Shelby Cobra GT500 show car at the New York International Au ... Continue reading
Polk Reports 2004 Record Year For Convertibles, Sebring Still Tops
Mar 21, 2005
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 21 -- Convertible registrations in the U.S. reached record levels in 2004, with a 6.3 percent increase over last year and total registrations reaching 315,306, according to R. L. Polk & Co., surpassing the 2001 record of 309,741. The Chrysler Sebring repeated as the top-selling convertible in 2 ... Continue reading
Incident at Severstal Steel at Ford Rouge Center
Mar 21, 2005
DEARBORN, Mich., March 21 -- Following is a statement from Ford: Earlier today a steel hauling unit owned by Severstal Steel was transporting molten steel and became lodged exiting a storage bay on Severstal property. As reported to Ford, molten steel sloshed out of the carrier causing at least one of the carrier's tir ... Continue reading
CARL EDWARDS WINS FIRST NEXTEL CUP RACE
Mar 20, 2005
· Carl Edwards captured his first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory with today’s win at Atlanta. · Edwards becomes the 74th different driver to win a Cup race in a Ford. · The last driver to register his first NNC win in a Ford was Greg Biffle when he triumphed at the Pepsi 400 at Daytona in 2003. · The last t ... Continue reading
Mar 20, 2005
The Ford Mustang's the Shaker 500 and Shaker 1000 sound systems produce a "booming" sound and feel. For more information on the Mustang, visit fordvehicles.com. DEARBORN, Mich., March 18, 2005 -- Take one look at the 2005 Ford Mustang and you'll want to roll in it. Take one listen and you'll want to rock. That's becaus ... Continue reading
Letter from Europe - Old Friends in Geneva; Test Drives Odessey Honda ; Hyundai Tucson
Mar 17, 2005
By Andrew Frankl, European Bureau Chief Geneva 2005 It was snowing in Nice and it was snowing in Geneva. The line for taxis in sub zero temperatures was long and when I eventually got into something I can only describe as Eurotrash the driver nearly spun into the Lake, Michael Schumacher he most certainly was not! Stil ... Continue reading
Ford to Increase Mustang Production to Meet Runaway Consumer Demand
Mar 17, 2005
* Ford will increase Mustang production to 192,000 in 2005 - 80,000 more than in 2004 * 2005 Mustang is the hottest-selling car in the industry * Nearly one out of every two sports cars sold in U.S. is a Mustang DEARBORN, Mich., March 17 -- What's an auto company to do when demand for a hot model exceeds supply? Give t ... Continue reading
IIHS REPORT: The Risk of Death While Driving Different Vehicles
Mar 15, 2005
CLICK HERE FFor IIHS Tables The driver died in the crash. So did many other passenger vehicle drivers during 2000-03, but the risk of death isn’t the same in one vehicle compared with another. Car, minivan, SUV, and pickup truck models vary widely in the likelihood of dying in a crash. The average driver death ra ... Continue reading
Board Awards Ford's Ford $18 million and Ford's Padilla $6.8 Million Bonus' in Shares
Mar 14, 2005
DETROIT, March 14, 2005; Reuters reported that Ford Motor Co. granted Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford Jr. $18 million in restricted shares and stock options in compensation last week, the automaker said on Monday. For last year's performance, the automaker's board awarded Bill Ford with 600,720 restricte ... Continue reading
GARDEMEISTER EXTENDS FORD'S SCORING RECORD IN MEXICO
Mar 14, 2005
BP-Ford World Rally Team drivers Toni Gardemeister and Jakke Honkanen finished sixth on the Corona Rally Mexico today to extend Ford's record-breaking points scoring tally to 47 rallies with the Focus RS World Rally Car. The Finns maintained their 100 per cent record in this season's FIA World Rally Championship and ed ... Continue reading
Mar 11, 2005
By Steve Purdy Shunpiker Productions You’ve seen the ads. The new Ford Five Hundred smoothly navigates its way down a city street, eerily lit by spotty streetlights, dodging other cars sliding all around. Stability is the message – with tag line something about “the road ahead.” In one context s ... Continue reading
Mar 11, 2005
WIXOM, Mich. March11, 2005; The AP reported that Ford Motor Co. plans to lay off about 200 employees, or 11 percent of the work force, at its Wixom Assembly Plant when it stops making the Ford Thunderbird this summer, a company spokeswoman said Friday. Anne Marie Gattari said the affected workers will be offered jobs a ... Continue reading
Ray and T-Bird Gone- Say Ta Ta to the T-Bird - 2005 Model Swan Song
Mar 11, 2005
DETROIT March 9, 2005; Dee-Ann Durbin writing for the AP reported that we had fun, fun, fun 'til Ford took the T-bird away. Again. Ford Motor Co. said Thursday the 2005 model year will be the last for the current-generation Ford Thunderbird, a retro-styled convertible that went on sale in August 2001. Ford had planned ... Continue reading
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