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Tuesday, Nov 17
Ford Fusion named Motor Trend car of the year
The 2010 Ford Fusion was named Motor Trend magazine's car of the year Tuesday, beating out the Toyota Prius, BMW 7-Series, Chevrolet Camaro and others in the closely watched competition. It was yet another accolade for Ford Motor Co.'s midsize sedan,...
Ford Fusion Motor Trend Car of Year
DETROIT -- The Ford Fusion is Motor Trend magazine's car of the year. The 2010 Fusion beat out 22 competitors, including the redesigned Toyota Prius, the BMW 7-Series and the Chevrolet Camaro. Motor Trend says the mid-size Fusion offers good...
Edsel to be celebrated half-century after demise
Before the Ford Pinto, AMC Pacer and Chevy Chevette, there was the Edsel. It was a vision of Detroit at its mid-20th century worst, an overhyped, overpriced automotive monstrosity produced by the Ford Motor Co. The oval front grill was ridiculous --...
Bickford: Consumer Reports tests features of hybrid cars
The Toyota Prius has dominated the market for hybrid cars, and for the last eight years has been Consumer Reports' top pick "green" car. Now there's a redesigned Prius, as well as another promising new hybrid — the Ford Fusion. Consumer Reports...
Friday, Nov 13
Ford's top sales analyst says small cars will be biggest US market segment by 2013
DETROIT (AP) — Small car sales will continue to grow in the U.S. and likely will become the largest segment of the market by 2013, according to Ford Motor Co.'s top sales analyst. George Pipas told the Automotive Press Association in Detroit Friday...
Thursday, Nov 12
Ford says it sold record number of Fusion sedans
Motor Co. said Thursday that its Fusion midsize sedan has already broken the model's annual sales record even though U.S. auto sales have dropped 25 percent. Ford sold 151,137 Fusions through Wednesday, beating the full-year sales record of 149,552...
Wednesday, Nov 11
Ford Flex: More than just muscle
In only its second year of production, changes have come to the family-friendly Ford Flex. This vehicle, designed as an alternative to the minivan, demonstrates the extreme practicality of the box. The Flex seats seven comfortably and has lots of cargo...
Tuesday, Nov 3
Oct. sales better for most car makers, led by Hyundai; GM posts 1st monthly gain in 21 months
DETROIT (AP) — GM reported its first monthly gain in U.S. sales in almost two years while Toyota and Ford also improved, a sign the auto industry it starting to crawl back from a yearlong slump. Demand for new cars and crossovers in October...
Ford's new models lead to stronger October sales
SAN FRANCISCO Ford Motor Co. surprised Wall Street for a second day on Tuesday, posting an improvement in October U.S. sales in the wake of its upbeat earnings report a day earlier. Ford shares jumped more than 8 percent on Monday after the Dearborn,...
Monday, Nov 2
Ford reports $1 billion 3Q profit; says it will be 'solidly profitable' in 2011
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a "solidly profitable" 2011. The automaker...
Ford swings to profit as sales beat target
SAN FRANCISCO Ford Motor Co. shares jumped 10 percent in early trading Monday after the automaker reported a surprising third-quarter profit and painted a rosier outlook for 2011. At last check, Ford stock was up 69 cents at $7.69 and has now soared more...
For Ford, a billion-dollar battle is won, not the war
It's a happy day singular in Dearborn and justifiably so as Ford Motor Co. basks in its report of a boffo $1-billion third-quarter profit. It is not yet time, however, for a boisterous "happy days (plural) are here again" celebration, as if the dark...
Sunday, Nov 1
Canadian Ford union workers agree to freeze base wages, reduce paid time off, cut bonus
OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) — Union workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Canadian division have backed a cost-cutting agreement that the Canadian Auto Workers reached with the automaker last week. The contract modifications that cover 7,000 workers include no...
Meltdown 101: Ford has more bright spots than its US rivals, but challenges are down the road
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has been riding a wave of positive public sentiment since it steered clear of bankruptcy protection and avoided taking federal bailout money — unlike its crosstown rivals, General Motors Co. and Chrysler LLC....
Friday, Oct 30
Ford scores high marks for reliability in key study
SAN FRANCISCO For the first time in five years, a sedan rolled out by a U.S. car company has managed to topple the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord in a closely watched reliability study released this week. Riding high praise for its Fusion and Milan...
Better 'Muscle' Engines Key to Detroit's Future and Climate?
JIM TANKERSLEY Reporting from Dearborn, MI In an upstairs test lab at the world headquarters of Ford Motor Company, engineers in white coats are revving up a turbocharged engine that screams with the muscle car power that once made Detroit the envy of...
Tuesday, Oct 27
Consumer Reports: Asian cars dominate in reliability but Fords score well
While Toyota's youth-oriented Scion brand finished first for the second year in a row, several Ford models, including the midsize Ford Fusion and its cousin, the Mercury Milan, consistently have been at or near the top of their classes, a trend that led...
