Tagged “Ford”

  • Ford confirms Fiesta for U.S. in early 2010

    The Big Three Detroit carmakers are struggling right now, but their plans for the future are still bright, or at least optimistic - perhaps all the more so thanks to the focusing nature of the current...

  • Senate rejects auto industry bailout plan

    The U.S. Senate rejected an emergency bill to provide billions of dollars of aid to the Detroit 3 carmakers late on Thursday, dashing the hopes of General Motors and Chrysler, both of which may run ou...

  • Official details for production Ford Focus RS

    Ford’s upcoming Focus RS sports hatch was first revealed in concept form at the London Motor Show back in July, and then again at the Paris Motor Show, but development work is coming to an end and s...

  • Sweden offers $3.4 billion package to auto industry

    The U.S. House of Representatives has just passed the $14 billion loan bill and it's now headed to the Senate, but that's not the end of the story. Lawmakers in Sweden have proposed their own aid pack...

  • Ford hoping to distance itself from Detroit rivals

    The demise of the Detroit 3 is unsurprisingly tarnishing the image of American carmakers, however Ford executives are hoping to distance themselves from their neighbors, General Motors and Chrysler, b...

  • Ford appoints new performance vehicles chief

    Ford Motors is stepping up its efforts in performance vehicles, with a senior employee being appointed to the newly created position of Director of Global Performance Vehicles and Motorsport Business...

  • Report: Ford seeking $6 billion from Volvo sale

    Ford recently announced that it was opening up consideration of 'strategic options' for its Volvo brand, reversing repeated denials that the Swedish carmaker would be sold. According to the latest rep...

  • GM CEO will head to Washington in a Chevrolet Volt

    Previously we reported that GM CEO Rick Wagoner would be driving a Malibu hybrid to Washington for this week's auto industry bailout hearings, however it has come to light that he will actually be dri...