Ford News

Ford held talks with more than 300 plant managers and UAW officials in Detroit on Friday to discuss the future of manufacturing in North America and the shift from trucks and SUVs to cars. Other topics included the need for targeted buyouts of Ford’s manufacturing workforce and the...

The timing of the U.S. Department of Energy's $30 million plug-in hybrid funding announcement indicates it has been in the works for quite some time, but coming right on the heels of Ford's call for a government commitment to the technology, it looks like the Blue Oval got just what it wanted. The...

Ford sees the survival of the American car industry resting on the backs of advanced hybrid and battery technologies, and has called on the government to make their advancement ‘a national priority.’ The comments came from Ford’s president of the Americas, Mark Fields, who told...

Last month we reported that Ford would bring its European Kuga crossover and C-Max MPV to North America after the launch of the new Fiesta and next-generation Focus, and now latest reports claim Ford is set to retool its U.S. truck plans to build smaller passenger vehicles, including several...

A tax credit that makes it more affordable for American carmakers and companies in many other industries throughout the U.S. to invest in their respective research and development cycles expired at the end of 2007. The bill that would have reinstated it failed to pass the Senate by 10 votes...

Rising fuel prices and demand for smaller vehicles are hitting sales of big SUVs and pickup trucks the hardest, and with the segment expected to shrink by about 500,000 units this year the launch of the next-generation Ford F-150 and Dodge Ram pickups couldn’t come at a worse time. Pickup...

Late last month reports from Germany were claiming Ford’s next-generation Mondeo sedan, due around 2012-13, would be given the four-door coupe treatment, and now we have a new rendering of the what the popular midsizer could look like. New reports claim the four-door will be a premium variant...

Ford recently celebrated production of its nine millionth Mustang but the carmaker is in no rush to add to that tally with news it will only build 45,000 examples of its iconic muscle car for the 2009 model year. This figure may seem like a lot but in just the first five months of this year Ford...

Strong demand for the Ford Focus in the U.S. has led management to boost production numbers of the car by 30% for the remainder of the year. The latest announcement reaffirms the growing shift in consumer demand towards smaller and more fuel-efficient vehicles and is a trend most carmakers in the...

Rising fuel prices and greater concerns for the environment have seen sales of large SUVs and pickups fall sharply in the U.S., with even the country’s long-time sales champion, the Ford F-150 pickup, fall to fifth place below the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and Camry, and the Honda Accord in...

Despite fears of a worsening economy, rising fuel prices and shifting demand for smaller cars, Ford won’t be scaling back sales targets for its latest 2009 models such as the upcoming Flex crossover and the recently launched Lincoln MKS sedan. Last month Ford announced that it would cut...

Last month we reported that Ford was likely to add a new pickup model positioned below the top-selling F150 but based around the same mechanicals. New reports claim there will be at least two new small pickups, one based on the F-150, as previously reported, as well as a new model to replace the...

More than 8,600 orders have been placed for the 2009 Lincoln MKS even though the car isn’t set to go on sale officially until the end of the month. The large number of pre-orders has been attributed to Lincoln's non-traditional marketing techniques in promoting the car such as revealing full...

Ford today completed the sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover operations to Tata Motors after first announcing the Indian carmaker as the next owner back in March. The sale is the culmination of Ford’s decision last August to explore strategic options for the Jaguar and Land Rover businesses, as...

The past decade hasn't been a success story for any of the Big Three American automakers, and the past year has been particularly tough. But as new, more fuel-efficient models and revised union contracts come into play starting in 2010, Detroit thinks it has a future worth looking forward to. Sales...

Ford is continuing with its aggressive turnaround plan in its bid to recover from multi-billion dollar losses in 2007, with the latest measure, announced on Wednesday, set to shed more than 2,000 of its full-time salary jobs in North America. We’ve already seen Ford cut the number of its...

Having already cut close to a quarter of its North American employees in its bid to return to profitability, Ford has told its remain staff that more job cuts are set to come and this time it would be the fulltime salary employees getting the boot. During a meeting with employees from its marketing...

The future of Mercury, one of Ford's subsidiary brands, is once again the subject of open speculation and this time its Mercury's own dealers that are asking Ford the tough questions. Members of the Lincoln Mercury National Dealer Council have asked Ford to reveal their plans for Mercury in order...

Mercedes-Benz started the four-door coupe trend when it launched the original CLS back in 2004 and since then we’ve seen the introduction of the new Volkswagen CC plus prototypes of the upcoming Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide coupe-sedans. Ford, too, is rumored to have joined the...

High fuel prices are not going away in the United States - or anywhere else for that matter - and Ford is finally realizing it can't continue to sell as many pickup trucks and large SUVs as it has in the past. The first quarter's unexpected $100 million profit notwithstanding, all the markers are...