Ford's Secret Weapon: the RUTH Robot
17 Dec 2009, 07:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Human touch is extremely difficult cu replicate in a lab. However, the engineers at Ford have developed a robot known as RUTH (Robotized Unit for Tactility and Haptics) to help them refine various t...
Renault's Logan Becomes Russia's Best-Selling Model
14 Dec 2009, 07:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault's budget-minded Logan managed to overtake Ford Focus and snatch the leading position in the top-selling foreign car chart in Russia. According to data provided by Autonews, the Logan is...
October Brought Ford of Europe's Highest Sales in 12 Years
12 Nov 2009, 08:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / October was one of the strongest months for Ford, the only large Detroit automaker who hasn't requested financial support from the US government. The company sold a total of 121,000 vehicles in...
Ford Focus SVP to Be Released in China
16 Oct 2009, 08:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford Focus is already a successful model in China and, in order to benefit from this fact, Ford's local joint venture with Changan will roll out the SVP version of the car in the local market. ...
Ford Continues Electrification with New Management Change
12 Oct 2009, 06:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford is really keen on migrating towards electrification and the company has already announced several green models to be launched in the next few years. Ford today announced a new measure aimed at ...
Focus RS to Enter MPG Marathon
23 Sep 2009, 12:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fastest Ford present on the European roads, the Focus RS will enter UK's MPG Marathon, aiming to achieve a 35 mpg average (8l/100 km) on the 360 miles-long route (580 km). This will be quit...
Focus BEV Debuts Today On Jay Leno’s Show
18 Sep 2009, 07:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A battery electric Ford Focus is about to make its television debut tonight on Jay Leno’s Show in the so called “Green Car Challenge.” The specially tuned Focus BEV will be used du...
Ford Focus BEV to Feature on Jay Leno’s Show
10 Sep 2009, 09:55 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The American auto maker seemed to have struck a great promotional deal with the famous television presenter Jay Leno. Starting September 14, a Ford battery electric vehicle (BEV) will be showcased i...
Ford Boosts Domestic Sales by 21 Percent in August
3 Sep 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Car Allowance Rebate System helped most carmakers selling cars in the United States and Ford is one of the companies that benefited the most from the scrappage scheme. According to official figu...
Ford Performance Vehicles Shelves Focus RS Plans
26 Aug 2009, 08:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The performance division of American manufacturer Ford decided to abandon plans to build the RS flavor of the Focus which was supposed to compete against other performance models such as the Holden ...
Valentino Rossi Says His Team Must Remain Focused
24 Aug 2009, 14:46 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Ahead of the MotoGP race on Sunday in the United States, Rossi stated that he and his team must remain focused on winning. He reckoned this is not the time to relax even if he currently has a 5...
Ford Focus RS Tweaked for 340 BHP
21 Aug 2009, 08:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford Focus RS is already a high-performance model but tuning houses around the world think they can get even more power from the 2.5-liter Turbo engine fitted on the car. Such an example is Graham G...
Changan Ford Rolls Out 400,000th Focus
14 Aug 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already knew that Ford had high expectations from its new Focus model and it appears the car is indeed a very successful vehicle all over the world. After the company decided to raise production ...
Ford Restarts Production in Russia
11 Aug 2009, 07:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following a well-deserved summer holiday, more or less pushed by the global economic chaos, Ford's Russian plant is restarting production and hopes for better times in the upcoming months. The ...
Ford Confirms New Energy Policy
7 Aug 2009, 14:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you have read in our previous reports, American manufacturer Ford is looking into shaping a new line-up of vehicles to take on the more challenging US environmental laws. A "greener transpor...
Ford Fiesta Still Runs High in the UK
6 Aug 2009, 12:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford Fiesta is still a successful model around the world and keep setting sales record in countries where governments are offering cash incentives for fuel-efficient models. In the United Kingdom fo...
Ford to Cut Spanish Workforce by 600
3 Aug 2009, 08:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford, the only US giant who survived without government funding in the domestic market, wants to reduce workforce in Spain by around 600 employees. The company has already informed unions of its pla...
No Focus For Ford's Australian Plant
27 Jul 2009, 10:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford continues global restructuring with yet another production modification, this time in Australia where it will build the first-ever four-cylinder Falcon. In addition, Ford Australia confirmed th...
Ford Focus and Volvo C30 - Best in IIHS Crash Tests
21 Jul 2009, 06:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford's Focus and Volvo's C30 received the highest rating in the latest safety tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), with seven small cars and ten midsize mo...
US Ford Fiesta, Focus Still in Play
20 Jul 2009, 15:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The new Ford Fiesta and Focus models will arrive in the United States next year, just as initially planned, the company's product development chief told Reuters, hinting that the restructuring ...