Ford Posts Best North American Quarter Profit Since 2000
24 Apr 2013, 15:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Co. reported that its first quarter of 2013 brought a pretax profit of $2.4 billion on the North American market, rated as the company’s strongest result since 2000, when the Blue O...
Ford Europe Denied New Coupe Because of Crisis
19 Nov 2012, 10:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The idea of a compact Ford coupe has been on our minds ever since we saw the Evos Concept. We toyed with the idea that it would be called the Capri and be based on the Focus, or that the new Mondeo ...
Opel Wants to Overtake Ford in Europe Sales
19 Oct 2012, 09:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s hard to miss the fact that Opel is undergoing a substantial transformation this year. They’ve refreshed the Astra range, launched a sedan version, introduced a sub-compact crossover...
Ford Europe Dealers Sold Cars to Each Other
2 Oct 2012, 13:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford dealers found an interesting but very controversial way to boost European sales: they sold cars to each other in order to make figures look better than they really were, Bloomberg reports. T...
Ford Unveils New Tourneo Connect, to Be Sold in US
6 Sep 2012, 14:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Two days ago, we showed you spyshots of what we said was the 2014 Ford Tourneo Connect or Transit Connect, the Blue Oval’s replacement for the current compact workhorse. We believed that si...
Ford to Launch Edge SUV in Europe
6 Sep 2012, 14:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford want to take advantage of the ever growing SUV market in Europe with a more complete line of vehicles. The American Escape crossover built on the same platform as the Fiesta will be replacin...
New Ford Fiesta Makes Video Debut
6 Sep 2012, 13:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Europe’s finest handling B-segment car has just become better. Yes, the facelift for the Ford Fiesta, a car launched in Europe back in 2008, is here with radical cosmetic changes. The popul...
Ford Eyes Mustang Imports to Europe
24 May 2012, 09:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford is the American automaker with the biggest love for crowdsourcing and testing public reactions. The company is currently switching things around, adopting a new, global slogan - “Go Furth...
Ford Laying Off 250 Workers in Romania
20 Apr 2012, 12:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While cars sales are in America are finally back on track, and plants are reopening, it’s a completely different story in Europe. Official figures for the month of March show a decline in dema...
Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost Launched in Europe
13 Feb 2012, 16:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford has announced that the new three-cylinder 1.0-liter EcoBoost has finally been made available for order in the new Focus on the European market. Offered in two power levels, 100 hp and 125 hp, e...
Ford C-MAX, a Hit in European MPV Market
22 Dec 2011, 16:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Keeping an eye on what the customers wants has payed off for the Blue Oval, as their second generation of C-MAX and Grand C-MAX have secured them double their previous market share in the medium MPV...
Ford Demands Swift Action as European Sales Slow
15 Dec 2011, 14:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford has announced combined sales for the 51 European markets it does business in for the month of November. Despite a visible cooldown, the arrival of the new Focus as well as the introduction of n...
Ford to Operate 4,000 Temporary Layoffs in Europe
25 Nov 2011, 14:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / According a report from Automotive News, Ford might be doing well in the US, but the European market is struggling so badly in Europe that they will temporarily cut some 4,000 workers next year, all...
Volvo CEO to Head Ford Europe
15 Jul 2010, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford’s European division has appointed Volvo CEO Stephen Odell as chairman and CEO, as part of a more complex management change included in the One Ford plan. Odell will replace John Flemin...
Ford Europe Posts Strong H1
13 Jul 2010, 12:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American manufacturer's European unit reported today its sales results for the first half of the year, showing a strong performance, despite the overall shrinkage in the European markets. ...
Ford Posts Q1 Net Profit of $2.1 Billion
27 Apr 2010, 13:05 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Ford has today reported strong financial results for the first quarter of the year, fueled by higher sales, particularly in North America. The company reported a net income of $2.1 billion for the f...
Ford Grows for the 9th Consecutive Month in Europe
16 Mar 2010, 07:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European division of American manufacturer Ford announced yesterday sales figures for the month of February in Europe, registering its ninth month-on-month European sales volume growth, with a 1...
Ford Product Development Chief Receives Engineering Award
5 Mar 2010, 10:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford Group’s Vice President, Global Product Development, Derrick Kuzak, got recognized for his work by the National Academy of Engineering. The award is the the highest of its kind in the engi...