5 Jan 2011, 14:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The big American automakers still had a hard time last year dealing with the economic downturn of 2009. However, the dark times were less severe for Ford as the company has just announced its Decemb...
3 Jan 2011, 11:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The discontinuation of the Mercury brand has left the bank accounts of American manufacturer Ford with some cash to spare. The money, an undisclosed amount, were meant for new marketing and advertis...
11 Nov 2010, 17:46 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / American manufacturer Ford announced today that maintenance will be complimentary with any purchase of a 2011 model-year Lincoln. The company introduced the Lincoln Complimentary Maintenance Program...
28 Sep 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford, caught in a constant reorganization of its operations, is currently considering lowering the number of nameplates it has in its portfolio. Part of the One Ford strategy, ...
27 Sep 2010, 06:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whereas 2009 was a year of struggle for the dealers of two of the major car manufacturers in the US, GM and Chrysler, the reorganization of the Ford dealership network, which started a few years ago...
16 Sep 2010, 14:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Last year, two of the biggest carmakers in the US, GM and Chrysler, severely cut their dealership networks in an attempt to cut cost and avoid what they called the imminent and irreversible collapse...
30 Aug 2010, 12:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford is moving on with the closing process for the Mercury brand and is extending the dealer cash program for all Mercury vehicles through September, as Automotive News reports (subscription require...
26 Jul 2010, 06:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mercury was never one of Ford’s favorite children, with the parent never offering the kid a sufficient amount of spending money.
However, it seems the Ford hasn’t managed to avoid a f...
12 Jul 2010, 06:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having already announced the demise of the Mercury brand this year, the only thing left for American manufacturer Ford was to decide on a date for that to happen. Apparently, Ford has made up its mi...
25 Jun 2010, 09:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A shift in Ford's production is expected to occur next year, when the American carmaker will move the manufacturing of the Escape SUV from Missouri to Kentucky. According to some sources, that ...
24 Jun 2010, 09:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The next model in Ford’s lineup to get eco-friendly seats is the upcoming 2011 Explorer, scheduled to enter production later this year. The bio-based polyurethane foam, also known as soy foam,...
16 Jun 2010, 07:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed will see the Goodwood cricket pitch, the world’s oldest pitch still in its original location, rocking to the sound of 20 car-inspired songs.
The Goodwood...
9 Jun 2010, 15:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Ford announced today that five of its 2010 MY vehicles received Top Safety Picks from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The models in question are the Ford Fle...
4 Jun 2010, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On June 3, 2010, American manufacturer Ford announced it will stop manufacturing Mercury vehicles due to the decreased demand and tiny market share. It would appear that, during its 71-years, the im...
3 Jun 2010, 10:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford continued to follow a sales and market share increase trend in May, with Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands selling a total of 192,253 new cars last month, a 23 percent increased compared to the ...
3 Jun 2010, 09:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After of couple of weeks of rumors pointing to a possible phasing out of the Mercury brand, American manufacturer Ford officially announced yesterday it will end production of all Mercury models in ...
28 May 2010, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford, the single American manufacturer to have survived 2009 without major government intervention (and, as some in the US see it, the single true American manufacturer), is reportedly planning to a...
13 May 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford Motor Company has made efforts to offer after-purchase financial advantages to customers of the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands, by offering the best insurance cost repair ratings in the indus...
13 May 2010, 07:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A wide variety of the vehicles coming from Ford Motor Company have smaller post-collision repair costs on average that the rest of the vehicles in their segments, as shown by an U.S. Government repo...
4 May 2010, 07:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It would appear there's no stopping the single American carmaker to have survived 2009 without reaching for government help. Ford posted, for the fifth consecutive month, a sales increase of ab...