Press Releases
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 07 Oct 2009 |
FORD SURPASSES SEPTEMBER MARKET SURGE IN THE U.K.BRENTWOOD, Essex, 6 October 2009 – Ford car sales were up by over 22 per cent in September, compared with the same month in 2008. This is twice the size of the market increase after a busy month of new "59" plate and "scrappage" registrations. |
| 07 Oct 2009 |
TEXAS 'HERO' RECEIVES 2010 FORD F-150 AND $250,000 AS WINNER OF FORD, ABC COMMUNITY EVENTTexas native Gordon Nelms will receive the keys to a new 2010 Ford F-150 and a check for $250,000 to improve his community at the Texas State Fair this week as winner of the Ford Motor Company and ABC "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Heroes campaign, which was designed to find the ultimate community hero. |
| 06 Oct 2009 |
FORD'S NEW FIESTA TO DEBUT AT L.A. AUTO SHOW; FIESTA AGENTS BEGIN FINAL MONTH OF MISSIONSFord's rollout of its next generation of small cars will hit an important milestone when the new Fiesta is revealed in December at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The reveal of the North American-based Ford Fiesta will also mark the culmination of the first phase of the Fiesta Movement. |
| 06 Oct 2009 |
FORD WARRIORS IN PINK ASKING MEN TO 'TIE ONE ON' IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCEROctober is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many men have a woman in their lives who has been affected by breast cancer – a wife, mother, sister, daughter, aunt or friend – and 2,000 new cases of male breast cancer are diagnosed each year. Men can now demonstrate their support in the fight against breast cancer by wearing a fashionable Ford Warriors in Pink tie, which bears the classic Warriors in Pink signature logo. |
| 06 Oct 2009 |
SOUND EFFECTS: FORD USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO FINE-TUNE SOUND QUALITY INSIDE FUTURE VEHICLESIt looks a bit like a racing game in a video arcade, but the driver wears headphones. The object of this high-tech drive down the digital highway: perfect the sound quality inside a future Ford vehicle long before the first prototype is ever built. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
FORD JOINS EPA CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING CONSUMERS TO REDUCE PERSONAL HOME ENERGY USEAs part of its commitment to environmental sustainability, Ford Motor Company is urging its employees and customers to join the effort by reducing their personal energy use and cutting their CO2 footprints. Individuals can help by pledging their support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR" campaign. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
EUROPEAN FORD FOCUS RS EXCEEDS 38MPGBRENTWOOD, Essex, 05 October 2009 – Ford’s fastest-ever European production car, the 163mph Focus RS, added a surprising new figure to its remarkable performance statistics – an average fuel consumption of 38.5mpg. |
| 04 Oct 2009 |
GREG BIFFLE FINISHES THIRD AT KANSAS; CARL EDWARDS RALLIES TO FINISH 10THGreg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M/Sherwin Williams Ford Fusion, finished in third place at Kansas Speedway on Sunday to improve one position, to eighth, in the Chase standings. Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, overcame a pass-through penalty, which resulted in going down a lap, to finish in 10th place and improve to 10th in the standings. Biffle led six times for a race-high 113 laps. |
| 03 Oct 2009 |
MATT KENSETH IS FAST IN PRACTICE AT KANSASMatt Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 DeWalt Ford Fusion, put up the third-fastest lap during the first practice at Kansas Speedway on Saturday. Kenseth’s third-place showing at Dover last Sunday was his best finish since opening the 2009 season with back-to-back victories at Daytona and Fontana. The 2003 series champion has two top-five finishes at Kansas and is second among laps led in the track’s history with 183. |
| 02 Oct 2009 |
JAMIE McMURRAY TO START FOURTH AT KANSASJamie McMurray, driver of the Crown Royal Ford, was the fourth-fastest qualifier at Kansas Speedway on Friday. McMurray got around the 1½-mile track at 175.200 mph to pace all Ford Racing drivers. Bill Elliott, who is competing part-time this season in the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion, qualified 16th. Ford’s two Chase drivers, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle, qualified 17th and 31st, respectively. |
| 02 Oct 2009 |
CARL EDWARDS RETURNS HOME; LOOKS FORWARD TO RACING AT KANSASCarl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, is in 11th place in the standings heading into this weekend’s race at Kansas. Edwards, who finished second at the 1½-mile track in ’08, met with the media following practice on Friday. |
| 02 Oct 2009 |
FORD SCRAPPAGE DEAL TREATS MICK TO NEW CAR BENEFITSBRENTWOOD, Essex, 2 October 2009 – The advantages of owning a new Ford will be enjoyed by thousands more motorists swapping old for new on the renewed scrappage scheme. |
| 02 Oct 2009 |
GREG BIFFLE RETURNS TO KANSAS; SITE OF '07 VICTORYGreg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion, is in ninth place in the standings heading into this weekend’s race at Kansas Speedway. Biffle, who won at the 1½-mile track in 2007 and has four top-three finishes in his last four starts here, met with the media prior to practice on Friday. |
| 02 Oct 2009 |
ECOBOOST CONTRIBUTES 125 NEW U.S. PATENTS, CONTINUES FORD TRADITION OF PATENT QUALITYFord's new high-performance, fuel-saving EcoBoost™ technology is making waves in the engineering community, with the 3.5-liter version of the engine contributing 125 new patents and patent applications. The additions build on Ford Motor Company's current roster of 4,618 active U.S. patents, with thousands more patent applications pending. |
| 01 Oct 2009 |
FORD'S STRONG NEW PRODUCTS DRIVE INDUSTRY'S ONLY 3RD QTR U.S. SALES BOOST FROM FULL-LINE MAKERSFord, Lincoln and Mercury third quarter sales were 5 percent higher than a year ago in the U.S., making Ford the only full-line manufacturer to report a sales increase in the period. |
| 01 Oct 2009 |
FORD'S STRONG NEW PRODUCTS DRIVE INDUSTRY'S ONLY 3RD QTR U.S. SALES BOOST FROM FULL-LINE MAKERSFord, Lincoln and Mercury third quarter sales were 5 percent higher than a year ago in the U.S., making Ford the only full-line manufacturer to report a sales increase in the period. |
| 01 Oct 2009 |
SOUNDBITES: SEPTEMBER 2009 SALESFord, Lincoln and Mercury third quarter sales were 5 percent higher than a year ago in the U.S., making Ford the only full-line manufacturer to report a sales increase in the period. Sales analyst, George Pipas says Ford's new products are what drove the industry's only third-quarter U.S. sales boost. |
| 01 Oct 2009 |
FORD CANADA SALES UP 24% DRIVEN BY STRONG CAR PERFORMANCEFord Motor Company of Canada, Limited saw sales increase 24.3 per cent compared to last September marking the company's fourth consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains. Strong car sales led by the all-new Ford Taurus, Fusion, Focus and Mustang resulted in more than half of all vehicle sales for Ford of Canada. September also marked the eleventh month of market share growth for the company and rounded out the highest quarterly sales increase since 2003 with a 26 per cent increase. |
| 01 Oct 2009 |
FLEET VAN JUDGES GIVE FORD THEIR TOP AWARDBRENTWOOD, 1 October, 2009 – Ford was named "Van Manufacturer of the Year" for the second successive year at the Fleet Van Awards ceremony in London. This major award was based on a recent survey conducted by Fleet Van on more than 169,000 vans. |
| 01 Oct 2009 |
FORD USES SOCIAL NETWORKING TO MARKET NEW FIESTA; BRAND AWARENESS SKYROCKETSMore than nine months before the 2011 Ford Fiesta goes on sale in North America, the new small car can claim more than 50,000 potential customers, and 97 percent of them would be new to Ford, thanks to Ford's groundbreaking Fiesta Movement. |
| 30 Sep 2009 |
FRANK DAVIS: SEASONED DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE APPLIES 'CAN-DO' PERSPECTIVE TO NEW TAURUS FLAGSHIPFrank Davis has been extremely busy for the past 19 months. As Executive Director, North American Product Programs, Davis is responsible for the product development and launches for the entire North American product portfolio. |
| 30 Sep 2009 |
TAURUS 'BLING' DESIGNED TO ACCENT, ACCESSORIZE NEW SEDAN JUST LIKE JEWELRY ENHANCES AN OUTFITAsk any fashionista, and she'll tell you: Don't even think about wearing those chandelier earrings with shorts and tennis shoes. No way. There are, after all, certain rules that apply to fashion and accessories. Ask Earl Lucas, exterior design manager for the 2010 Taurus, and he'll tell you those same accessorizing rules apply even if you're designing a sophisticated sedan. Just like a person, every car has a personality and an image to convey, says the former jewelry designer. The "accessories," which in this case are the headlamps of the 2010 Ford Taurus, must be designed and detailed to project the proper image. The Taurus is a confident, well-balanced car. It has the jewelry to match. |
| 30 Sep 2009 |
FIESTA MOVEMENT AGENT #89 PROFILES: THOMAS KNOLL AND WHIT SCOTTThomas and Whit have a knack for creating off-the-wall videos, with one in particular leading them to win a Ford Fiesta for six months as a part of the Fiesta Movement. These former co-workers work for a Web company and love a good time – the perfect combination for Fiesta Movement agents. |
| 30 Sep 2009 |
FIESTA MOVEMENT AGENT #90 PROFILE: TIM CHANTARANGSUTim Chantarangsu is all about entertaining. As a rapper, a comedian – even as a Fiesta agent – his work lets people tune into the lighter side of life. Performing as Traphik or Timothy Delaghetto, he writes songs that often poke fun at society and cultural stereotypes. Being a Ford Fiesta agent, then, is just one more way for Chantarangsu to hold the spotlight up to his talent – and let the car shine in the process. |
| 30 Sep 2009 |
FORD BRIDGEND PRODUCTION ACCELERATES PAST 15,000,000 ENGINESBRIDGEND, Mid-Glamorgan, 30 September 2009 – Increased output at Ford Bridgend has propelled the Welsh engine plant past its 15 millionth engine milestone. |
