Press Releases
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 12 Aug 2009 |
FORD EUROPEAN SALES GAINS CONTINUE WITH BEST JULY AND YEAR-TO-DATE MARKET SHARE IN 10 YEARSFord, the No. 2 best-selling new vehicle brand in Europe, increased its market share for the seventh consecutive time last month, resulting in the company’s best July and year-to-date market share performance since 1999. |
| 12 Aug 2009 |
FORD OF EUROPE RECORDS HIGHEST JULY AND YEAR-TO-DATE MARKET SHARE IN A DECADECOLOGNE, August 12, 2009 – Ford of Europe set a new sales record in this century in July. The No.2 best-selling new vehicle brand in Europe increased its market share for the seventh consecutive month, by 0.6 percentage points to 9.0 per cent, resulting in the company's highest share in a July and July year-to-date since 1999. |
| 12 Aug 2009 |
FIESTA AGENTS LEND A HAND FOR AUGUST MISSIONSFour months into their adventures, the Fiesta agents' August missions are taking them in a new direction – as volunteers. Whether spending time at the Smithsonian Institute, delivering food for Meals on Wheels or helping build playgrounds for KaBOOM, agents are pitching in to give back. To jump-start enthusiasm for the missions, actor Mario Lopez took a Ford Fiesta filled with sports equipment to a Boys and Girls Club in the Los Angeles area. |
| 12 Aug 2009 |
FORD KICKS IN TO HELP AFRICAN CHARITYBRENTWOOD, Essex 12 July 2009 – Ford employees have clubbed together to help disadvantaged children in Africa play football by donating their old boots. |
| 12 Aug 2009 |
FORD HOSTS TEEN SAFE DRIVING DAY CAMP AMID BACKDROP OF LOCAL TRAGEDIESIn an effort to reduce teen crashes and fatalities in Michigan, the Ford Motor Company Fund and the Governors Highway Safety Association are hosting a Ford Driving Skills for Life driving camp. This free, safe-driving event that goes well beyond typical driver education courses will be held at the Ford Michigan Proving Ground in Romeo Aug. 13-14. The program already is overbooked with more than 400 local teens. Auto accidents are the leading cause of death for teens in America, claiming nearly 5,000 lives each year. |
| 12 Aug 2009 |
READY TO DOMINATE OFF-ROAD: 2010 FORD F-150 SVT RAPTOR CUSTOMER INTEREST, ORDERS TAKE FLIGHTFord's 2010 F-150 SVT Raptor is a high-performance off-road truck with an avid audience that's been waiting a long time to get behind the wheel. Able to perform both off-road and on-, the truck has been teasing fans with video clips circulating on both YouTube and the F-150 SVT Raptor Web page. The excitement that has been building is showing up in tangible numbers – more than 1,500 orders for the 5.4-liter SVT performance truck, which is now arriving in dealer showrooms. |
| 11 Aug 2009 |
400,000th China-Made Ford Focus Rolls off the LineCHONGQING, AUGUST 11, 2009 – Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. (CFMA), Ford Motor's joint venture in China, today celebrated the 400,000th Ford Focus rolling off the line at its manufacturing facility in the southwestern city of Chongqing. |
| 11 Aug 2009 |
Changan Ford Sees July Sales Surge 54%CHONGQING, August 6, 2009 – Changan Ford Sales Company (Changan Ford) today reported a robust 54% sales growth of Ford brand vehicles in July to 19,486 units. |
| 10 Aug 2009 |
WILL IT BLEND? FORD FIESTA ULTRA-HIGH-STRENGTH BORON STEEL PUTS YOUTUBE BLENDER TO TESTFord Fiesta Movement agent Ryan Dembroski of Milwaukee recently traveled to the "Will It Blend?" studio in Orem, Utah, to put a piece of the Fiesta's ultra-high-strength boron steel to the Blendtec Total Blender test. Having decimated objects including an Apple iPhone, marbles and magnets, Tom Dickson, founder of Blendtec and host of the popular YouTube videos, tried but failed to crack, cut or crush the steel. While boron steel won't blend, it will help protect occupants of the Fiesta and many other Ford vehicles. |
| 10 Aug 2009 |
CARL EDWARDS FINISHES THIRD MONDAY AT THE GLEN; BIFFLE IS FIFTHCarl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Ford Fusion, started 33rd but finished third at Watkins Glen International on Monday to remain in sixth place in the points standings with just four races before the cutoff to the Chase. Teammate Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 Ford Fusion, added a fifth-place finish – his career best at the 2.45-mile road course – to improve two positions, to10th, in the standings. |
| 07 Aug 2009 |
FORD ENCOURAGES SUPPLIERS TO TURN INDUSTRY CRISIS INTO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESTRUCTURINGFord Motor Company is urging suppliers to take advantage of the auto industry's restructuring to create a more financially viable business model that will help suppliers and automakers alike when the economy recovers. |
| 07 Aug 2009 |
GREG BIFFLE PACES FORD RACERS IN QUALIFYING AT WATKINS GLENGreg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 Ford Fusion, qualified seventh during Friday’s qualifying session at Watkins Glen. Sunday’s race will mark the ninth time this season that Biffle will have started in the top 10. Boris Said, driver of the No. 08 Ford Fusion, also qualified in the top 10; he qualified ninth. |
| 07 Aug 2009 |
TEAMMATES MATT KENSETH, GREG BIFFLE AND CARL EDWARDS PREPARE FOR FINAL ROAD COURSE OF SEASONHeading into this weekend’s race at Watkins Glen, Roush Fenway Racing teammates Carl Edwards (sixth), Matt Kenseth (11th) and Greg Biffle (12th) are all in the Top 12 with just five races before the start of the Chase. All three met with the media at The Glen prior to Friday’s practice session. |
| 06 Aug 2009 |
FORD FURTHER ACCELERATES PRODUCT ROLLOUT, LEVERAGES EFFICIENCIES ACROSS GLOBAL MARKETSFord Motor Company today said it plans to further accelerate new product introductions across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific enabled by its efficient global product development system, significant structural cost reductions and disciplined cash management. |
| 06 Aug 2009 |
FORD FIESTA SALES LEAP IN JULYBRENTWOOD, Essex, 6 August, 2009 – Ford Fiesta sales are up by over 26 per cent thanks to the continuing appeal of the UK's top-selling car – yesterday declared Auto Express' prestigious 'Car of the Year'– and the momentum behind the Government's scrappage scheme . |
| 06 Aug 2009 |
FORD CITES ENERGY POLICY AS CRITICAL FACTOR IN SHAPING FUTURE VEHICLE FLEETFord Motor Company's top environmental officer today pointed to the need for continued cooperation with the federal government as a significant factor to advance the company and the country's vision for greener transportation. |
| 05 Aug 2009 |
DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY FOR FORD'S NEW MOBILITY AMBASSADORBRENTWOOD, 05 August, 2009 – Paralympian Jane Sowerby has become the newest Ford Mobility ambassador. |
| 05 Aug 2009 |
FORD FIESTA CROWNED AUTO EXPRESS CAR OF THE YEAR 2009 IN EUROPEBRENTWOOD, 5 August, 2009 – The new Ford Fiesta has been selected as the Car of the Year 2009 by leading motoring title, Auto Express. Fiesta also won the Best Supermini award and the Ford S-MAX was judged Best MPV. Ford had a total of seven nominations with Ford Ka, Kuga and two Mondeo models commended. |
| 05 Aug 2009 |
FORD OF EUROPE'S JULY SALES CONFERENCE CALL ON AUGUST 12COLOGNE, Germany, August 5, 2009 – Ford of Europe will release its July sales results at 14.00 CET (08.00 EST) Wednesday, August 12. At 15.00 CET (09.00 EST) Ingvar Sviggum, Vice President, Marketing, Sales & Services, Ford of Europe, will host a 30-minute conference call for news media to discuss the month's sales results and related market trends. |
| 05 Aug 2009 |
NEW "PEAK PERFORMANCE" FORD FIESTA FILM PAYS HOMAGE TO ORIGINAL AWARD-WINNING "CLIMB DANCE"For race drivers, filmmakers and automotive engineers alike, the 14,110-foot summit of Pikes Peak inspires both awe and vision. |
| 05 Aug 2009 |
QUEEN LATIFAH TAMES HER NEW 2010 FORD MUSTANG WITH HELP FROM PRO DRIVER COLIN BRAUNThe Queen made a wish and Ford Motor Company delivered. Twenty-year-old NASCAR phenom Colin Braun brought award-winning musician and actress Queen Latifah a 2010 Ford Mustang and schooled her in how to drive the iconic muscle car like a pro. Latifah, already a proud owner of a '65 Mustang, wished to drive the car in the extended music video for her new song "Fast Cars." |
| 04 Aug 2009 |
FORD CLAIMS TITLE AS CANADA'S TOP-SELLING AUTOMAKER FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE MONTHFor the second month in a row, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited is the top-selling automaker in the country. |
| 04 Aug 2009 |
A GREENER SHADE OF PAINT: FORD'S INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE PAINT TECHNOLOGY GOES GLOBALGlobal paint shops in India, Romania, Mexico and China are in the process of rolling out a Ford-exclusive paint technology that will not only save the shops time and money, but will lessen their environmental footprint and result in a high-quality product. |
| 04 Aug 2009 |
2010 FORD TAURUS EARNS IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK; OFFERS SUITE OF STANDARD SAFETY TECHNOLOGIESThe new 2010 Taurus builds on Ford Motor Company's safety leadership by adding to its leading number of IIHS Top Safety Pick ratings. The new Taurus not only features side air bags that are designed to deploy up to 30 percent earlier than traditional air bag systems, it also pioneers the mainstream introduction of active crash-avoidance features such as a segment-first, radar-based forward collision warning system that helps drivers avoid accidents. |
| 04 Aug 2009 |
EMPLOYEE TRAINING, RENOVATIONS READY CHICAGO ASSEMBLY PLANT FOR NEW FORD TAURUS PRODUCTIONFord Motor Company is celebrating production of the all-new 2010 Ford Taurus – which today was named an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick – in the historic Chicago Assembly Plant, which has been retooled to build the stylish, technologically sophisticated sedan with quality and precision. |
