Press Releases
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| 07 Jan 2010 |
FORD SYNC CONNECTS CAR WITH INTERNET: NEW WIFI RECEIVER, BUILT-IN WEB BROWSER, MOBILE HOTSPOTFord Motor Company will connect the car to the internet with the introduction of its new MyFord Touch driver connect technology and the second generation of its popular SYNC® in-car connectivity system. |
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| 07 Jan 2010 |
OPENBEAK, PANDORA AND STITCHER ARE FIRST TO USE FORD SYNC APPLICATION INTERFACE, BRINGING TWITTER, INTERNET RADIO CONTROL INTO VEHICLESFord Motor Company today announced Pandora, Stitcher and Orangatame’s OpenBeak (formerly TwitterBerry) are the first partners to enable their apps to be controlled in the car by SYNC using the new application programming interface (API) in the SYNC software development kit. |
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| 06 Jan 2010 |
FORD F-SERIES DOES IT AGAIN: BEST-SELLING TRUCK FOR 33 STRAIGHT YEARSFor the 33rd year in a row, Ford’s award-winning F-Series is America’s best-selling truck with 2009 sales of 413,625. F-series outsold its nearest truck rival by more than 97,000 units, the largest margin in three years. |
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| 05 Jan 2010 |
FORD CAPS 2009 WITH 33 PERCENT SALES INCREASE, FIRST FULL-YEAR MARKET SHARE GAIN SINCE 1995Higher sales in every product category and for every brand propelled Ford to a 33 percent sales increase in December versus a year ago. |
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| 03 Jan 2010 |
Biography: J MaysJ Mays is group vice president, Design, and chief creative officer, Ford Motor Company. |
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| 30 Dec 2009 |
Ford and MIT Team Up To Improve Safety by Reducing Driver StressAs Americans fight through the most stressful time of the year, Ford Motor Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are embarking on a plan to study driver workload and identify new opportunities to use in-vehicle technologies to improve driver safety by lowering stress. |
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| 29 Dec 2009 |
FORD FIRST TO ENABLE iTUNES TAGGING WITH LAUNCH OF NEW HD RADIO CAPABILITY IN ITS LINEUPiTunes Tagging and crystal-clear radio sound through HD Radio technology are the latest features on Ford’s growing list of factory-installed customer conveniences and technologies that will be newly available in 2010. |
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| 28 Dec 2009 |
2011 MUSTANG GT POWERTRAIN USES TI-VCT TO MAKE 400-PLUS HP, DELIVER UNSURPASSED FUEL ECONOMYTwin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) will allow drivers of the 2011 Mustang GT to balance high performance and fuel economy. |
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| 28 Dec 2009 |
THE 5.0-LITER IS BACK: 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT LEADS CLASS WITH 412 HP, FUEL EFFICIENCYThe 5.0 is back! The 2011 Ford Mustang GT arrives with an all-new advanced 5.0-liter V-8 engine, developed by a passionate cadre of enthusiastic engineers who rallied around the common goal of delivering more than 400 horsepower. |
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| 28 Dec 2009 |
LARGEST U.S. ICE MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR OPTS FOR FUEL EFFICIENCY OF FORD TRANSIT CONNECTReddy Ice Holdings, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is the largest manufacturer and distributor of packaged ice in the United States. The company, which sells its products primarily under the widely known Reddy Ice® brand, recently purchased 17 Ford Transit Connect vans for use by technicians servicing Ice Factory™ ice-dispensing machines located throughout the country. |
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| 24 Dec 2009 |
2010 TAURUS EARNS FIVE-STAR CRASH RATINGS, PIONEERS FAST-SELLING CRASH-AVOIDANCE TECHNOLOGIESThe strong-selling new 2010 Ford Taurus has earned top five-star crash ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and is seeing good consumer response to its suite of advanced crash-avoidance technologies. |
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| 23 Dec 2009 |
FORD FLEX AND FORD FUSION HYBRID NAMED 2010 ALL-STARS BY AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINEThe 2010 Ford Flex and the award-winning 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid have been named 2010 All-Stars by AUTOMOBILE Magazine, one of America's leading automotive lifestyle publications. |
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| 23 Dec 2009 |
FORD CONFIRMS SETTLEMENT OF ALL SUBSTANTIVE COMMERCIAL TERMS TO SELL VOLVO TO GEELY IN 2010Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] confirmed today that all substantive commercial terms relating to the potential sale of Volvo Car Corporation have been settled between Ford and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited. |
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| 22 Dec 2009 |
FORD USES HOLLYWOOD MOTION-CAPTURE SOFTWARE BEHIND ‘AVATAR’ TO IMPROVE VEHICLE DESIGNSLeaping into the world of virtual engineering, Ford Motor Company now employs the same type of motion-capture technology used to create films like “Avatar,” “Lord of the Rings” and “Shrek” to design vehicles that are more comfortable and enjoyable to drive. |
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| 22 Dec 2009 |
FORD CUES UP MUSTANG BILLIARDS TABLE, REMOTE-CONTROLLED RAPTOR AS HOLIDAY SHOPPING OPTIONSFrom Mustang pool tables, children’s T-shirts and remote-controlled Raptor pickups, Ford is cueing up a sleigh full of gift items that are just in time for the last-minute holiday shopper. |
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| 21 Dec 2009 |
FORD SYNC GOES WIFI TURNING CAR INTO MOBILE INTERNET HOT SPOT FOR PASSENGERS WHILE ON THE GOFord Motor Company will turn vehicles into rolling WiFi hot spots when it introduces the second generation of its popular SYNC® in-car connectivity system next year. |
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| 21 Dec 2009 |
RUTH THE ROBOT GIVES FORD ENGINEERS THE HUMAN TOUCHBRENTWOOD, Essex, 21 December 2009 – Ford is the only automaker to use a robot to test the feel and appearance of switches and surfaces in its vehicles. |
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| 18 Dec 2009 |
JAMIE ALLISON NAMED NEW DIRECTOR, FORD NORTH AMERICA MOTORSPORTSJamie Allison promoted to top spot in Ford Racing. |
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| 18 Dec 2009 |
FORD VEHICLE RESIDUAL VALUES RISE $1,300 ON AVERAGE FROM 2009 TO 2010 MODEL YEARFord Motor Company vehicles, bolstered by improved quality, fuel economy and popular redesigned models, recorded the largest increase in residual values from the 2009 to the 2010 model year among full-line manufacturers. |
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| 18 Dec 2009 |
NEW FORD MANUFACTURING APPOINTMENTSBRENTWOOD, Essex, 18 December 2009 – Kieran Cahill has been appointed the new plant manager of Ford's Bridgend manufacturing facility following Graham Edwards' return to Ford Dagenham. |
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| 17 Dec 2009 |
FORD FOCUS IS CAP USED CAR OF THE DECADEBRENTWOOD, Essex, 17 December, 2009 – The Ford Focus has been voted "Used Car of the Decade" by CAP – the UK's independent used car pricing experts. |
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| 17 Dec 2009 |
FORD DOUBLING AVAILABILITY OF PIONEERING RADAR-BASED CRASH-AVOIDANCE TECHNOLOGIES IN 2010Ford Motor Company will double the availability of its Adaptive Cruise Control and Collision Warning with Brake Support system in 2010 when the advanced, radar-based driver aid and crash avoidance technologies are added to the next-generation Ford Explorer, Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. |
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| 17 Dec 2009 |
FORD LEADS THE INDUSTRY ON FUEL ECONOMY IMPROVEMENT, DRIVEN BY POWERTRAIN ADVANCEMENTSThe Blue Oval is on a 'green' streak. Ford Motor Company has improved in fuel economy more than any other major automaker since 2004, according to a recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA rated Ford's combined car and truck fuel economy improvement at nearly 20 percent, almost double the next closest competitor. |
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| 17 Dec 2009 |
INDUSTRY-LEADING TECHNOLOGIES HELP FORD TOP TOYOTA AND HONDA IN KEY MEASURES OF QUIETNESSFord vehicles are now among the quietest on the road – topping Toyota and Honda in key sound quality measures – and customers are taking notice. |
