Press Releases
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| 04 Dec 2009 |
WRC STAR HIRVONEN TO DEBUT NEW FIESTA S2000 IN MONTE CARLO RALLY4 December 2009 – Ford's FIA World Rally Championship runners-up, Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen, will drive the all-new Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car, in what will be its competitive debut, in the famous Monte Carlo Rally early next year. |
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| 04 Dec 2009 |
FORD VOLUNTEERS ARE GIVING AND SHARING BY HELPING FEED THE HUNGRY ON ACCELERATED ACTION DAYThe Ford Volunteer Corps is stocking shelves, packing meals and serving food on a Ford Accelerated Action Day dedicated to feeding the hungry. Hundreds of Ford employee and retiree volunteers are on the job in local shelters, missions and food distribution centers. |
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| 03 Dec 2009 |
FORD FIESTA MOVEMENT AGENTS, FANS MEET UP; SET RECORD FOR BIGGEST TWEETUPBiggest. Tweetup. Ever. When Ford Motor Company hosted its Fiesta Movement Awards Celebration at the Palladium in West Hollywood Tuesday night it also set a Guinness World Record for the most attendees at a tweetup. A tweetup is any gathering of two or more people who know each other through Twitter, and this unprecedented event brought together 1,149 Fiesta Movement agents and Twitter friends. |
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| 03 Dec 2009 |
READY FOR WINTER? FORD ADDS NEW REMOTE START FEATURE, HEATED STEERING WHEEL TO WARM CUSTOMERSFord, responding to increasing consumer demand, is heating up its vehicle lineup with winter-weather options including a factory-installed remote start system and heated steering wheel. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
FORD FIESTA POISED TO CHALLENGE SEGMENT WITH GLOBAL DESIGN, QUALITY, NVH LEADERSHIPFord Fiesta arrives in North America with a globally proven platform and package ready to change customer expectations about small car quality and noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) control. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
Changan Ford November Sales Up 152%CHONGQING, December 2nd, 2009 – Changan Ford Sales Company today reported sales of 22,738 Ford brand vehicles in November, an increase of 152 percent from the same month a year ago, extending its year-over-year monthly sales growth to ten consecutive months. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID WINS MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY PROGRESSIVE CAR OF THE YEARThe 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid today was named Most Environmentally Progressive Car of the Year by Earth, Wind & Power™ (EWP) at the Los Angeles Auto Show. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
2010 FORD TAURUS, SUPER DUTY EARN KBB.COM BEST RESALE VALUE AWARDSThe 2010 Ford Taurus and the 2010 Ford F-Series Super Duty have earned Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com Best Resale Value Awards for the full-size car and full-size pickup categories respectively. The awards, announced today at the L.A. Auto Show, honor vehicles expected to maintain the greatest proportion of their original list price after five years of ownership and that are designed to help consumers make more informed car-buying decisions. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
FORD F-150 SVT RAPTOR WINS 4x4 OF THE YEAR AWARD; NEW POWERTRAIN TO COME IN EARLY 2010The hot-selling 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor just got hotter as it has been awarded 4x4 of the Year by Petersen’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine. This is the third award for the off-road performance truck, which went on sale in August. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
FORD F-150 WINS ALG RESIDUAL VALUE AWARD FOR BEST FULL-SIZE PICKUPThe 2010 Ford F-150 today received the 2010 Residual Value Award in the Full-Size Pickup category from ALG, a leading provider of residual forecasting data and consulting services to the automotive industry. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
FORD FUSION HYBRID, LINCOLN MKT WIN 2010 ACTIVE LIFESTYLE VEHICLE OF THE YEAR AWARDSRunners, surfers and triathletes, take note. The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2010 Lincoln MKT are the perfect choice for people with active lifestyles, according to the Active Lifestyle Vehicle of the Year awards. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
FORD TAURUS NAMED INTERNATIONAL CAR OF THE YEAR AT LA AUTO SHOWThe 2010 Ford Taurus today was named International Car of the Year (ICOTY) at the Los Angeles Auto Show. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
LOS ANGELES SHOW DEBUT FOR NORTH AMERICAN FORD FIESTA FURTHER EXTENDS GLOBAL REACHCologne/Los Angeles, December 2, 2009 – The eagerly-awaited introduction of Ford's award-winning Fiesta to North America is finally under way, with today's unveiling of the U.S. production model at the 2009 Los Angeles Show. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
2011 FORD FIESTA'S GLOBAL KINETIC DESIGN TRANSLATES DRIVING DYNAMICS INTO SHEET METALThe 2011 Ford Fiesta arrives in North America, delivering a design that builds on Ford's global kinetic design theme. True to its heritage, the new Fiesta for North America retains many of the expressive design characteristics that have earned the car accolades around the world. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
2011 FORD FIESTA: FUEL-EFFICIENT, PROGRESSIVE DESIGN OFFERS VERSATILITY, PERSONALITYFord's hot-selling new Ford Fiesta will deliver more than just great looks and top fuel economy of any vehicle in its segment when it goes on sale in North America next year. The 2011 Fiesta – available in four- and five-door body styles – also will set a new small car benchmark for safety, connectivity and powertrain technology. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
2011 FORD FIESTA: SMALL CAR, BIG ON SAFETYFord leveraged the global engineering tools and processes used in the redesign of its top safety-rated flagship – the 2010 Taurus – to raise the bar on small car safety with the new Fiesta. Incorporating the Trinity front crash structure, Side Protection And Cabin Enhancement (SPACE) Architecture® and advanced air bag technologies, Fiesta brings world class safety in a small platform package, while kicking off the global roll-out of the Taurus crash safety approach. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
FORD BUILDS ON SUCCESS OF FIESTA MOVEMENT WITH CHAPTER TWO; APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTEDIf you thought Fiesta Movement agents rocked the social media world this past six months, just wait until the second chapter when 20 new agent teams begin spreading the word about the Ford Fiesta. A new group of agents will be enlisted to engage their local communities by developing communications about Fiesta, leveraging social media as the means to spread the word about Ford's all-new 40 mpg car. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
FORD FIESTA BALANCES FUEL EFFICIENCY, DRIVING FUNFord Fiesta arrives with a sophisticated drivetrain – striking a balance between responsive and responsible – delivering both European driving dynamics and projected 40 mpg highway fuel economy to challenge the North American small car status quo. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
FORD TEMPTS ENTHUSIASTS, REVEALS CUSTOMIZED FIESTAS AT 2009 LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOWAs the 2011 Ford Fiesta basks in the afterglow of its North American debut at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, Ford today unveils four tricked-out versions of the company's first global car designed to whet the appetites of customization enthusiasts. |
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| 02 Dec 2009 |
LOS ANGELES SHOW DEBUT FOR NORTH AMERICAN FORD FIESTA FURTHER EXTENDS GLOBAL REACHCologne/Los Angeles, December 2, 2009 – The eagerly-awaited introduction of Ford's award-winning Fiesta to North America is finally under way, with today's unveiling of the U.S. production model at the 2009 Los Angeles Show. |
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| 01 Dec 2009 |
ASEAN Debut of Ford's All-New Global FiestaBANGKOK, December 1, 2009 – Ford Motor Company's all-new Ford Fiesta will make its ASEAN debut at the Thailand International Motor Expo at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani from December 2-13, giving the Thai public its first look at this wildly popular car that has sold more than a half million units in its first 12 months. |
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| 01 Dec 2009 |
CARS, CROSSOVERS DRIVE FORD’S NOVEMBER SHARE GAINStrengthened car and crossover sales fueled Ford, Lincoln and Mercury’s U.S. sales performance in November. Car sales were up 14 percent and crossovers were up 26 percent for the month, with total sales of 118,536, essentially equal to year-ago sales. |
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| 01 Dec 2009 |
FORD CANADA RETAIL SALES UP 8% FOR NOVEMBER; MARKS 6th CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF RETAIL SALES GAINFord Motor Company of Canada, Limited saw retail sales climb 7.5 per cent marking the company's sixth consecutive month of retail sales gain. Market share also increased for the thirteenth consecutive month at Ford of Canada despite a down industry. Ford car sales were up 8 per cent with positive results driven by the award-winning Fusion, which won Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year and Taurus which was recently named "Best New Family Car" in the over $30,000 category by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). |
