Press Releases
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2009 |
FORD TAPS UNIVERSITIES FOR INSIGHTS ON FUTURE OF IN-CAR CONNECTIVITY AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR SYNCFord announced today that it has broadened its Advanced Research and Innovation community through open collaboration with local university professors and students on its industry-leading in-vehicle connectivity system, Ford SYNC. |
| 13 Oct 2009 |
FORD SEES RECORD THIRD QUARTER SALES, EIGHT CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF GROWTH IN CHINASHANGHAI, Oct. 13, 2009 – Ford Motor Company continued its record growth in China in the third quarter, with sales of its joint-ventures and wholly-owned entities increasing 79 percent over the same period last year, to 119,338 units. Through the first nine months of the year, its sales rose 32 percent to 316,639 units. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
FORD MOTOR COMPANY NAMES FORD PROFESSOR AT CHONGQING UNIVERSITYSHANGHAI, China - October 12, 2009 - Ford Motor Company has named Professor Liu Qing, Dean of College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, as the first "Ford Motor Company Professor of Materials Science and Engineering" at Chongqing University. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
FORD OF EUROPE BREAKS 10 PER CENT MARKET SHARE BARRIERCOLOGNE, October 12, 2009 – Ford achieved a 10.1 per cent market share in September 2009 in its 19 European main markets – the best share for any month since September 2001 and a 0.8 percentage point increase on the same month 2008. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
FORD TRANSIT CONNECT DOUBLES SWEETEST DAY FLOWER DELIVERY VOLUME PER TANKFULSweetest Day is right around the corner, and for forward-thinking florists Ford Motor Company's versatile Transit Connect is ready to deliver. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
FORD OF EUROPE REPORTS STRONG SEPTEMBER SALES TO BREAK 10 PERCENT MARKET SHARE BARRIERFord today reported that strong sales in September drove market share for its 19 European main markets to 10.1 percent – the highest share for any month since September 2001, and a 0.8 percentage point increase over the same month a year ago. |
| 11 Oct 2009 |
CARL EDWARDS AND DAVID RAGAN BOTH FINISH IN TOP-10 AT FONTANACarl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, made a late-race run and avoided an eight-car wreck with four laps to go to finish in sixth place at Fontana on Sunday, and move into eighth place in the NASCAR standings, one position behind teammate Greg Biffle. David Ragan started 31st and steadily improved all afternoon, ending up seventh, his best finish since he opened with a sixth-place showing at Daytona. |
| 10 Oct 2009 |
JAMIE McMURRAY PUTS UP EIGHTH-FASTEST SPEED DURING HAPPY HOUR AT FONTANAJamie McMurray, driver of the No. 26 Crown Royal Ford Fusion, was eighth fastest overall and the fastest Ford driver during Happy Hour on Saturday with a lap of 178.319 mph. |
| 09 Oct 2009 |
FORD EXPANDS SUPPLIER DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP ROLE BY NAMING NEW TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PARTNERSFord Motor Company is expanding its leadership role in supplier diversity by adding two companies to the Joint Technology Framework (JTF), a special program aimed at improving suppliers' technical expertise. |
| 09 Oct 2009 |
GREG BIFFLE QUALIFIES SECOND AT FONTANAGreg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M/Scotch-Blue Ford Fusion, will start on the outside of Row 1 in Sunday’s race after posting a qualifying lap of 182.704 mph at Auto Club Speedway on Friday. It is Biffle’s fifth top-five start at the two-mile track, where he won in 2005. Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, qualified 11th. |
| 09 Oct 2009 |
FORD INTENSIFIES FOCUS ON ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY AS NANCY GIOIA TAKES A GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ROLEFord Motor Company is intensifying its focus on global electrification with the creation of a new position to lead the planning and strategy for Ford's future electric vehicle portfolio. |
| 09 Oct 2009 |
GREG BIFFLE AND CARL EDWARDS CARRY MOMENTUM TO CALIFORNIAFord Racing teammates Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards have combined for two wins at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., site of this weekend’s race. Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion, is in eighth place in the standings and led a race-high 113 laps en route to a third-place finish at Kansas last weekend. Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, has nine finishes of seventh or better in 10 career starts at the two-mile oval near Los Angeles. |
| 08 Oct 2009 |
FORD ECOBOOST™ ENGINE RECEIVES POPULAR MECHANICS BREAKTHROUGH AWARDFord Motor Company's fuel efficient EcoBoost™ engine will be honored Thursday evening with a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award at a ceremony at the Hearst Tower in New York City. The Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards, now in their fifth year, recognize products and celebrate innovations poised to change the world, and the passionate, smart creators behind them. Ford is the only automaker this year to receive a Breakthrough Award. |
| 08 Oct 2009 |
FORD FUSION HYBRID AND COMEDIAN MARK MALKOFF SET OFF ON ROAD TRIP TO EARN CITY KEYSThe 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid made news in April when it set a world record traveling 1,445 miles on a single tank of gas. The vehicle embarks on yet another incredible journey this week, accompanying comedian Mark Malkoff on an action-packed 28-day quest to see how many mayors east of the Mississippi Malkoff can convince to give him keys to their cities. |
| 08 Oct 2009 |
RACING SUCCESS FOR FORD’S RS ROAD CAR TECHNOLOGYBRENTWOOD, Essex, 8th October 2009 – In a case of technology transfer in reverse, Ford Team RS has seen its 'Revoknuckle' front suspension system taken from the road to the race track, where it has been driven to podium success by British Touring Car Championship independent, Team Aon. |
| 08 Oct 2009 |
SPACE-AGE SAFETY: FORD, AUBURN EXPLORE HOW GPS SATELLITES COULD HELP PREVENT AUTO ACCIDENTSA groundbreaking research project by Ford Motor Company and Auburn University shows that global positioning system (GPS) satellites that can "talk" to cars could help prevent serious accidents in the future. |
| 07 Oct 2009 |
FORD MUSTANG ON TRACK FOR 2009 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLESThe car that was "born to race" is doing just that in 2009… and winning races and championships nationwide. |
| 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. |
