Press Releases
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 06 Aug 2010 |
FORD LAUNCHES NEW AD CAMPAIGN TARGETING AFRICAN AMERICANS; PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS’ JAMES BROWNFord Motor Company is launching a new corporate advertising campaign targeting the African American community that centers on the company’s strengths as it relates to quality, technology, the environment and the community. |
| 05 Aug 2010 |
2011 FORD EXPLORER GOES GREEN WITH MORE RECYCLED, RENEWABLE MATERIALS AND INCREASED FUEL EFFICIENCYThe all-new Ford Explorer is more than just the new fuel economy class leader in the midsize SUV segment. The reinvented Explorer, which arrives later this year, also sets a new benchmark for sustainability in the SUV segment due to an increased use of renewable and recycled content, such as parts made from steel left over from F-150 production. |
| 05 Aug 2010 |
FORD STRENGTHENS UK SALES LEAD AS NEW PRICE STRATEGY ROLLS OUTBRENTWOOD, Essex, 5 August 2010 – Ford's clear UK vehicle market leadership was confirmed in July as its new pricing strategy came into effect across its passenger car range. |
| 04 Aug 2010 |
FORD TO EXCEED PLEDGE TO BRING UAW JOBS IN HOUSEFord Motor Company is on pace to bring in-house approximately 1,975 hourly jobs that would be performed by suppliers inside and outside of the U.S. by 2012 – exceeding its original commitment to the United Auto Workers by more than 25 percent. |
| 04 Aug 2010 |
UK: FORD S-MAX HAT-TRICK AT AUTO EXPRESS NEW CAR AWARDSBRENTWOOD, Essex, 4 August, 2010 – The Ford S-MAX was declared Britain's best MPV for the third successive year at last night's Auto Express New Car Awards. |
| 04 Aug 2010 |
FORD #1 IN CANADA, DELIVERS BEST JULY IN 31 YEARSFord Motor Company of Canada, Limited sees the best July since 1979 and is the best-selling automaker this month. Overall car sales increased 46 per cent compared to last July with overall sales up 2 per cent versus strong results last year. The increase in car sales was driven by strong products like the Ford Fusion, Focus and Taurus, resulting in almost half of all vehicle sales in Canada. |
| 03 Aug 2010 |
FORD’S JULY SALES UP 5%; DEMAND FOR HIGH-QUALITY, FUEL-EFFICIENT PRODUCTS CONTINUES DRIVING GROWTHFord’s newest vehicles helped the company continue to grow as Ford, Lincoln and Mercury dealers delivered 166,092 new vehicles in July – a 5 percent increase versus a year ago, when “Cash for Clunker” sales started to surge. |
| 03 Aug 2010 |
BEST SELLING 2011 FORD F-SERIES SUPER DUTY DIESEL BOOSTS POWER, FUEL ECONOMY AND VALUEFord Motor Company will begin production this week of the most powerful diesel engine ever installed in a heavy-duty pickup, Barb Samardzich, vice president of powertrain engineering, announced today at an international auto industry conference. |
| 03 Aug 2010 |
UNIQUE CUSTOMER PROGRAM ALLOWS ALL PICKUP OWNERS TO GET 2011 FORD SUPER DUTY POWER GAINSIn an industry first, Ford Motor Company will make sure all 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty pickup customers – past and future – receive the added power produced by the all-new 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8 turbocharged diesel. |
| 03 Aug 2010 |
SUPPLIERS GAIN AS FORD IMPROVES GLOBAL PARTS COMMONALITY AND COMPLEXITY REDUCTIONFord Motor Company is simplifying how it works with suppliers by reducing complexity and expanding part commonality, leading to lower development costs and greater economies of scale for the company’s global supply base. |
| 02 Aug 2010 |
China: Changan Ford Sees Steady SalesCHONGQING, August 3, 2010 – Changan Ford Sales Company saw July sales of 18,255 vehicles sold, driving the total sales this year to 170,053 units, a record increase of 38 percent compared to January - July last year. |
| 02 Aug 2010 |
FORD MOTOR COMPANY COMPLETES SALE OF VOLVO TO GEELYFord Motor Company [NYSE: F] today announced it has completed the sale of Volvo Car Corporation and related assets to the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited. |
| 02 Aug 2010 |
TRANSFORMED MICHIGAN ASSEMBLY PLANT SETS NEW STANDARD FOR FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING AT FORDWhen production of the all-new 2012 Ford Focus begins later this year, Ford Motor Company’s newly transformed Michigan Assembly Plant will be the company’s new benchmark for flexible manufacturing around the world. |
| 02 Aug 2010 |
INDIA: FORD CONTINUES TO SET NEW SALES RECORDS IN 2010NEW DELHI, India, August 1, 2010 – Ford India has reported a 307 percent jump in July sales compared to last year, with total sales of 8,739 units, four times the 2,146 sales made in July 2009. |
| 02 Aug 2010 |
FORD RESEARCHERS ADVANCING CRASH AVOIDANCE CAPABILITY WITH WIRELESS TECHNOLOGYFord Motor Company’s researchers are developing advanced crash avoidance systems that use wireless and GPS technologies to help vehicles communicate with each other in traffic and help drivers avoid or mitigate accidents. |
| 01 Aug 2010 |
Biffle Ends Drought; Gets Ford Back in NASCAR Sprint Cup Victory LaneGreg Biffle used a two-tire stop during the final caution to gain track position and win Sunday's Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway, giving Ford it's first NASCAR win of the season. |
| 31 Jul 2010 |
Biffle's Team Doing Whatever It Takes To Make ChaseWith only six races remaining before the field for the 12-driver Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is set, Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion, finds himself 11th in the point standings with only a 78-point cushion on 13th-place Mark Martin. After one of the team’s strongest runs of the season last week at Indianapolis in which Biffle led two times for 38 laps and finished third, crew chief Greg Erwin opted to bring that same car to this weekend’s race. That decision resulted in a lot of teamwork within Roush Fenway Racing, which Erwin talked about Saturday morning. |
| 30 Jul 2010 |
Allmendinger Leads Ford With Seventh-Place Pocono Qualifying EffortAJ Allmendinger posted the fastest Ford qualifying effort on Friday at Pocono Raceway with a seventh-place run. |
| 29 Jul 2010 |
FORD FIESTA KICKS OFF RETURN TO X GAMES WITH NEW AD STARRING KEN BLOCK; CHANCE TO WIN A FIESTAThe launch of the all-new Ford Fiesta has been anything but traditional – it’s been fun, unique and trendsetting. The new Ford Fiesta ad starring rally driver Ken Block is no different. |
| 26 Jul 2010 |
2011 FORD EXPLORER BRINGS CLASS-LEADING FUEL ECONOMY, PERFORMANCE TO SPORT UTILITY SEGMENTFord’s iconic Explorer has been reinvented and redeveloped to create new expectations for SUV fuel efficiency and performance. It will be the new class leader in its segment with fuel economy improvements reaching more than 30 percent. |
| 26 Jul 2010 |
ALL-NEW FORD EXPLORER OFFERS SURPRISING LEVEL OF CONVENIENCE, CONNECTIVITY TECHNOLOGIESThe all-new Ford Explorer will offer SUV customers a broad range of trim levels and customer convenience and connectivity technologies that will raise the eyebrows among even luxury SUV owners. |
| 26 Jul 2010 |
FORD EXPLORER: REDEFINING SUVs WITH BOLD DESIGN, PRECISION CRAFTSMANSHIP AND ‘QUIET’ QUALITYThe 2011 Ford Explorer has been redesigned from bottom to top, inside and out, to reflect a contemporary vision of what customers today want in a modern SUV. |
| 26 Jul 2010 |
MAJOR SUV FUEL ECONOMY GAINS, TECHNOLOGY, STYLE HIGHLIGHT REINVENTION OF FORD EXPLORERFord Explorer – the vehicle that defined a segment – has been completely reinvented, raising customers’ expectations of sport utility vehicle (SUV) fuel efficiency, safety, technology, capability and quality. |
| 26 Jul 2010 |
NEW FORD EXPLORER BALANCES ON-ROAD HANDLING WITH INTELLIGENT 4WD TERRAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMThe Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle has been reinvented from the ground up to provide drivers with significantly improved on-road driving dynamics, new four-wheel-drive (4WD) capabilities and an intuitive-to-operate terrain management system. |
| 26 Jul 2010 |
WORLD’S FIRST INFLATABLE SECOND-ROW SEAT BELT LATEST INNOVATION IN FORD EXPLORER SAFETY STORYThe new 2011 Ford Explorer has been reinvented, raising the bar on SUV safety by combining technologies to help avoid crashes with those that set new standards of protection in the event of one. |
