Ford
reopens Mexican plant to build new Fiesta
The Cuautitlán plant was making the bigger F-150s, but the times demand smaller cars in lower cost locations, so it's part of a $3 billion Mexican wave
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Ford
signs up Azure for Europe's electric version of Transit van
Azure Dynamics will set up a plant in Europe and will take un-engined Transit Connects from Turkey and turn them into urban delivery vehicles
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Ford
ready to sell Volvo to Geely of China
It's announced deal to sell the Swedish car marque and its assets to the Chinese group, with the deal likely to be finalised in the first quarter of 2010 and concluded in the second quarter
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Ford
reduces debts by $9.9 billion in first quarter
Unlike the other members of Detroit's Big Three, Ford is able to set aside some of its debt with better arrangements
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Crumbs of comfort
as Big Three report 2008 sales
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler all see their
annual sales in North America fall by 20 per cent
and more. But there are a few positive notes
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Ford
"re-evaluation" of Volvo may lead to sale
Loss-making Swedish carmaker is put up for strategic
review and that could lead to a "possible sale"
says Ford
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Detroit's Big
Three told to come back with plans to win aid
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are told by Congressional
leaders to come back by 2 December with plans of
how they would spend any rescue funds
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Ford sells stake
in Mazda to free up cash reserves
It's reducing its stake in the Japanese firm from
33.4 per cent to just over 13 per cent as the drive
to replenish cash reserves gathers pace
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Ford
results for third quarter look bad... for a while
Losses of $2.7 billion look like some of the worst
ever. But then General Motors produces its figures
and Ford looks pretty good in comparison
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Ford
introduces safety monitor for fleet managers
The MyKey system will enable fleet managers to influence
the driving behaviour of people out on the road
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Ford invests in
low-emission engine production in Wales
Bridgend plant will build the 1.6-litre Ecoboost
engines that use gasoline direct injection and cut
CO2 emissions by 15 per cent while improving economy
by 20 per cent
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UK
Transit plant set to lose jobs with new model
Ford will switch production at its Southampton plant
from the van version of the Transit to chassis cab
versions, cutting numbers from 75.000 to 35,000,
when the new models come in 2011
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Losses
force faster switch to small vehicles in N America
plants
Second quarter losses of $8.7 billion push Ford
to make draastioc changes in North America, bringing
six new small models in from Europe and switching
truck plants to make small cars
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Ford
shuffles North American model mix
Market changes in favour of smaller vehicles mean
Ford is shifting its production targets around and
expects lower figures for the financial year too
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Jaguar
and Ford investigate flywheel energy recovery
Motorsport is moving towards flywheel recovery systems
for braking energy. Is there mileage here for car
firms?
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Ford
set to order production cuts at Volvo, says report
Newspaper is reporting that the third shift could
go at Torslanda as Ford seeks to stem the losses
at Volvo
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Ford partners
with utilities to discover plug-in impact
It's working with a research group from the electricity
supply industry to see what effect plug-in vehicles
might have on the power grid
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Ford integrates
its purchasing with global product groups
Product development and purchasing are brought into
alignment in Ford's next phase of corporate restructuring
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| Tata
completes purchase of Jaguar Land Rover
The Indian conglomerate pays $2.3 billion for
the UK-based Ford businesses and says it does
not expect significant change
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Kuga production
starts up at Saarlouis plant
Ford is aiming to produce 45,000 of the new crossover
at its German plant
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Ford
says one-year car plan for 2012 is "on course"
Development time for new models is scheduled to be cut to 12 months and Ford says it can do it by 2012
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Ford pretax losses
cut to $2.7 billion in 2007
Does that look a dreadful figure? Well, it's a whole
heap better than it was the year before and Ford
is pretty upbeat about it
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GM and Ford claim
records for European sales
North American giants put aside their woes in their
home markets to announce record sales in Europe
in 2007
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Ford tries to
persuade US buyers of three-door charms
Much of its stand at the Detroit Auto Show is taken
up with small cars such as the Verve, which US buyers
have traditionally shunned in the past
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| Ford
to spend $500 million expanding in India
It plans a new small car for India and an engine
manufacturing plant by 2010
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| Ford
picks Tata for "more detailed" talks
on Jaguar
Tata Motors' potential acquisition of the Jaguar
and Land Rover brands from Ford moved a step closer
as it was picked for more detailed talks
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Car-to-car
communications not ready to be safety aid
Ford is concentrating on other systems as it thinks
the contribution of car-to-car messaging is not
yet ready to deliver
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Ford
unveils €730m Romanian deal at Frankfurt
show
It's the expected deal for the former Daewoo plant,
but Ford plans to turn it into one of its major
European carmaking centres
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Ford
posts a profit in second quarter
It's made $750 million, but is warning that the
whole year figures still don't look all that great
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Ford
tries out first hydrogen racecar at Bonneville
The Fusion Hydrogen 999 achieved
334 km/h across the salt flats
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Ford
says it will spend €675 million in Romania
The US-owned group is the only bidder for the
Craiova plant formerly owned by Daewoo and has
big plans for it
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Ford
spends $100 million in St Petersburg
The aim is to expand production and put the new
Mondeo into the Russian plant
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Ford
appoints banks for Land Rover and Jaguar sale
Reports say luxury carmakers are to be sold off,
but there is no word on the fate of Volvo
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Navistar set
to sue Ford over F-150 engines
The truckmaker is alleging breach of contract
over engine supply for the pick-up
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Ford makes
big gains in annual quality report
Ford is the big winner in the annual J D Power
Initial Quality Survey for this year
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Production
ends at historic castings plant
Ford has come to the end of its final shift at
the Windsor castings plant in Ontario
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Big
Three discuss automotive issues with President
Chiefs from Ford, General Motors and Chrysler
have been to the White House to tell George W
what's what
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Ford
will buy lots more in China
It's aiming to increase its spending in the People's
Republic significantly in the next year or so
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Ford
and Chrysler suffer while GM does better
Results from the three big North American groups
make for interesting reading
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Ford
puts big money into CO2 research
European chief Lewis Booth announces mega-funding
for research into technologies that cut emissions
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Volvo
unit set to survive Ford's engine cull
The D5 turbodiesel is set to stay under the bonnets
of the Swedish brand until the middle of the next
decade
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Ford
revises hybrid targets for wider fuel spread
The global car giant says its plans for hybrids
need revising downwards and more will go into
alternative fuels such as bioethanol
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Ford
at the 2006 Detroit Show
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Ford
and Fiat to make small cars in Europe
The next-generation Fiat 500 and Ford Ka will
be jointly developed.
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Ford
commits to expand alternative fuel availability
Committing itself to expand the fuelling infrastructure
to support flexible fuel vehicles in the US capable
of running on up to 85 per cent ethanol , Ford
has gone into partnership with VeraSun Energy,
a renewable energy company.
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Ford
and Boeing collaborate on nanotechnology
Ford, Boeing and the Northwestern University of
Evanston are in final negotiations to form a new
alliance to research commercial applications of
nanotechnology.
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Ford's
first Sustainability Report
Ford Motor Company's first Sustainability Report,
Our Route to Sustainability, is now available
to download.
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Ford
at the 2005 IAA Show
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