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Japanese stay atop Consumer Reports rankings as Detroit struggles

12:45 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 25, 2014
Detroit has come clawing back from the brink with award-winning products, but Japanese and luxury brands still have the best lineups of cars and light trucks in the industry, the editors of the influential shopping guide Consumer Reports say.... Read More »

 

Ford's reported pick of QNX over Microsoft for next-gen Sync boosts BlackBerry stock

11:52 am U.S. ET | Feb. 24, 2014
With the next-generation Ford Sync switching to QNX in favor of Microsoft, according to people briefed on the matter, BlackBerry's stock surged today.... Read More »

 

Ford plans to drop Microsoft in favor of BlackBerry for in-car sync system, report says

Feb. 24, 2014 17:52 CET
Ford will base the next-generation Sync system on BlackBerry's QNX and no longer use Microsoft's Windows, sources said. Using QNX will be less expensive than licensing Microsoft technology and will improve the flexibility and speed of the next Sync system, they said.... Read More »

 

Rep. John Dingell, who championed the auto industry, to retire

10:52 am U.S. ET | Feb. 24, 2014
John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history and staunch ally to the U.S. auto industry, plans to retire at the end of his current term.... Read More »

 

2014 GENEVA AUTO SHOW

Ford says new technology makes revised Focus one of its most advanced cars

Feb. 24, 2014 11:20 CET
Ford unveiled a face-lift for its Focus hatchback, adding fresh styling, new technology and a more premium feel to the company's No. 2 seller in Europe.... Read More »

 

LABOR'S UNREST

Tracing the UAW's struggle with foreign automakers

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 24, 2014
Automotive News spoke to labor analyst Kristen Dziczek about the root of the issues that led up to the recent vote at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga.... Read More »

 

Expedition adds tech, top trim level

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 24, 2014
The re-engineered 2015 Ford Expedition, which launches in the fall, gets high-tech features including the MyFord Touch infotainment system.... Read More »

 

2014 GENEVA MOTOR SHOW

Ford readies smaller Focus engine in fuel-efficiency drive

6:34 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 23, 2014
Ford will offer an optional smaller engine on the updated 2015 Focus compact to woo U.S. drivers looking for improved fuel efficiency.... Read More »

 

Ford expected to drop Microsoft, use BlackBerry QNX in next-gen Sync

4:18 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 22, 2014
The next-generation Ford Sync system will be based on BlackBerry's QNX and no longer use Microsoft Windows, following the automaker' struggles with in-car technology glitches, according to people briefed on the matter.... Read More »

 

Ford raises incentives on Fusion to cut inventories

4:07 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 21, 2014
Ford has been raising incentives on the Fusion sedan to help clear out growing inventories, just months after it started building the car in a second North American plant to keep up with demand. In many parts of the country, the Fusion is now offered with zero-percent financing for 60 months plus $1,000 cash back.... Read More »

 

Ford uses hefty men to test durability of 2015 F-150 seats

11:42 am U.S. ET | Feb. 21, 2014
Ford went to unusual lengths to ensure that the seats in its 2015 F-150 pickups, which go on sale this fall, were durable enough to handle the daily demands of heavyset drivers.... Read More »

 

Ford sued over use of company's hybrid vehicle inventions

11:07 am U.S. ET | Feb. 20, 2014
Ford is accused of developing its hybrid vehicles using technology from a Baltimore company that won a patent-infringement case against Toyota. Paice LLC, in a lawsuit, says hybrid and plug-in versions of Ford's C-Max, Fusion and Lincoln MKZ all infringe its patents covering ways to control electric motors and internal combustion engines so they have increased fuel efficiency and reduced emissions without any loss of performance.... Read More »

 

Ford splits with longtime TV pitchman Mike Rowe

7:33 am U.S. ET | Feb. 20, 2014
Ford and longtime pitchman Mike Rowe, host of "Dirty Jobs," have made a clean break. Ford spokesman Chris Preuss said the Detroit automaker has parted ways with the TV personality and host of the Discovery Channel's now cancelled show.... Read More »

 

GM readying aluminum body trucks by late 2018, report says

9:10 am U.S. ET | Feb. 19, 2014
General Motors is working towards a largely aluminum-bodied pickup truck by late 2018, under pressure from federal fuel efficiency standards, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.... Read More »

 

Expedition gets high-tech goodies

7:00 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2014
The re-engineered 2015 Ford Expedition, which goes on sale this fall, gets high-tech features including the MyFord Touch infotainment system, blind-spot detection and electric power steering.... Read More »

 

A GAME OF STRATEGY

A new era of choice has pickup makers maneuvering for advantage

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 17, 2014
From Ford's lighter aluminum F-150 to General Motors' stylish smaller pickups to Ram's light-duty diesel engine, the industry's dominant truckmakers have all shown their hands. Now what? This year will usher in a new era in the pickup market, with the Detroit 3 following distinctly different paths for their most profitable products.... Read More »

 

Frigid Ford force skates to victory in Wisconsin

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 17, 2014
The wind chill factor plunged to 27 below zero when Bill Ford and the rest of Team Ford took to the ice in Eagle River, Wis., for the 2014 Labatt Blue/USA Pond Hockey Championship.... Read More »

 

Massive training campaign builds for aluminum F-150

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 17, 2014
Thousands of collision repair technicians, insurance estimators, Ford field staffers and others will go to school in one of the biggest industry training programs ever.... Read More »

 

HANS GREIMEL

Why Australia's auto industry is going the way of the dodo

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 15, 2014
Toyota will end Australia's run as an automaking nation when it pulls the plug on local assembly in 2017. The move follows similar cut-and-run announcements by Ford and General Motors and triggered an outcry Down Under about the demise of local manufacturing.... Read More »

 

Ford: Crossovers driving global growth

4:21 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 13, 2014
Though the F-150 full-sized pickup drives Ford Motor Co.’s North American sales, compact and subcompact crossovers such as the Escape/Kuga and EcoSport increasingly generate the company’s global growth, Ford marketing boss Jim Farley told journalists today.... Read More »

 

Ford to keep Edge crossover production at plant near Toronto

11:12 am U.S. ET | Feb. 13, 2014
Ford will build its redesigned Edge mid-sized crossover at its Oakville Assembly plant near Toronto. The Edge will be exported to more than 60 countries from Oakville, where Ford builds the current Edge as well as three other crossover models, the Ford Flex, Lincoln MKX and Lincoln MKT.... Read More »

 

ANALYSIS

Rising stockpiles, drop in showroom traffic spark rise in discounts

3:59 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 12, 2014
A one-two punch of bad weather and overproduction has ignited a price war among car dealers and manufacturers in the United States. Frigid temperatures and winter storms in the past six weeks have slowed retail sales and showroom traffic, inflating inventories of unsold vehicles and triggering a new round of steep discounts by automakers and their dealers.... Read More »

 

Ford January sales in China rise 53%

6:47 am U.S. ET | Feb. 12, 2014
Ford Motor Co. and its Chinese joint ventures sold 94,466 vehicles in China in January, an increase of 53 percent from a year earlier, the automaker said today.... Read More »

 

Ford dealership loses Super Bowl bet, pays out $300,000 to customers

11:48 am U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2014
How does that saying about casinos go again -- the house always wins? In the case of a Missouri Ford dealership, the house bet on the Super Bowl, and lost, to the tune of $300,000.... Read More »

 

RICHARD TRUETT

The mad truck dash to 30 mpg on highway and pickup gold

4:19 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 11, 2014
If you thought the pickup wars -- manufacturers' ongoing offensive to top each other with towing and payload increases and an ever-expanding array of luxury features -- couldn't get any more intense, you are dead wrong.... Read More »

 


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