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Ford promotes Elena Ford to senior role to improve dealer standards

3:33 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 14, 2013
Ford is promoting Elena Ford, great-great-granddaughter of company founder Henry Ford, to a newly created senior executive position charged with improving global dealer standards.... Read More »

 

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Looking at Henry Ford's legacy after 150 years

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 3, 2013
If you hang around Ford Motor much, you’ll know it is Henry Ford’s 150th birthday this year. The story of the Dearborn farm boy who put America on wheels has been told countless times, but seldom more rivetingly than the "American Experience" documentary that aired on the Public Broadcasting Service last month.... Read More »

 

2012 LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOW

Auto industry worries about more inflated fuel economy claims

11:28 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 29, 2012
Hyundai's admission that it overstated fuel economy claims on several of its top-selling cars has the industry worried, with speculation rife among executives and analysts at the Los Angeles Auto Show that more automakers may have to do the same. Hyundai and its affiliate Kia conceded earlier this month that they overstated the fuel economy by at least a mile per gallon on more than 1 million recently sold vehicles.... Read More »

 

Ford board deliberates on successor for Mulally

Oct. 12, 2012 06:01 CET
Ford's board discussed a succession plan for CEO Alan Mulally at its monthly meeting on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the discussions. The board is preparing to promote Mark Fields to COO from president of the Americas as part of a plan to have him eventually succeed Mulally, said the person, who asked not to be named revealing board deliberations. The meeting ended without directors announcing a resolution, said another person familiar with the gathering.... Read More »

 

Ford board deliberates on successor for Mulally

7:19 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 11, 2012
Ford Motor Co.'s board discussed a succession plan for CEO Alan Mulally at its monthly meeting on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the discussions. The board is preparing to promote Mark Fields to COO from president of the Americas as part of a plan to have him eventually succeed Mulally, said the person, who asked not to be named revealing board deliberations. The meeting ended without directors announcing a resolution, said another person familiar with the gathering.... Read More »