Ford Brand

SUPER SEGMENT

Ford counts on 5 cars and crossovers to make inroads against imports

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 25, 2013
Super Segment is Ford Motor Co.'s term for five Ford brand vehicles: the Fiesta subcompact, Focus compact, Escape compact crossover, C-Max Hybrid crossover and Fusion mid-sized sedan. The vehicles are Ford's import fighters.... Read More »

 

Ford weighs how to make the Mustang appeal in Europe

March 13, 2013 06:01 CET
Ford's product development team is facing its toughest challenge yet in developing a global design language: creating a Mustang that works outside North America. The next Mustang, scheduled to arrive next year, is scheduled for sale in Europe and other parts of the world.... Read More »

 

Ford recalls 7,150 newly built vehicles to repair child locks

2:53 pm U.S. ET | March 12, 2013
Ford plans to recall 7,150 vehicles built in November, including the 2013 Escape crossover, because some models are equipped with a defective child lock on the left rear door.... Read More »

 

GENEVA AUTO SHOW

Next Mustang must gallop on global stage

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 11, 2013
Ford's product development team is facing its toughest challenge yet in developing a global design language: creating a Mustang that works outside North America.... Read More »

 

Ford's messenger for the millennials

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 11, 2013
More than 42 million people have viewed "DC Shoes: Ken Block's Gymkhana Five: Ultimate Urban Playground; San Francisco" video featuring his tire-smoking doughnuts, extreme drifting and soaring jumps.That number is music to the ears of Ford marketer Scott Denby. So is this one: More than 3.1 million people like Block on Facebook.... Read More »

 

Some Ford dealers miss small pickup

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 4, 2013
Ford's compact Ranger pickup is gone, but for many dealers it's not forgotten.... Read More »

 

Fiesta's buzz builders

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 25, 2013
Advertising material for the 2014 Ford Fiesta will come from videos, photos and other digital content created by 100 young bloggers -- not by Ford's ad agency.... Read More »

 

Ford dusts off Fiesta Movement to pitch refreshed subcompact

4:30 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 19, 2013
Ford is again calling on Web-savvy millennials to help launch its Ford Fiesta subcompact.... Read More »

 

Dealers cheer Ford facilities plan

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2013
By offering to match dealers' spending on facility renovations dollar-for-dollar up to $750,000 per store, Ford has taken an already good program and made it even better, dealers say.... Read More »

 

NASCAR builds brand appeal

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2013
The Daytona 500 is set for Sunday, and executives from Ford, Chevrolet and Toyota racing divisions say nothing fires up an automaker's fan base and boosts its image among consumers more than a NASCAR victory.... Read More »

 

MAKE MEETINGS -- FORD

Ford dangles $750,000 carrot for facilities

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2013
Ford brand will offer as much as $750,000 in dollar-for-dollar matching funds to dealers who refurbish their facilities in line with the Ford Trustmark design program, the brand told dealers at its make meeting.... Read More »

 

Ford, PlugShare partner to aid EV owners on the road

5:02 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 12, 2013
Ford Motor Co. is joining with PlugShare.com, an aggregator of electric vehicle charging stations, to provide drivers with the location of charging stations and other services on their computers or mobile devices.... Read More »

 

Fiat's Turkish partner, Tofas, unveils plans for N.A. van exports, new cars

Feb. 11, 2013 15:49 CET
Fiat's Turkish partner, Tofas, disclosed plans to export the Doblo small commercial van to North America and also said it is working on two new passenger cars for local and export markets.... Read More »

 

GM lowers Malibu pricing to compete with Camry in online searches

1:34 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 8, 2013
GM, aiming to make the mid-sized Chevrolet Malibu sedan more appealing to online car shoppers, lowered the car's price by hundreds of dollars to compete with better-selling mid-sized sedans. GM lowered the prices of Malibu by as much as $770 as the automaker seeks to improve its results in a segment that includes five of the 20 most popular vehicles in the United States.... Read More »

 

LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE

New van crop is ugly — but in a money-making way

1:10 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 8, 2013
Not to burst the ego of the automotive stylists who worked on them, but the new commercial vans that are about to flood the market are ugly. Beautifully, hideously ugly. The vans from Nissan North America, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group are to automotive design what a young Mike Tyson was to opposing boxers: unorthodox and confusing, but devastatingly effective.... Read More »

 

MARK RECHTIN

No sympathy prize for the ATS

2:46 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 6, 2013
The Cadillac ATS is a fine car. But North American Car of the Year? Not to me. Like many reviewers, I find things to cheer and jeer about the sedan. The suspension is crisp but jarring.... Read More »

 

With Atlas pickup, Ford trades Marlboro Man for gizmos

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 28, 2013
Auto show concept vehicles are sort of like presidential inaugural addresses: They outline a broad, shining vision of the future, but they're short on the details of how that vision will be executed. Such is the case with the Ford Atlas Concept pickup unveiled at the Detroit auto show.... Read More »

 

FINAL ASSEMBLY

For new EVs, kudos amid the clobbering

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 28, 2013
In its review of the Ford Focus Electric and Mitsubishi i-MiEV released last week, Consumer Reports took issue with the Ford's cramped rear seat and frustrating MyFord Touch controls, and a large lithium ion battery pack that consumes much of the car's "modest cargo space." How did the smaller i-MiEV fare?... Read More »

 

Ford launches deals to spur Focus EV sales

3:25 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 25, 2013
Ford, responding to soft sales for the Ford Focus EV and recent moves by rivals, has launched a wave of discounts and special lease deals to spur demand for the alternative-powered compact car.... Read More »

 

2013 DETROIT AUTO SHOW

Prime time for big pickups

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013
Low incentives, new products and construction sites filled with aging pickups have set the stage for an especially competitive -- and lucrative -- battle in the one segment the Detroit 3 still dominate: big pickups.... Read More »

 

NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW

Ford's van plan: More flexibility

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013
The Ford Transit, coming to dealerships in the first half of 2014, offers commercial customers three roof heights, three body lengths and two wheelbases. In addition, Ford is redesigning the smaller Transit Connect for 2014.... Read More »

 

Camaro tops Mustang in pony showdown

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013
In a revival of those great pony car wars of the 1960s and 1970s, Chevrolet's Camaro narrowly outsold the Ford Mustang last year. The Chevy's 1,396-unit victory (84,391 to 82,995) was the closest race since 1971, which happened to be the first time U.S. customers bought more Camaros than Mustangs.... Read More »

 

Ford pilot expected to benefit minority dealers

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013
The Ford Minority Dealer Association is seeking minorities with dealership management experience and cash -- or a partner with cash -- for a new pilot to help dealers buy Ford and Lincoln stores.... Read More »

 

2013 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW

Ford to offer Rhapsody online music service in 1 million vehicles

10:40 am U.S. ET | Jan. 7, 2013
Ford will offer Rhapsody International's Internet music service in more than 1 million Ford and Lincoln vehicles, the online company's first tie-in with an automaker.... Read More »

 

NEWS ANALYSIS

After a weak '12, Ford looks ahead

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 7, 2013
Ford Motor Co. finished 2012 with a 5 percent sales increase. But industrywide sales grew 13 percent, so Ford lagged behind many major rivals and lost market share for the second year in a row. The good news is that as 2013 begins, Ford finally should be in a position to realize the benefits of all the money it invested in new products during the recession under CEO Alan Mulally's global One Ford plan.... Read More »