Ford Motor Co. in Russia opens starts production once again after local workers ceased to go to work for eight days. Demanding a 30% increase in their wages and a 6 1/2-hour night shift, the 1,500 Ford’s Russian workers returned to the plant near St. Petersburg.
Market Watch reports that not all returned to work. Some […]

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To meet the growing demand of Ford’s small sport-utility vehicles, the company plans to raise overtime work in order to increase production of the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner.
“We are talking with the union to determine how to best handle the increase in sales demand,” Ford spokeswoman Anne Marie Gattari said.
According to United Auto Workers […]

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Expect the 2009 Model Year vehicles of Ford and Mercury to feature SIRIUS Satellite Radios. CNN Money reported that Ford and Mercury want approximately 70% factory penetration of SIRIUS radios.
“We are delighted that Ford has decided to both significantly increase the SIRIUS factory penetration and in addition extend its relationship with SIRIUS, enabling future Ford […]

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Ford Motor Co. received an approval of its incentive package from the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority. According to the report done by Business First yesterday, the incentive will allow Ford to invest $200 million at the Kentucky Truck Plant in eastern Jefferson County.
The report also said that Ford is entitled to $24 million in […]

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Ford Motor Co. has maintained an active presence in the automotive scene, offering new vehicles with new technology. Expanding its market, Ford widens its grasp in making motor homes.
Although it has never sold motor homes under its own name, Ford has been the leading manufacturer of motor home chassis in the United States. Just recently, […]

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With many advancements and concepts being introduced in the market, the reliable pickup truck remains a popular choice.
Ford, one of the leaders in pickup trucks, made some modifications for the 2008 F-Series Super Duty. It has a larger towing capacity of more than 24,000 lbs and a maximum payload of more than 6,000 lbs. It […]

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Mobile magazine recently reported that Ford will be putting an end to the Ford Ranger pickup truck by 2009. After 20 years, the Twin Cities Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota and the engine-casting plant in Cleveland, Ohio will be shut down.
The Twin Cities Plant is responsible for the Ranger’s production, while the plant in Cleveland, […]

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Just recently, autoblog released some spy shots of the 2009 Ford F-150 taken by KGP photographers. It was reportedly spotted on its way back to the trailer after a photoshoot.
Evident in the spy photos is the Ford’s three-bar grille. Meanwhile, its headlights are bare a resemblance from those in the Edge CUV and Taurus X. […]

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Ford’s plans on constructing a new assembly plant in northern Mexico will be put on hold and will rather to build a small car in the U.S., just as it has promised the United Auto Workers in the new labor pact.
For UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, one of his primary concerns was for Ford and GM […]

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