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Automakers target China at Shanghai show
SHANGHAI -- Global and Chinese automakers showcased family-friendly sedans and SUVs targeting coveted urban buyers at China's biggest auto show Saturday as competition intensifies in this huge but crowded market.China's vehicle sales rose 13 percent in March, blistering...
Date: 04/21/2013 | Nation & World
Boeing sought lithium-ion battery advice of GM, Ford
SEATTLE -- Boeing's supplier of lithium-ion batteries for its 787 Dreamliners tightened quality checks after the planemaker sought advice from other companies that use the technology, said five people with knowledge of the matter.Boeing tapped Ford, General Motors, General...
Date: 03/07/2013 | Business
Detroit, Toyota see big U.S. sales gains in January
DETROIT -- American consumers ignored tax increases and trudged through winter weather to buy new cars and trucks at an unusually strong pace last month.
Date: 02/01/2013 | Business
Auto review: Ford Fusion has elegance but also small flaws
The ambitious 2013 Ford Fusion comes tantalizingly close to setting a new standard for midsize sedans.A number of nagging little flaws hold it short of that, but there's a lot to like about the elegant and advanced new Ford.
Date: 12/08/2012 | Business
Consumer Reports questions mpg claims for Ford Fusion, C-Max
Ford Motor Co. has been crowing about the huge fuel economy ratings of its Fusion and C-Max hybrids.Consumer Reports did its own tests and said it couldn't replicate the 47 miles per gallon Ford is claiming for the city, highway and combined ratings for the vehicles.
Date: 12/08/2012 | Business
Ex-Boeing chief Mulally to stay at Ford through 2014
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. has promoted Mark Fields to chief operating officer from president of the Americas, a move that clears the way for him to succeed Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally.
Date: 11/01/2012 | Business
Most automakers report U.S. sales jumps despite storm
DETROIT — Most major automakers reported sales increases in October despite losing at least three days of business to the punishing rain and wind from Superstorm Sandy.
Date: 11/01/2012 | Business
Ford's Mulally mum on retirement date
DETROIT -- Ford CEO Alan Mulally said Tuesday that he hasn't told the company's board when he plans to retire.
Date: 09/18/2012 | Business
Feds probe Ford police car steering problem
DETROIT — Government safety regulators are investigating Ford's Crown Victoria police cars due to complaints about defective steering columns.The probe affects about 195,000 cars from the 2005 through 2008 model years.
Date: 09/15/2012 | Business
Ford on track to beat Toyota with best-selling car
RAYONG, Thailand -- The stylish and nimble Ford Focus is on track to unseat Toyota's aging Corolla to become the world's top-selling car, according to Ford.The company says it sold 489,616 Focus sedans and hatchbacks globally in the first half of 2012, besting the Corolla by almost 27,000.
Date: 09/01/2012 | Business
Ford Europe sales fall as economy struggles
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co.'s problems in Europe are worsening thanks to the region's faltering economy. The Dearborn, Mich., company said Thursday that auto industry sales in the region through July were the lowest in 17 years as automakers battled for sales in a declining market.
Date: 08/17/2012 | Business
European losses hurt Ford 's 2Q profit
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Plummeting sales in Europe -- and no hope for a quick fix in the troubled region -- hurt Ford's second-quarter profit and forced the company to lower its full-year earnings forecast.
Date: 07/26/2012 | Business
Auto review: Mustang Sally better strap in tightly with this GT500
Thin clouds seemed to trail the sinister blue Mustang, their contents probably shredded and ingested by the car's big supercharger.Dogs barked at its collection of nasty noises, which sounded like the rumbles and quakes from some distant urban war.
Date: 07/21/2012 | Business
Ford begins CEO search before Mulally retires
DETROIT -- Ford CEO Alan Mulally, who orchestrated a financial, cultural and product-led turnaround at Ford, turns 67 next month.
Date: 07/20/2012 | Business
Ford recalls 2013 Escapes; engines can catch fire
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. is telling owners of one version of the brand-new Ford Escape not to drive the SUVs until dealers can fix fuel lines that can crack and spill gasoline, causing engine fires.
Date: 07/20/2012 | Business
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