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• Geely won't name backer in bid to buy Ford's Volvo   [Nov 20, 2009]

  China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group wouldn't say where it's getting financial backing for a bid to buy Volvo Cars from Ford Motor Co., unions said Thursday. Geely Chairman Li Shufu, the billionaire ...

• VW, Ford discount threatens German auto dealers   [Nov 19, 2009]

  Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co., preparing for a market decline in Germany after the end of the country's "cash for clunkers" program, are cutting prices at a near-record pace that dealers say may ...

• Ford tops safety list in U.S. insurance tests   [Nov 19, 2009]

  Twenty-seven vehicles earned the top safety rating in a U.S. insurance-industry group's 2010-model crash tests, less than a third of the number a year earlier after a measure of performance in ...

• Changan Ford Mazda to sell imported Mazda3 soon   [Nov 18, 2009]

  Shanghai, November 18 (Gasgoo.com) Changan Ford Mazda, rather than FAW Mazda, will sell the imported Mazda3 hatchback starting December 1, SinoCast reported.The new imported Mazda3 will debut at the ...

• Ford stock reaches 2-year high; Soros takes stake   [Nov 17, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co., two weeks after posting a surprise $997 million third-quarter profit, closed today at its highest price in more than two years, benefiting investors including billionaire George ...

• Sales of Changan Ford Mazda in October 2009 (by model)   [Nov 16, 2009]

  Sales of Changan Ford Mazda Automobile in October 2009 (by model):Source: CPCA

• U.S. Nov. auto sales won't trail Oct. - Ford analyst   [Nov 14, 2009]

  U.S. auto sales in November will not fall back below levels seen in October, the chief U.S. sales analyst for Ford Motor Co said on Friday.U.S. auto sales registered a 10.46 million unit annualized ...

• Geely to double Volvo sales to 1 mln vehicles a year   [Nov 13, 2009]

  Shanghai, November 13 (Gasgoo.com) Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, vying to buy Ford Motor's Volvo division, plans to more than double Volvo's sales to near 1 million vehicles a year by 2013, media ...

• Ford Europe sales rise 13% in October   [Nov 12, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co posted its best October sales and market share in a dozen years in its main 19 European markets on Wednesday, but warned that European countries and the EU needed to take further action ...

• Ford to shut Taurus plant for week after India strike   [Nov 09, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. is scheduling a one-week shutdown of the Chicago factory building its new Taurus, a model that more than doubled in sales last month, caused by a strike at a parts-supplier in India ...

• Changan Ford Oct sales up 80% to 20,027 units   [Nov 03, 2009]

  Shanghai, November 3 (Gasgoo.com) Ford Motor said today that sales by its passenger car joint venture with China's Chongqing Changan Automobile rose 80% in October from a year earlier to 20,027 ...

• Ford to extend revolving credit; raise $3 bln equity   [Nov 03, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co said on Monday it would pay back in part and extend by two years $10.7 billion of secured debt and issue some $3 billion of stock and equity linked securities to improve its balance ...

• Geely confident of successful bid for Ford's Volvo   [Nov 02, 2009]

  Shanghai, November 2 (Gasgoo.com) Geely's chairman Li Shufu said on Friday that his company is confident its bid for Ford Motor's Volvo unit will be successful, as it seeks to lead Chinese automakers ...

• Ford suffers UAW setback, Canadian workers OK cuts   [Nov 02, 2009]

  U.S. factory workers at Ford Motor Co overwhelmingly rejected proposed concessions it has said it needs to stay competitive, while union workers in Canada on Sunday accepted cuts aimed at retaining ...

• China probes GM, Ford imports after U.S. tire duties   [Nov 01, 2009]

  China is investigating whether U.S. carmakers including General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. benefited unfairly from government assistance, Chinese commerce minister Chen Deming said today. China ...

• Ford says October sales rose after clunker hangover   [Oct 31, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. said U.S. auto sales rose in October from a month earlier as the industry probably rebounded from the drop in demand that followed the so-called cash for clunkers program. "The roller ...

• China's "Henry Ford" drives Geely onto global stage   [Oct 31, 2009]

  Li Shufu, the founder of China's Zhejiang Geely Holdings, has much in common with Henry Ford, from a childhood on the farm to a scrappy determination to build a car-making behemoth from nothing.If ...

• Ford may narrow loss after winning more US market    [Oct 30, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. may narrow its third-quarter operating loss after winning more U.S. market share on the strength of a reputation enhanced by avoiding bankruptcy. Ford will post an adjusted loss Nov. 2 ...

• Geely Auto: not involved in parent's bid for Volvo   [Oct 29, 2009]

  Chinese auto maker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday that it isn't involved in its parent's bid for Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit and it isn't providing financing to its parent for the ...

• Geely named as preferred bidder for Volvo   [Oct 29, 2009]

  Ford Motor Company announced Wednesday that a consortium led by Zhejiang Geely Group Holding Co. Ltd. is its preferred bidder in the ongoing discussions concerning the possible sale of Volvo Car ...