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• Ford gains market share with low incentives   [Jul 03, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co., the only major U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy, has been able to boost domestic market share while slashing customer incentives by 30 percent.The second-largest U.S. automaker ...

• Geely denies rumors that it will buy Ford's Volvo   [Jul 03, 2009]

  Geely Holding Group on Thursday denied rumors that it was planning to purchase Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit, according to a Sohu.com report.Zhang Jiagan, assistant to Geely's president, said the ...

• Ford Motor boosts Q3 production by 16% in U.S.   [Jul 01, 2009]

  Ford is boosting its third-quarter production schedule after seeing more demand for its cars and trucks in June, the company said Monday.Ford plans to increase production by 16% compared with the ...

• Ford sees market share gains, raises production   [Jun 30, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. said on Monday it expects to gain U.S. market share in June as its sales would hold up much better than the rest of the industry and signaled its increasing confidence by raising ...

• Half of Ford's suppliers bite the dust   [Jun 25, 2009]

  Ford had 1,683 suppliers last year. By the end of this year, that number will be down to 850. This is what Tony Brown, Ford’s group vice president of global purchasing, told reporters, one of ...

• Ford, Nissan win U.S. energy dept loans   [Jun 24, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co., the only U.S. automaker not receiving emergency federal loans, will get $5.9 billion in government financing to speed work on cars with better fuel economy. Nissan Motor Co. will be ...

• Ford Motor denies Volvo deal with Geely Auto   [Jun 22, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. continued to deny last week that it has reached a tentative deal with China's Geely Automobile Co. to sell Volvo.Shenzhen News Net, in a report Friday, said Ford and Geely have reached ...

• Ford to move Asia headquarters to China   [Jun 19, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 19 (Gasgoo.com) Ford Motor Co. confirmed yesterday that it will move its headquarters for the Asia, Pacific and Africa regional headquarters to China from Thailand, xinhuanet.com ...

• Geely Auto reported to buy Volvo unit from Ford    [Jun 18, 2009]

  UPDATE: Volvo has issued an official response to the report, calling it "speculative" and "inaccurate."Geely Automobile Holdings has reached a preliminary agreement with Ford Motor Co to purchase its ...

• Ford launches 'skills for life' training in China   [Jun 16, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 16 (Gasgoo.com) Ford Motor Company last week launched its global Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) driver education program in China, together with its joint venture, Changan Ford Mazda ...

• Mazda mulls alliance with Ford for electric devices   [Jun 11, 2009]

  Mazda Motor Corp., Japan's second- largest auto exporter, is considering forming an alliance with Ford Motor Co. and other carmakers to develop electric devices that boost fuel efficiency. "There is ...

• Ford to face tougher rivals following U.S. rescue   [Jun 08, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. is the healthiest of the Detroit's Big Three auto makers but could face a rough ride facing off with its newest competitor: the U.S. government.General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC ...

• Ford looks at India, China to beat downturn blues   [Jun 06, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co is banking heavily on its subsidiaries in India and China to tide over the unprecedented crisis that has gripped American automobile manufacturers. "India is a great market to be in, ...

• Ford's China venture May car sales up 49%   [Jun 04, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 4 (Gasgoo.com) Ford Motor's passenger vehicle-making joint venture in China sold 27,839 cars in May, up 48.7% from a year earlier, its Chinese partner said today, Dow Jones ...

• The death of U.S. OEM sales   [May 25, 2009]

  You are still making parts for OEM production in America? You should get a medal for bravery. And you may receive a place in history as a vanishing species. We all heard of the dismal sales of new ...

• Ford extends buyout offers to U.S. union workers   [May 23, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. has extended the deadline for buyout offers to some 42,000 U.S. factory workers represented by the United Auto Workers union to June 26, a spokeswoman said on Friday.Ford, the only ...

• Ford to build 3rd China plant in Chongqing   [May 19, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 19 (Gasgoo.com) Ford Motor Co has given the go-ahead for the plan to build a third assembly plant in China to meet fast-growing demand for its cars in the country, state media reported ...

• Ford Motor on track to return to profit in 2011: CEO   [May 17, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. remains on track to return to profitability by 2011 and will not need government loans to help it survive the current economic downturn, the automaker's chief said Thursday."We are ...

• Ford to sell up to 10,000 Focus electric cars a year   [May 12, 2009]

  Electric cars may be all the rage these days but making the technology cheap enough for mass-market will take some time. One of the leaders in this field is Ford, which is expected to have one of the ...

• Ford China venture April car sales up 33% y/y   [May 07, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co's car venture in China sold 33 percent more vehicles in April from a year earlier, its Chinese partner said on Wednesday.Changan Ford Mazda, a tie-up with Chongqing Changan Auto Co and ...