Ford Automobiles Blog

Amidst slumping sales and a global recession, Ford posted its first operating profit since 2008, pulling in a net earning net earnings of $997 million after taxes in the third quarter of 2009.The company’s profit comes thanks to its work at reducing structured costs by $4.6 billion over the year ...    Read more

To the Hamptons in my first-ever favorite minivan.Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. So posited Henry David Thoreau. But America's original gangsta/philosopher/bard wrote in the faraway days before mankind was battered by incessant Timbaland beats and Bill O'Reilly Twitter feeds, so we will forgive him for not anticipating those ...    Read more

There’s no replacement for displacement -- unless said replacement is a pair of turbochargers. That seems to be the idea behind this Ford project car, which is destined for this year’s SEMA show. Along with Detroit Street Rods, the automaker is building a custom 1934 Ford ...    Read more

When details first leaked about Ford’s proposed contract with the United Auto Workers, some believed the deal would be difficult to pass. If early voting results are any indication, they were right...According to The Detroit News, six of the eight UAW locals that have voted on the proposal ...    Read more

Ford is the featured brand at this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association show, and as such, the automaker is going big with custom versions of almost every car in its lineup. This year, Ford will put the Taurus SHO in the spotlight along with its ...    Read more

According to Bloomberg, certainly. The financial newspaper claims Ford’s European SUV may be built here in the U.S. <P class=MsoNormal target="_blank">Citing anonymous sources within the company, Bloomberg claims the automaker will shift some production of the slinky crossover to its facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The facility will ...    Read more

With the 2012 Focus BEV, Ford may be the first automaker to apply Magna's electric vehicle technology to a production vehicle, but it may not be the last. The Canadian supplier revealed this week that it was not only openly offering its EV powertrain to other automakers, but that it ...    Read more

After its success with the Fiesta Movment, Ford is trying its hand with social media once more with the new Fusion 41 program.Ford’s Fusion 41 media program is aimed at 2010 Fusion and Fusion Hybrid owners who are excited about their vehicles and would like to spread the news. Eight ...    Read more

Toyota may still be the king of hybrid sales in the U.S., but Honda and Ford are duking it out for second-place position. In the first nine months of 2009, Honda has sold 29,958 hybrids, an 8 percent gain over last year, thanks in part to the introduction of the ...    Read more

Famed action sports star-turned-rally driver Ken Block has been offered a spot to drive in the World Rally Championship. The all-new Monster Energy Drink World Rally Team will have Block piloting a WRC-spec 2009 Ford Focus. Block, well known in the U.S. for his ...    Read more

Want to be one of the first to pilot an electric-powered Ford Focus prototype? Unless you happen to be a guest of honor on the Jay Leno Show, your best bet is to live in London. Ford announced today it would loan 20 Focus BEV prototypes to consumers living in ...    Read more

Amidst struggling auto sales, Ford is seeing some success with its hybrid models. Thanks to the introduction of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid, Ford’s hybrid sales are up 73 percent over the same period last year.With fuel economy ratings of 41/36 mpg (city/hwy), it’s hard ...    Read more

Could this be a win-win? The new tentative agreement between Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers is seen asessential to improving the company’s long-term outlook, while UAW president Ron Gettelfinger believes it “isn’t a concessionary agreement.”“This agreement, when you look at it, has more positives for our membership ...    Read more

In July, Ford announced that it would bring the Mustang back to NASCAR in July 2010, when a limited number of Mustangs will race at the Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The Roush Fenway Racing and Con-way Freight Mustang was officially unveiled yesterday.While the Mustang ...    Read more

Can a GPS signal help drivers avoid accidents? Ford believes so. <P class=MsoNormal>The automaker has partnered with Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, to research linking GPS satellites with automobiles, allowing drivers to use the system for something other than navigation. Researchers believe that GPS satellites can precisely monitor a ...    Read more

Ford is taking the electrification of its lineup seriously with the creation of a new position called the Director of Global Electrification. Nancy Gioia, formerly Ford’s director of sustainable mobility technology and hybrid vehicle programs for North America, will be the first person to take the new position.In her newjob, ...    Read more

Both Chrysler and GM gained concessions from the UAW when they went through Chapter 11 bankruptcies, which left only Ford bound by the terms of its UAW contract from 2007. In a bid to level the playing field with its American competitors, Ford is nearing an agreement with the UAW ...    Read more

It's party time. Although we've seen the new Fiesta for some time now, Ford has announced it will officially launch the U.S.-spec 2011 model at the 2009 Los Angeles auto show. While Europe has experienced the latest Fiesta for nearly a year, the North ...    Read more

It's hard to make Ford's Super Duty any bigger, bolder, or beefier, but the automaker did just that with its revised 2011 model. Like the past few iterations of the Super Duty, the 2011 model’s exterior is largely derived from the truck launched ...    Read more

Ford CEO Alan Mulally may be headed to the CES in January, but today, he’s in Delhi, unveiling the new Ford Figo -- a subcompact model designed for to the Indian market. <P class=MsoNormal> “Our new Figo shows how serious we are about India,” ...    Read more

Ford may be one of the first automakers to endorse a ban on texting while driving,and it's also reportedly working on a solution: a new voice-to-text feature for its renowned Sync connectivity system. Sync, which mates to mobile phones via Bluetooth technology, can currently read incoming text messages over the ...    Read more

Three in ten cash for clunkers buyers surveyed weren't even in the market to buy a new car before the program started. According to a cars.com survey of 1056 cash for clunkers participants, the program served its purpose by pushing consumers to purchase a vehicle sooner than later. Many polled ...    Read more

Roush has just announced a pair of 2010 Mustangs with 540 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque each. Those area huge improvement over the stock numbers of 315 and 325, respectively.The 225 hp and 185 lb.-ft. increases come from the signature Roush supercharger. Stronger internals and lowered compression ratio (9.8 ...    Read more

Jay Leno revealed that thecar he would use on his “Green Car Challenge” is an electric Focus, and with the premiere of that segment tonight, Ford took the wraps off Jay’s electric car. The Focus used is based on the four-door hatchback European Focus ST, which itself is a ...    Read more

Ford announced the introduction of its smallest EcoBoost engine yet at the Frankfurt Motor Show: the Grand C-Max. But the automaker is reportedly working on even thriftier two- and three-cylinder engines for use in future small cars.Ford's Vice President of Powertrain Engineering Barb Samardzich told Automotive News that two- and ...    Read more