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Ford Employees Say Owners Spending Less on Car Maintenance 2008-05-05 08:00:32 Pay now or pay later. That is the cry of the auto repair shop, trying to warn customers that ignoring vehicle maintenance now is only going to lead to larger and more costly repairs later. The only problem is no seems to be listening.
Auto supply retailers are showing a decline in first quarter earnings. Some [...] Read more:Owners
, Spending
, Maintenance
Will Ford’s Ka Steal Scenes in New Bond Film? 2008-05-09 05:05:25 Did you know one of Ford’s compact cars will be featured in the new James Bond film? You can’t ask for a better marketing strategy or more publicity than that!
The Ka, one of the most popular UK Ford cars, is making its big-screen debut this Halloween season in the highly-anticipated movie “The Quantum of Solace.” [...] Read more:Steal
Nine Million Car Enthusiasts Can’t Be Wrong with the Ford Mustang 2008-05-07 08:00:15 For many automotive enthusiasts it has been a dream to own their very own Ford Mustang
, and nowhere has this been made more apparent than with Ford Motor Company’s latest milestone: the sale of the 9 millionth Ford Mustang, the company’s longest running brand.
The Ford Mustang made it’s world debut at the New York World’s [...] Read more:Wrong
Nine Million Mustang Owners Can’t Be Wrong 2008-05-12 05:05:10 Can you imagine a car company selling nine million vehicles in the last 30 years? That’s an impressive number! But that number is even more impressive when only one brand of vehicle for a particular company sells that many.
That’s exactly what happened with the Ford Motor Company. The Dearborn-based automaker recently delivered its nine-millionth Mustang
[...] Read more:Owners
, Wrong
Ford Continues to Add Safety Features to Vehicles 2008-05-13 05:05:46 I can’t count the number of times I’ve tried to merge into another lane and been honked at because I didn’t check my blind spot. I’m lucky I haven’t caused any accidents!
But the Ford Motor Company is looking out for people like me. That’s why the safety engineers at the company have developed the Blind [...] Read more:Safety
, Vehicles
Ford to Retire Mercury Brand? 2008-05-09 08:00:35 A lot of buzz has been created lately in the automotive sector. Despite vehement denials by Ford executives, many auto industry experts are predicting that Ford will be retiring their Mercury
brand in order to focus on the Ford and Lincoln brands.
Declining sales of the Mercury brand led industry analyst Aaron Bragman of Global Insight [...] Read more:Brand
Where Has Your Ford Been? 2008-05-08 08:00:21 As some unfortunate drivers can attest, there is no more devastating news for a car enthusiast than to learn that their vehicle has been written off by their insurance company after being in a major collision. Insurance companies have to take into consideration the amount of damage done to the vehicle and if it is [...]
Look for More Ford Focus Models on the Road 2008-05-15 05:05:06 Yesterday, I mentioned in my blog post that my wife and I rented a Ford Focus
a couple years ago when going to a wedding. After that, I found this article about the automaker increasing the production of this popular model.
In April of this year, the Ford Motor Company announced that it was increasing production [...]
Looking for Quality? Come Back to Ford! 2008-05-14 05:05:25 For the last couple decades, the Ford Motor Company has been on a rollercoaster ride. At one time, it was one of the leaders in the entire auto industry. Then, for a few years after that, the automaker got a bad “rep” for having low quality vehicles. In fact, there used to be an adage [...] Read more:Quality
How Much Does Your Car Contribute to the Economy? 2008-05-16 05:05:58 Have you ever wondered exactly how many jobs and dollars your car contributes to the United States economy? If so, keep reading.
A new website called JobsPerCar is a great way to find out how much good you’re doing for the economy simply by the car you drive. In fact, it’s so new that it just [...]
Want an Electric Ford Truck? Build it yourself! 2008-05-12 08:00:18 There’s a lot of talk in the auto world about converting to electricity instead of fuel, and this talk has only increased with the rising cost of fuel. One Illinois man decided to take matters into his own hands and convert his 1996 Ford Escort to running on electricity.
Joe Downing learned how to do this [...] Read more:Truck
, Electric
, Build