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Ford Venezuela website publishes boob (with nipple) for a good cause var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Ford_publishes_boob_with_nipple_on_Venezuelan_website'; Be forewarned, this post does have nudity. But because the bare chest in question is being used to promote breast cancer awareness in a nation less stuffy about the naked female form than our own, we don't feel creepy for posting about it. Everybody wins! The image you see above can be found on Ford's Venezuelan website where it's being used to promote a joint breast cancer awareness and prevention campaign... Article added: 2008-12-04 15:19:04 Article Views Rating: 129
Ford Asks Congress For $9 Billion In Stand By Credit But Has No Plans To Use It Ford Motor Co. is asking Congress for a $9 billion "stand-by line of credit" to stabilize its business, but says it doesn't expect to tap it. Unless one of Detroit[source] Article added: 2008-12-03 07:00:18 Article Views Rating: 141
Ford claims to be back in black by 2011, release EV sedan same year In just a few short days, Ford and its two cross-town rivals will be required to lay down a plan before Congress that points a clear path towards profitability and global competitiveness. These days, any automaker's future will involve plenty of greenery, and as the first of the three automakers to submit its comprehensive business plan to the lawmakers in DC, Ford's plan includes electric vehicles slated for launch starting in 2010. First up will be a new electric van for commercial use, followed in... Article added: 2008-12-03 07:00:12 Article Views Rating: 116
Ford: Seeks line of credit, just in case | The Detroit News | detnews.com Ford Motor Co. submitted a plan to Congress on Tuesday outlining its strategy to restore profitability, or at least break even, by 2011. But the Dearborn automaker said it needs more from the United Auto Workers to do it. Ford will speed the introduction of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, eliminate its fleet of corporate jets and cut executive compensation. It is also asking the union to do more on wages, benefits and work rules. The company says it has enough cash and available credit to weather... Article added: 2008-12-03 07:00:09 Article Views Rating: 147
Swedish Sell-A-Thon! Ford reconsiders selling Volvo Ford announced today that it's "re-evaluating strategic options for Volvo Car Corporation", which in plain English means that it may sell the Swedish brand that it's owned since 1998. The Dearborn-based automaker says this re-evaluation will take about three months, during which Ford and Volvo will work together as they always have. While the sale of Volvo will be no doubt be decided upon during this time, Ford has also said it will be working on propping Volvo up as a stand-alone business since the... Article added: 2008-12-02 10:58:46 Article Views Rating: 126
FORD CEO Alan Mulally Will Drive to Washington D.C. To BEG For Money - But What Car Will He Drive To D.C.? His Lexus, OR Perhaps Maybe a Ford Product? Alan Mulally caught a lot of flack when he took over at Ford Motor Company in September of 2006. He stated publicly that he would continue to drive his Lexus LS430 until such time as Ford built a car comparable to the Lexus.My how times have changed.Lambasted in front of Congress two weeks ago for flying in corporate jets, Alan Mulally is driving to D.C. with the intention of begging Congress for bailout money.But the bigger question lingers, will Alan make the trip in his Lexus - or will a new... Article added: 2008-12-02 10:58:46 Article Views Rating: 231
Porsche head predicts a hedge fund will swallow GM or Ford Little guy Porsche is taking huge swings, and not just at the giant that is Volkswagen. Porsche head Wendelin Wiedeking had fierce Teutonic words for General Motors and Ford, and banks. His Rindfleisch – beef, that is – with U.S. automakers is that, through unsound practices, they have thrown absolutely everything into turmoil. In the words of the Guardian, in fact, they have driven "the industry to the brink of ruin." Those are big and perhaps hyperbolic words. But he then singles out GM... Article added: 2008-12-02 10:58:44 Article Views Rating: 130
Ford to debut "post-kinetic" design language in Detroit Even though Ford hasn't admitted it, we all know what's coming to Detroit. The 2010 Ford Taurus that's been spied and rendered is on its way, and although FoMoCo's design director, J Mays, won't go on the record as saying that the new Taurus will be unveiled in Motor City, he did say the automaker will show off the next iteration of its global styling theme this January.Ford's North American and European design teams have been working together for the last two years on the successor to the automaker's... Article added: 2008-12-02 10:58:37 Article Views Rating: 145
Ford CEO to drive to Congressional hearings | The Detroit News | detnews.com WASHINGTON -- Ford Motor Co. president and CEO Alan Mulally will drive to Washington to attend two days of congressional hearings later this week to explain the company's restructuring plans as part of the industry's effort to get $25 billion in emergency loans. Last week, General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC announced that the CEOs of the two automakers wouldn't return to Washington via private planes after facing withering criticism from Congress that the three top executives had traveled on... Article added: 2008-12-02 10:58:29 Article Views Rating: 188
Ford, GM boards meet today to finalize plans for Congress | The Detroit News | detnews.com WASHINGTON -- Ford Motor Co.'s board of directors is meeting today to consider the Dearborn automaker's plan it will submit to Congress on Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter said. The automaker is crafting a roughly 20-page document to submit to Congress that doesn't seek immediate aid, but rather seeks essentially a multi-billion government line of credit that it could tap in the event the economy turns significantly worse next year. The plan will address executive compensation, travel and how... Article added: 2008-12-02 10:58:29 Article Views Rating: 186 |
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