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Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 1934 Ford concept sells for $1.76 Million After being hidden away for decades in a Florida garage, an original Ford concept car designed by the son of Henry Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford, has sold at auction for $1.76 Million. The car is the 1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster and is regarded as one of the Blue Oval’s first ever concept cars. Edsel was president of Ford from 1925 up until his untimely death in 1943 from cancer, and during that time he was responsible for a number of important models including the original 1932 Ford and a concept car that... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:01:04 Article Views Rating: 207 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 1934 Ford concept sells for $1.76 Million After being hidden away for decades in a Florida garage, an original Ford concept car designed by the son of Henry Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford, has sold at auction for $1.76 Million. The car is the 1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster and is regarded as one of the Blue Oval’s first ever concept cars. Edsel was president of Ford from 1925 up until his untimely death in 1943 from cancer, and during that time he was responsible for a number of important models including the original 1932 Ford and a concept car that... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:00:37 Article Views Rating: 165 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > 1934 Ford concept sells for $1.76 Million After being hidden away for decades in a Florida garage, an original Ford concept car designed by the son of Henry Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford, has sold at auction for $1.76 Million. The car is the 1934 Ford Model 40 Speedster and is regarded as one of the Blue Oval’s first ever concept cars. Edsel was president of Ford from 1925 up until his untimely death in 1943 from cancer, and during that time he was responsible for a number of important models including the original 1932 Ford and a concept car that... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:06:45 Article Views Rating: 816 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Aussie Ford Falcon prototypes spotted in U.S. Ford has confirmed development of its future RWD program will be spearheaded by an American design team in Detroit and not by its Australian division as earlier suspected. That doesn’t mean the Aussies won’t have an influential role in the gestation of America’s future RWD fleet as evidenced by the pair of FG Ford Falcon prototypes spotted testing in the Detroit area. The sighting of the Falcon test-mules in the U.S. backs recent reports that Ford’s new RWD architecture will borrow... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-02 05:23:17 Article Views Rating: 185 Main > Car Makers News > Other > De Tomaso Panthera design study Italian marque De Tomaso may be long and gone but the legend of its Pantera supercar from the 1970s lives on in the form of the modern Panthera design study from German designer Stefan Schulze. Although just a concept, Schulze envisages his new design one day being built over the mechanicals of a Lamborghini Gallardo and sold as a modern version of the original Pantera. Although the chances of this happening are unlikely, there is some hope for the rebirth of the Tomaso brand. Last year reports emerged... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-31 04:36:22 Article Views Rating: 185 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford fitting electric power steering to 90% of models Ford has made a commitment to fit 80 to 90% of its future vehicles with electric power steering EPS systems by 2012. Currently the 2008 Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, and their respective hybrid models are fitted with EPS, and next in line to receive the fuel-saving device are the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ line of cars. The EPS system helps correct for road irregularities and improves overall handling and steering feel as well as improving fuel economy. Unlike common hydraulic-powered... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-01 07:50:55 Article Views Rating: 185 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Jerry York: Ford should sell Volvo and Mercury The former CFO of Chrysler and chief aide to Kirk Kerkorian and his Tracinda investment company, Jerry York, has given some insight about his thoughts on the current state of Ford and its subsidiaries. York, who met with Ford CEO Alan Mulally last month, thinks the Blue Oval chief will sell Volvo and Mercury but will likely retain Lincoln. He said cutting Volvo and Mercury from Ford’s lineup is the right thing to do and that’s what he would do if he had the top job. “I’m very confident... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-03 09:05:13 Article Views Rating: 141 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Judge approves Ford Explorer rollover settlement Ever since a string of fatal rollovers during the 1990s, the Ford Explorer SUV has had a stigma of being dangerous despite the reason behind the accidents – poorly designed Firestone tires – being resolved. A California judge has now approved the settlement for a class-action case that will compensate roughly 800,000 Ford Explorer owners who claim their vehicles had lost value because of the original controversy. The decision also brings an end to the lawsuit filed against Ford in the states of... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-17 07:39:36 Article Views Rating: 138 Main > Car Makers News > Mercury > Mercury dealers fear brand is back on the chopping block The future of Mercury, one of Ford’s subsidiary brands, is once again the subject of open speculation and this time its Mercury’s own dealers that are asking Ford the tough questions. Members of the Lincoln Mercury National Dealer Council have asked Ford to reveal their plans for Mercury in order to determine if the brand has any future. Ford and the Lincoln Mercury National Dealer Council are meeting in September to discuss the issue but so far the news doesn’t look good for Mercury... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-28 08:53:07 Article Views Rating: 247 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Next Mustang and Falcon to share new RWD platform In a move similar to GM’s plan to bring rear-drive Australian vehicles to U.S. shores, rival carmaker Ford is also planning to beef up its product lineup with some much needed RWD models. The new cars will be based around a single platform, in line with Ford’s new strategy of global platform sharing, and will eventually spawn the next-generation Mustang and Falcon models current version pictured as well as new sedans for both Ford North America and Lincoln. Despite Australia’s expertise in RWD... Full article... 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