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Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford to slash up to 12% of salaried jobs Ford Motor Co. will cut its U.S. salaried work force by between 10 percent and 12 percent in an effort to jump-start a turnaround plan stalling in the face of rising gasoline and raw materials prices. And this time, it won't be voluntary. That was the sobering message delivered to senior employees in Ford's sales, marketing and service division during a "town hall" meeting with Vice President Jim Farley on Friday morning. He told his team that Ford is struggling to cope with "a structural change to our... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-28 08:53:31 Article Views Rating: 137 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 > Ford > Ford plans to debut small, light pickups Ford Motor Co. is planning a major revamping of its truck lineup in the United States in response to rising fuel prices and a consumer shift toward more fuel-efficient vehicles. The Dearborn automaker is developing a smaller, lighter version of its bread-and-butter F-150 pickup. The company also is designing a new global compact pickup in Australia that it plans to manufacture in South Africa and Thailand that could be imported to the United States. Ford would not comment on either program, but sources... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-20 06:36:22 Article Views Rating: 157 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > VIDEO: Ford demonstrates new nav system with Sirius Travel Click above to view videos after the jumpOne of the cool features that Ford is introducing for the 2009 model year is its updated navigation system with Sirius Travel Link. When we went out to drive the updated 2009 Ford Escape this week, Ford's chief technology spokes-model Alan Hall gave us a guided tour of the system. The next generation nav unit takes the traditional touch screen GPS unit and integrates it with the popular SYNC system that debuted last year, while adding real time downloadable... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:20:08 Article Views Rating: 142 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy FIRST-HAND LOOK AT FORD'S ECO-BOOST TECHNOLOGYI just spent a day at Ford's proving grounds driving a number of vehicles that use Eco-boost technology, which is the centerpiece of the company's strategy to improve fuel economy. I wish I could tell you more about my driving impressions of these Fords, but all that information is embargoed for now. What I can say is that the Eco-boost technology works impressively well. However, while the technology works well, I wonder how well Ford's strategy will work... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:20:07 Article Views Rating: 82 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 > BMW > Video: BMW X3 commercial takes shot at American SUVs So you think that Cadillac Escalate or Lincoln Navigator you have there is a ‘real’SUV? Take a look at this BMW X3 commercial that takes a shot at our domestic SUVs and tells us what really is riding under the skin of your gas-guzzling American icons.Click through for the video...[source] Full article... Article added: 2008-04-28 06:23:50 Article Views Rating: 173 Main > Car Makers News > Other > U.S. Postal Service to celebrate the tailfin starting in October Click on the 300C to see all five stamps in high-resolutionAll the way back in 2004, we wondered out loud why the U.S. Postal Service chose only to showcase cars from the first half of the decade starting in 1950. All of you waiting on pins and needles now have an official date when this offense will be rectified: October 3, 2008. Starting on that day, each of the 37,000 Post Office locations will begin offering five new "50s Fins and Chrome" 42-cent first-class stamps as part of the "America on the... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-28 06:23:46 Article Views Rating: 115 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Analysts: Mich. least likely to get VW plant WASHINGTON -- Tennessee and Alabama should be favored over Michigan to land a new Volkswagen assembly plant, analysts said Thursday, based on the auto industry's ongoing migration into the Sun Belt and concerns about labor's heavy influence in Michigan. Volkswagen has confirmed that it is considering the three states for a plant, offering a crown jewel of economic development that could help the states expand their auto industry presence. Lured by incentive packages, an eager work force and a lack of... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-25 06:16:00 Article Views Rating: 103 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Track revs up thrills for novice drag races It was back in 1973, so I can't exactly recall why my older brother was taking his '71 Dodge Charger R/T to the drag strip. It may have been to dial in the new Six Pack carburetor setup he installed on the car's thumping 440 Magnum, or he could have been testing a then high-tech Direct Connection transistorized ignition. Regardless of the reason, he took me. I was 11. While details of my first trip to a drag strip are fuzzy, one memory remains razor sharp: the roar of uncorked exhaust pipes. It was more... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-25 06:15:58 Article Views Rating: 99 |
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