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Ford Introducing More Environmentally Paint Process to Factories

Ford Introducing More Environmentally Paint Process to Factories

Reduces CO2 emissions while painting by up to 25%

Ford is adding its 3-Wet painting process to four factories worldwide in 2013. The process reduces CO2 emissions up between 15% and 25% and reduces volatile organic compound emissions by 10%. It will be added to two factories in the US, one in Spa...
05.04.2013 | 1062 views | 0 comments
Ford invests $600 million in Louisville for Escape production

Ford invests $600 million in Louisville for Escape production

Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant will receive a $600 million investment in order to produce the next-generation of the Escape for the North American market, from 2011. Thanks to this investment the plant will become a more modern and flexible f...
13.12.2010 | 1066 views | 0 comments
Ford issue progress update on new Focus ST

Ford issue progress update on new Focus ST

Ford has released a statement for those concerned about the development of the new Focus ST, saying that everything is ‘on track’. The company’s engineers have reportedly been punishing prototypes of the vehicle on a variety of ...
21.05.2011 | 1358 views | 0 comments
Ford launches mobile app SYNC Destinations

Ford launches mobile app SYNC Destinations

Ford has launched its new and free smartphone app SYNC Destinations, available for owners of 2010 and 2011 Ford SYNC-equipped vehicles that are Traffic, Directions and Information (TDI)-capable.  Dave Gersabeck, SYNC TDI product manager, descri...
30.12.2010 | 1844 views | 0 comments
Ford Launching 23 New Cars Worldwide by End of 2014

Ford Launching 23 New Cars Worldwide by End of 2014

It also has new engines and technology coming to its cars

Ford has big product plans worldwide for 2014. It plans to launch three new factories worldwide and 23 new cars that will be sold globally. It is the most vehicles that Ford will launch in one year in over a century. Among the new vehicles 16 ...
16.12.2013 | 5372 views | 0 comments
Ford launching C-Max facelift

Ford launching C-Max facelift

Updated model will debut alongside the S-Max at the Paris Motor Show

After announcing the launch of the new generation of the S-Max, Ford has just unveiled a facelift of the current generation C-Max. A series of changes intended to approximate it to the recently updated Focus, in which the C-Max is based on. Change...
17.09.2014 | 4778 views | 0 comments
Ford Launching Vignale Luxury Sub-Brand with Special Mondeo in 2015

Ford Launching Vignale Luxury Sub-Brand with Special Mondeo in 2015

It gets exclusive colors, body parts, colors and technology

Ford has not even introduced the new Mondeo to Europe yet, despite it being on sale in the US for nearly a year, because it is reducing production capacity in Europe. At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Ford is launching a new luxury sub-brand called Vig...
04.09.2013 | 7997 views | 0 comments
Ford Lowers 2014 C-Max Fuel Economy Rating in US by 5mpg

Ford Lowers 2014 C-Max Fuel Economy Rating in US by 5mpg

The 2014 C-Max also gets new gearing and body changes

Ford has bowed to pressure and is lowering the fuel economy rating of the C-Max Hybrid in the US by 5mpg. Ford will pay $550 to buyers and $325 to lessees of the 2013 C-Max as restitution for the lower than expected fuel economy. The 2013 car...
16.08.2013 | 2005 views | 0 comments
Ford Mondeo ECOnetic Sets European Distance Record on Single Tank

Ford Mondeo ECOnetic Sets European Distance Record on Single Tank

A Ford Mondeo ECOnetic wagon from Norway has set the European distance record on a single tank of fuel by going 2,536km (1,576 miles) on a single 71 liter tank of diesel.  The pair drove from Helsinki, Finland, to Oslo, Norway, and manage...
21.06.2012 | 8563 views | 0 comments
Ford Mustang 'Eleanor' From 'Gone in 60 Seconds' Sells for $1.1 Million

Ford Mustang 'Eleanor' From 'Gone in 60 Seconds' Sells for $1.1 Million

It was the car used for close-ups and publicity

The Ford Mustang "Eleanor" from the 2000 remake of "Gone in 60 Seconds" sold for $1.1 million at Mecum's Spring Classic auction in Indianapolis, Indiana. As in any film, multiple Eleanors were built, but the car that s...
20.05.2013 | 3292 views | 0 comments

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