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The Interceptor SUVs account for half of Ford's police sales

Ford has an extremely long history of building special police models since the 30s and dominated the market for about 30 years with the Crown Victoria that entered service as the LTD in 1979. In the last decade in the US, SUVs have become more pop...

It can be fueled by either compressed natural gas or liquified petroleum gas

Ford’s Crown Victoria was the standard for taxis in the US, and despite being out of production, they are still extremely popular to see in taxi service. As a replacement, Ford is introducing the Transit Connect Taxi with an option for a bi-...

Ford is mixing high tech and low tech in developing its new cars. We reported yesterday that Ford has a new robot to quantitatively evaluate the new Fusion. Now, it says that it uses ping-pong balls to calculate the interior spaces on its cars, es...

Ford has already announced that it is using recycled materials for the interior of the new Escape, but it is taking that one step further by announcing it using the kenaf plant, a relative of cotton, to produce portions of the doors on the new Esc...

Ford is ramping up for the new Ford Escape SUV. Each new Escape will use 25 20-ounce bottles for carpet material. It is the first time Ford has used this material in a vehicle.  Ford has done extensive testing with the recycled material t...

Ford has unveiled at the 2011 North American International Auto Show its solution for today’s demand in a compact SUV. The Vertrek concept was thought globally, but focused on the North American, European and Chinese markets. In fact, these th...

During the Mackinac Policy Conference on June 1, Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford expressed his desire to create high tech-jobs in Michigan. “While Michigan is the home of the auto industry, the trends affecting our industry offer ...

It will add 25 new vehicles in Europe through 2017

It seems that the European auto market may be reaching its lowest point, which means that things can only get better. The market was down 5% in August and hit its lowest levels since 1990. Ford wants to be ready for the comeback and is attempting ...

Ford will build a $760 million factory in Hangzhou, China, that will initially be able to build 250,000 cars a year bringing its production capacity in China to 1.2 million cars a year when the factory is finished 2015. Construction of the new pla...

Ford has already announced it will be sold in Europe

The Ford Mustang has forged a legacy of being the quintessential working class hero of the American performance car world. Since being introduced in 1964, it has been affordable for practically any buyer to get a rear-wheel drive car that is famil...