Ford
The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational vehicle producer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer, Troller, and Australian performance car manufacturer FPV. During the financial crisis at the beginning of the 21st century, it was close to bankruptcy, but it has since returned to profitability.Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker (preceded by General Motors) and the fifth-largest in the world (behind Toyota, VW, Hyundai-Kia and General Motors) based on 2015 vehicle production. At the end of 2010, Ford was the fifth largest automaker in Europe. Ford is the eighth-ranked overall American-based company in the 2010 Fortune 500 list, based on global revenues in 2009 of $118.3 billion. In 2008, Ford produced 5.532 million automobiles and employed about 213,000 employees at around 90 plants and facilities worldwide.
Ford GT architect Raj Nair is landing at Multimatic Motorsports
In case you were worried, ex-Ford North America president Raj Nair will be all right after being unceremoniously ousted from the Blue Oval in February. The father of the new Ford GT landed at the [...]
Will the next Shelby GT500 get a dual-clutch transmission?
The last Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 came in fifth-generation guise (live rear axle) making 662 hp using a 5.8-liter supercharged V8. It was a beast of a car -- and almost undriveable in anything less than perfect [...]
Ford’s decision to kill most of its cars was inevitable
Last month in Las Vegas, dealers expressed their satisfaction with s product decisions made by CEO Jim Hackett at Ford. But, surprisingly, on more than one occasion -- and completely unprompted -- some longtime retailers [...]
You could drive 423 km and still have kWh left with these 10 electric cars
It’s all about operating range when it comes to electric cars, with the best of the genre able to run for a several day’s drive on a charge, but with the worst barely able to make [...]
Introducing the First-Ever 2019 Sierra AT4
Ahead of the New York Auto Show, GMC pulled the curtain off the latest addition to its new 2019 Sierra pickup line -- the AT4. The alphanumeric name denotes Sierra’s off-road-ready package, which features a 2-inch suspension lift, a locking [...]
Ford Explorer ST on its way for sporty families
Performance isn't just for passenger cars anymore, Ford said Thursday. The automaker confirmed at a press conference in Dearborn, Michigan, that it plans to unveil a Ford Explorer ST is a sporty version of the [...]
Next-Generation Ford Focus will be presented in Europe in April
The next-generation Ford Focus will debut in Europe at a stand-alone event in April, instead of the Geneva auto show. American model’s production will move to China in mid-to late-2019. It current production is in Michigan and it will [...]
Ford Ranger Raptor preview before debut 7th february
The Australian-market Ford Ranger Raptor has been teased once again in a new video. Video shows the off-road truck plays in the dirt. We’ll see it fully uncamouflaged on February 7 in Thailand, and the latest footage gets us excited [...]
Preview of 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt before Detroit auto show
Ford let out the world’s worst-kept secret Sunday night, revealing the 2019 Mustang Bullitt before its debut at the Detroit auto show. It appeared on stage with a surviving dark Highland green 1968 Mustang GT fastback from the classic film [...]
Ford is making space or autonomous production in Michigan by moving EV production to Mexico
Ford Motor Co. is moving planned production of an electric crossover with a 300-mile range to Mexico from Michigan to make way for additional investment on autonomous vehicles in its home state. Ford still plans [...]
The 2018 Ford Mustang GT Has 460 HP
Shortly after it debuted in January, we guessed that the updated-for-2018 Mustang GTwould offer 455 hp. Unfortunately we were wrong. Ford announced today that the 2018 GT actually makes 460 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque, and impressively, [...]
The Ford Ranger’s comeback is near, practically it’s here
Obviously we are at time when the smallest pickup trucks which are available in the U.S. are styled after locomotives, they're also that big. But as General Motors has lately showed to us with the presentation of [...]
Dave Pericak leaves Ford Performance
Dave Pericak, current boss of Ford Performance, is leaving his position for Ford's manufacturing division, where he'll lead the engineering of the automaker's unibody cars. Autosport reports that Pericak will leave Performance on December 1st and his roles [...]
Jay Leno samples 1951 Ford Coupe
A 1951 Ford is a pretty regular vehicle. For this particular model year, the Blue Oval filled its model lineup with a Tudor Sedan, the Victoria hardtop, a Country Squire wagon, and the Crestliner sport [...]
