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Ford’s US sales this year topped 2 million

Rocky — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:18:19 +0000

Ford Motor Co. said Friday that its U.S. sales this year have passed the two million mark. It’s the first time that’s happened since 2007.
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Ford’s electrifying targets for Focus EV, C-Max hybrids

Rocky — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:20:42 +0000

Focus Electric, C-Max hybrid twins set to lead the energy-efficiency field for Ford

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Ford’s union workers ratify new contract

Rocky — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:18:14 +0000

Union workers at Ford Motor Co. overcame early opposition to a new four-year contract with the company and overwhelmingly approved the deal in voting that lasted two weeks.
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Detailed: Evos Concept foretells Ford’s future [w/video]

Rocky — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:17:58 +0000

Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Motor Show, Coupe, Hybrid, Technology, Ford, Design/Style

In the past few years, Ford hasn’t done too many high-style concepts. Most of its design studies have generally been previews of a future production model, with a few recent and distant exceptions. But the Ford Evos Concept stands apart.

Unveiled last evening and previewed here in Berlin, Germany ahead of its public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Evos is the next step in the One Ford strategy, creating a new global styling language to go along with its new global architectures. Whereas the outgoing Kinetic design was a stylistic turning point for Ford, debuting in Europe and then slowly making its way to the States in the form of the Fiesta and Focus, the Evos is a clear picture of the future face of a global Ford. And while we won’t see a production model based on this 2+2, Ford’s head of design, J Mays, says we’ll be seeing the first roadgoing example of this new styling not in four years, but in a scant four months.

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Edsel Ford’s restored 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster struts its stuff at Pebble Beach [w/video]

Rocky — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:15:51 +0000

Filed under: Classics, Convertible, Ford, Specialty

Pebble Beach enjoyed a visit by a very special member of the Ford stable last week. Lincoln, along with the Edsel and Eleanor Ford house, displayed Edsel Bryant Ford’s freshly-restored 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster at the Monterey Concours d’Elegance.

Inspired by a visit to Europe in 1932 and penned by none other than E.T. Gregorie, Ford chief designer at the time, the Roadster began life as a 1934 Model 40 frame before going under the knife for substantial revisions. Stretched a full inch over factory dimensions and saddled substantially lower to the ground, the vehicle boasts a rear-pitched cockpit, long nose and custom aluminum bodywork. A classic Ford Flathead V8 powers the rear wheels.

After Edsel passed away in 1943, the vehicle made a few scant appearances around the country before vanishing. It surfaced again at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in 1999 and sold to a collector for a heady .76 million. When the collector died, the car was returned to the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House before receiving a full restoration to return it to its former glory. Hit the jump for a video of the car’s unveiling and for the official press release.

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