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Report: Ford to retool U.S. plants for European cars

July 19, 2008

Automotive News Breaking News Feed

Ford Motor Co. is drawing up plans to retool American plants to make small, fuel-efficient passenger cars that it mainly makes and sells in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Ford to retool U.S. plants for European cars: report

July 19, 2008

Forum: News/Activism / Reuters

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Car maker Ford Motor Co (F.N) is drawing up plans to retool American plants to make small, fuel-efficient passenger cars that it mainly makes and sells in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Ford to retool U.S. plants for European cars: report (Reuters)

July 19, 2008

Yahoo! News: Business

Reuters - Car maker Ford Motor Co is drawing up plans to retool American plants to make small, fuel-efficient passenger cars that it mainly makes and sells in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Ford to retool U.S. plants for European cars: report (Reuters)

July 19, 2008

Yahoo! Finance: Auto Manufacturers - Major Industry News

Car maker Ford Motor Co is drawing up plans to retool American plants to make small, fuel-efficient passenger cars that it mainly makes and sells in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Ford reportedly sets sights on building its overseas cars in U.S.

July 19, 2008

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - ETF Focus

Ford Motor Co., in reaction to growing demand for fuel-efficient vehicles on its home turf, is reportedly looking at retooling some of its U.S. plants to build compact passenger cars it has already been producing and selling in Europe.

Ford Recalls 650000 Trucks

July 19, 2008

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(News News and Information) wwwlemonlawintelcomFord Motor is recalling more than 650000 of its topselling F150 pickups as well as a Lincolnbranded truck because of a problem with the brake hose that could cause the vehicles to lose braking power The automaker has recalled 2005 and 2006 model year Ford F150 and Lincoln Mark LT trucks according to the recall notice posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on its website Wednesday Ford trucks covered by the recall are equipped with 54liter engines The brake hose on those trucks can detach from an intake manifold causing the driver to lose the assist function that provides additional power to the brakes according to the safety notice The trucks could still be stopped with remaining braking power but it would require drivers to apply more force to the pedal Ford spokesman Wes Sherwood said He said Ford had received reports of 11 minor accidents but no injuries because of the brake hose defect The sweeping recall covers almost 606000 vehicles in the United States and comes just as Ford is gearing up to launch allnew versions of its FSeries pickup line US sales of the Ford trucks are down 16 this year in a downturn tied to high gasoline prices and a slumping US housing market In addition to the trucks covered by the US government recall there are another 50000 of the trucks on the road in Canada covered by a similar recall procedure Ford said Ford said customers in the United States and Canada affected by the recall could have brake hoses replaced at Ford dealerships starting in late June.

WTO Challenges China on Tariffs

July 19, 2008

washingtonpost.com - Business Policy / Mark Drajem

China violates global trade rules by requiring automakers operating there to buy most components from local suppliers or face higher tariffs, the World Trade Organization ruled.

Whrrl and the Attraction to Location Based Social Networks (video)

July 19, 2008

Made of Stars / Made of Stars

Mashable!: Last week, it was very clear to most of us not in line for the iPhone that the most exciting aspect of the iPhone 3G release were the GPS capabilities.  We haven’t seen more announcements for locationally aware social networks come across our newsbox here at Mashable (or anything that takes advantage of GPS technology) before or since.

Ford Plans to Sell Small Car in U.S.

July 19, 2008

WSJ.com: Markets

Ford is preparing to retool some U.S. plants to make small passenger cars that it has produced and sold in Europe.

Five Best-Selling Hybrids

July 18, 2008

Car and Driver Blog / caranddriver.com (noreply@blogger.com)

World’s Most Fuel Efficient SUV!

July 18, 2008

zedomax.com / max

According to Edmunds, Ford Escape Hybrid is one of the most fuel efficient SUV of 2008.  I was kinda surprised that Ford came on as one of the top SUVs for this as my friends used to always joke FORD stood for, “Fucked Over Rebuilt Dodge”.

Ford F150 XLT from North America, manufactured in 1998

July 18, 2008

New Reviews from Carsurvey.org

Great value F150