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8 March 2007 posted in Earnings/Financials 1 views
Ford announces bonus payout for all workers Ford announced today that it will be cracking open the coffers to pay out a bonus to every single one of its salaried and hourly workers in the U.S. and Canada, a number that now stands between 120,00 ...
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5 March 2007 posted in China 4 views
Things not so peachy for Chery at DCX Apparently not everyone in Stuttgart is thrilled about the deal that Chrysler has struck with Chery to assemble small cars for sale outside of China. Erich Kelmm is chairman of the DaimlerChrysler wor ...
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16 February 2007 posted in Euro 3 views
Along with Mondeo, Ford will bring redesigned C-MAX to Geneva Click the image above for a high-res gallery.Although it was lost in the hype surrounding the eminent debut of the new Mondeo, Ford will be unveiling their new C-MAX people mover in Geneva, and judgin ...
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15 November 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 3 views
Mark Fields under fire for expensive flights home Steve Wilson, a reporter for WXYZ Channel 7 in Detroit, has taken the President of the Americas for Ford Motor Company, Mark Fields, to task for the weekly flights the executive takes from Detroit to ...
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24 August 2006 posted in Ford 5 views
Bill Ford talks about Ford's future Could an interview with Bill Ford possibly be more timely? No sooner do rumors surface about a Ford-Renault-Nissan tie-up if the GM-Renault-Nissan talks fall through, than up pops an interview of the ...
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24 August 2006 posted in Hirings/Firings 6 views
Déjà vu all over again: Ford woos Ghosn Seems like only yesterday that we were reporting that Ford was attempting to lure Renault/Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn into the Dearborn fold, and now we're facing a new round of Ford/Ghosn rumors.Apparent ...
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14 July 2006 posted in Etc. 8 views
Good for GM on the merger thing, now what about Ford? Bloomberg's Doron Levin shifts focus away from the media frenzy surrounding the plan to merge General Motors with Renault-Nissan and points out something quite interesting: poor credit, escaping marke ...
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13 July 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 6 views
Ford cuts dividends, reduces board member fees Ford Motor announced Thursday that it is cutting its dividend in half, and reducing the fees paid to board members. While chief executive Bill Ford Jr. stated that the move was intended to strengthen ...
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3 July 2006 posted in Car Buying 6 views
Ford of Canada already offering employee pricing Thanks to a tip from Bill we've learned that Ford of Canada has already kicked off its summer incentive drive by offering employee pricing to all Canadians. Called Ford Family Pricing, the program beg ...
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28 October 2005 posted in Trends 7 views
In Bill we trust After a recent, routing meeting of the Ford family in New York, the relatives of Bill Ford Jr. expressed their utmost confidence in the current CEO of FoMoCo and his (second) strategy for turning the ...
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5 October 2005 posted in Car Buying 13 views
Ford offers cash rebates instead of employee pricing What was it that Juliet said? "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet?" How about "a discount by any other name would still make the car cost the same?" Cheap loans and big rebat ...
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7 September 2005 posted in Car Buying 5 views
Ford won't offer employee pricing on '06 models I wish these guys would make up their minds.  The Car Connection reported this morning that Ford has pulled its '06 model SUVs from their employee pricing plan offerings.  The good news ...
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6 September 2005 posted in Car Buying 9 views
Ford Family Plan gives dealers a boost in profits Much talk around the industry paints employee pricing deals as a bad gig for dealers. In fact, a few weeks ago, there was a report of a Ford salesman who made just above $20 on a Ranger he s ...
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10 August 2005 posted in Garage 10 views
2005 Ford Freestyle SEL: In the Autoblog Garage Day 5 With Ford set to pull the Freestyle from their line-up after MY 2007, many have questioned the importance of this series of reviews. While Ford is planning to move the Freestyle name to a smaller cros ...
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10 August 2005 posted in Car Buying 7 views
Forbes Mash Up: Ranger versus Frontier Normally, we are not huge fans of the paper comparisons of two 'competing' models. That may seem obvious, because Forbes is not a traditional automotive media outlet. However, their latest mash up of ...
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