http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ford/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 03:51:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419817/posts The new Mustang GT continues Fords powertrain offensive with an all-new 5.0-liter V-8, which uses advanced technology to deliver 412 horsepower and projected unsurpassed highway mileage of 25 mpg. Watch, Video: New 2011 Ford Mustang 5.0 V8 Car Dealer Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419817/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 03:51:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418297/posts The Ford Mustang will get not one, but two new engines next year. Ford Motor Co. announced Monday that it plans to introduce an all-new 5.0-liter, V8 engine for its 2011 Mustang GT in the spring. The V8 engine will deliver 412 horsepower and 390 pound-feet of torque - 87 more horsepower than the outgoing engine. "This is the right engine for the car," said Bob Fascetti, Ford's director of large gas and diesel engines. Monday's confirmation follows Ford's announcement in November that it will also provide an all-new 3.7-liter V6 engine with 305 horsepower in the Mustang when it... Modesto Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418297/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:45:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413485/posts Men like Ford was the catalyst that generated opportunities and because of needs provide jobs for many, many citizens across the nation and than spawn other kinds of creations that we enjoy today. Capitalist Henry Ford’s Mirror of America museum what a legacy Ford left us! - Clip 1 video Introduction Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413485/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:34:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412468/posts Ford offers buyouts to all UAW workers Photo 3:27pm EST DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said Monday it is offering its 41,000 U.S. factory workers buyouts and early retirement offers in a bid to reduce its payroll costs as it aims to return to profit by 2011. The buyouts mark the second round of such offers for Ford workers represented by the United Auto Workers union. About 1,000 workers took offers to leave the automaker in July. Ford workers have until late January to accept the offers, which include payouts of up to $70,000 cash for newer hires to... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412468/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:48:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408893/posts Now 45 years old and revamped for 2010 with new styling and more powerful V-8, the "pony car" that debuted in 1964 is strikingly muscular, more energetic than before and thoroughly cool for a modern buyer. You dont even have to pretend to be Steve McQueen, the lead actor in the 1968 film "Bullitt" who famously drove a Mustang in one of Hollywoods best chase scenes, to enjoy the new Mustangs unique persona. hosted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408893/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:39:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397573/posts Detroit, Mich., Dec 1, 2009 / 02:05 am (CNA).- Responding to an increasing number of women who continue to drive late in their pregnancies, car manufacturers are researching safety devices to help protect expecting mothers. The research includes a crash test dummy of a pregnant woman named MAMA 2B.Researcher Stefan Duma of Virginia Tech told USA Today that although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year. This accident fatality rate is about four times the rate for victims between infancy and four years... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397573/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:24:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396451/posts Researchers trying to protect pregnant drivers USA Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396451/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:44:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391391/posts What was expected to be a boring congressional hearing erupted into high drama yesterday as an unnerved Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sparred with frustrated lawmakers calling for his head over his handling of the economy. Clearly rattled by a fusillade of attacks from Republican members of the Joint Economic Committee, the usually reserved Geithner lashed out, laying blame for the current economic mess at the feet of the GOP and rejecting suggestions that he resign. Republicans "gave this president an economy falling off the cliff," Geithner fired back at Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), one of the Treasury secretary's harshest critics... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391391/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:51:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391174/posts While on the board of a Chicago-based charity, Barack Obama helped fund a carbon trading exchange that will likely play a critical role in the cap-and-trade carbon reduction program he is now trying to push through Congress as president. In 2000 and 2001, while Barack Obama served as a board member for a Chicago-based charitable foundation, he helped to fund a pioneering carbon trading exchange that is likely to fill a critical role in the controversial cap-and-trade carbon reduction scheme that President Obama is now trying to push rapidly through Congress. During those two years, the Joyce Foundation gave nearly... Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391174/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:45:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390194/posts During his testimony today, two Republican Congressmen urged Tim Geithner to resign, or said he should be fired. The commentariat seemed shocked that something like this would come up during an official Congressional hearing. And yet, now they're discussing it on CNBC, as a serious question, which is exactly what the Congressmen hoped. It's like when that one Congressman screamed "you lie" during Obama's speech about healthcare. Everyone was scandalized, but it accomplished the goal of getting people to talk about whether or not illegal immigrants would be covered by new healthcare reforms (which is what the shout was in... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390194/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:54:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386438/posts A year ago, when the heads of Detroit's Big Three - GM's Rick Wagoner, Ford's Alan Mulally, and Chrysler's Bob Nardelli - appeared in the infamous Capitol Hill bailout hearings, many lawmakers, and many Americans, decided that this trio from the industrial heartland could all be tarred with the bad-CEO brush. There was a telling moment, during a discussion about executive compensation, when the three CEOs were asked if they were willing to work for a dollar a year. Mulally's polite reply, "I think I'm OK where I am," was a juicy piece of red meat for the national media,... Automobile Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386438/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:55:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385808/posts DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. says it plans to sell a new police cruiser vehicle to replace the Crown Victoria once the sedan is phased out of production in 2011. Ford Motor Company http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385808/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:22:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383823/posts Paul Ingrassia's "How Ford Is Making Its Comeback" (op-ed, Nov. 5) is encouraging in illustrating that industrial America can succeed with the proper leadership. The disheartening aspect is the failure of the United Auto Workers to give the same contract amendments to Ford that it gave to General Motors and Chrysler. This puts Ford at a competitive disadvantage versus its government- and union-owned competitors. The UAW is behaving in the same shortsighted and greedy manner that contributed to the bankruptcy of GM and Chrysler. One could conclude that the UAW has learned nothing from the near-death experience of the American... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383823/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382514/posts Ford Learns The Price Of Solvency Logan Robinson, 11.07.09, 12:00 PM EST But what has the UAW learned? In plant-by-plant voting over the last few weeks a large majority of the 41,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) workers employed by the Ford Motor Company voted to reject modifications to their collective bargaining agreement negotiated by their own national union. The modifications were designed to bring the Ford-UAW agreement into parity with concessions the UAW gave to GM and Chrysler as part of their government-brokered bankruptcies. They included a wage freeze for entry-level workers until the 2015 contract, a commitment to binding... Ford http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382514/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:20:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379245/posts As U.S. car manufacturer 'stuns' Wall Street with 3Q profits, some media forget to report Ford didn't take government cash. Ford Motor Company took everyone by “surprise” Nov. 2, when it announced nearly a billion dollars in profit for the third quarter of 2009. The company also said it would be “solidly profitable” by 2011. CNN repeated the announcement on Nov. 3 “American Morning,” saying, “Turning now to the Big Three in Detroit, Chrysler extends its buyout offer to more than 20,000 employees while General Motors is still trying to restructure spending billions of bailout dollars, but Ford – which... Business and Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379245/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:06:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379231/posts The news from Dearborn is sunny, except for the auto maker's labor relations. A year ago, Ford Motor Co. steered clear of the auto industry's version of the "public option." You know, a government-funded bankruptcy. Maybe the decision wasn't entirely altruistic. Plan B, as in bankruptcy, would have ended more than a century of Ford family control. Whatever the motives, Ford chose a private solution for regaining its corporate health, and today the patient is walking without a government crutch. Last week Consumer Reports gave the company quality ratings comparable to those of Honda and Toyota. On Monday, Ford reported... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379231/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:49:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377971/posts Ford, the least public of all U.S. auto firms, has increased its market share in 12 of the past 13 months. The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377971/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:37:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2377102/posts Ford Motor Co. will haul out piles of arsenic-laced soil found in Ringwood State Park, ending a four-year battle over the source of the waste. The company failed to prove the cancer-causing element was a naturally occurring remnant of mining in the remote mountain in Ringwood, rather than a byproduct of the paint sludge it dumped decades ago. As a result, the federal Environmental Protection Agency is demanding Ford remove the contamination as part of its Superfund cleanup. Plastic tarps now cover several hockey-rink size swaths of the toxic-laden soil. Federal officials say the arsenic isn’t leaching and has not... northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2377102/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:11:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376777/posts C4C Since “Cash For Clunkers” applied to Ford, GM and Chrysler. Why did Ford Motor Company post a ONE BILLION DOLLAR 3rd quarter PROFIT and GM and Chrysler post losses? It couldn’t be the autos since all models are about the same size, design and price. I believe it was the consumer buying more Fords as a REWARD for not taking TARP money and remaining a private company. The more units sold, the more profit. Consumer votes have been cast. Ford, GM and Chrysler have gone their separate ways. Now when GM and Chrysler look up they see the gutter... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376777/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:59:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376469/posts Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a "solidly profitable" 2011. The automaker said Monday earnings were fueled by U.S. market share gains, cost cuts and the Cash for Clunkers program, which drew flocks of buyers to showrooms this summer. Ford's shares rose 58 cents, or 8.3 percent, to $7.58 in pre-market trading. The latest results signal that Ford's turnaround is on more solid ground. The company lost more than $14.6 billion last year and hasn't posted a full-year... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376469/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:03:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376525/posts DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a "solidly profitable" 2011. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376525/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:03:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375992/posts Do I detect a bit of payback in this story? The UAW rank-and-file rejected a renegotiated contract from Ford intended to bring themselves into parity with GM and Chrysler, as has long been the practice for the Detroit automakers. In doing so, the workers also rejected the counsel of their own union, which had endorsed the new contract. Ford will have to operate at a disadvantage for the next two years in terms of compensation as a result: Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375992/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:42:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375430/posts DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co.'s rank-and-file union members rejected a concessions agreement, leaving the auto maker at risk to higher costs compared with competitors Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co. Although some locals are still voting through Sunday, the United Auto Workers national leadership has accepted the defeat, said three union sources who asked not to be identified since they don't officially speak for the UAW. The leadership is now reviewing other options, these people said. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger told Dow Jones Newswires on Friday he will not continue bargaining or conduct a re-vote. Ford will now have... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375430/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:59:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374629/posts Doubts are growing about whether the Ford pact with the United Auto Workers will be approved after the rank and file at two more plants overwhelmingly rejected it. Workers at a parts-making plant in Saline, Mich., voted 75 percent against the deal. Research and engineering employees in Dearborn, Mich., were even more negative, with roughly 90 percent voting against the deal. Ford’s biggest assembly plant, at Claycomo, has already voted 92 percent against the concessions, which Ford says it needs to stay competitive. Chrysler and General Motors got the conessions from the UAW, but they were going through bankruptcy, which... Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374629/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:15:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374621/posts Bob Dewar, author of the new book A Savage Factory, was general foreman at the Ford Sharonville transmission plant in Ohio in the 1970s, and says he saw upfront the industry’s ethic of waste and meet-the-quota at all costs, quality be damned. Car and Driver said A Savage Factory details “the savage but darkly funny war waged between the hourly line workers, the factory foreman, management, the UAW, and the ‘Detroit Mafia’—a/k/a the ‘suits from Dearborn.’ If One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest had taken place in a plant in the 1970s, it would be A Savage Factory.” So far... BNET http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374621/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:04:59 GMT