The North American International Auto Show in Detroit was loaded with introductions of concept cars, crossovers and new sedans. In addition to glitzy concepts, Dodge and Ford took the wraps off their redesigned pickup trucks, which are important to the company’s bottom line. Here’s a quick rundown of each. Both go on sale this fall, [...]
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U.S. consumers bought 227,143 Ford Motor Co. vehicles in March, down 14 percent from a year earlier. Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) manufactures F-Series Super Duty trucks at Louisville’s Kentucky Truck Plant on Chamberlain Lane and Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer sport utility vehicles at the Louisville Assembly Plant on Fern Valley Road. Ford said [...]
Prices on all decade-old models expected to soar in wake of new law Ah, the 1998 Ford F-150. It would take a Lord Byron in grease-stained overalls to do it justice. Remember its rumbling engine, color-keyed steering column and leather-wrapped steering wheel? Remember how shiny silver metallic paint bumped the road-sworn silver frost, and how [...]
Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 100,000 2008 F-Series trucks because the front driver’s seat does not comply with federal seat back strength regulations, according to information reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Covered in the recall are F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 models of Ford’s (NYSE: F) Super Duty trucks, which are [...]
New Ford trucks are being built for business, and two area companies have a role in it. Garmin International and Sprint are supplying technology for Ford Work Solutions, an in-dash computer system that will connect mobile workers with their offices — and even keep track of their tools. The system will be an option on [...]
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The top-selling truck in North America gets a major makeover for 2009. In Detroit, Ford celebrated its F-Series being the top-selling truck in North America for a straight 31 years at a packed Cobo Arena by rolling out its 2009 F-150 in a spectacular display of sound and pyrotechnics. Mark Fields, Ford’s president of the [...]
THE man who has led Ford Australia through some of its toughest times is leaving. President and CEO Tom Gorman departs at the end of next month, when the next-generation Falcon is revealed. He has been in the job since 2004 and last year saw sales of the Falcon plunge to their lowest point in [...]
What does a full-size pickup need to compete in today’s market? First, it has to look tough — the tougher the better. And it needs plenty of muscle to back up the macho appearance. All the while, the interior has to coddle occupants in the same ways that luxury vehicles provide first-class accommodations. “Customers told [...]
Ford Motor Co. rolled out a revamped F-150 large pickup, the linchpin of its efforts to stem a sales slide and fend off competition in trucks that account for about a fourth of vehicles the company sells in the U.S. The F-150 introduced today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit is the [...]
The hyper-competitive U.S. pickup truck market is getting even more hype with new trucks from Ford and Chrysler that look nicer, perform better and are packed with more features than their predecessors. Ford Motor Co., whose F-series pickups are the top-selling vehicles in the nation, will unveil a new F-150 on Sunday at the North [...]