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Lee Iacocca, the car industry legend who created the iconic Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)Mustang and saved Chrysler from bankruptcy, has died at the age of 94. He died at his home in Los Angeles from complications from Parkinson’s disease, a family spokeswoman told US media. The insider ownership percentage is the key indicator, can be […]
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) Southern Africa has all but confirmed the arrival of the long awaited facelifted Mustang by discreetly revealing pricing details on its latest new model price list. Unveiled as long ago as the North American International Auto Show in Detroit two years ago, the updates includes a redesigned front facia and new […]
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has revived the Puma name for its new crossover, which majors on practicality and efficient powertrains. While the badge is more commonly associated with the firm’s small sports car from the turn of the century, it has been commandeered here for a model that aims to tap into the lucrative small family […]
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said it will have cut 12,000 jobs in Europe by the end of next year to try to return the business to profit, part of a wave of cost reductions in an auto industry facing stagnant demand and record-level investments to build low emission cars. The challenge of investing in electric, […]
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has asked a Ford dealership in Alabama to stop giving out certificates for free 12-gauge shotguns to anyone who buys a new or used vehicle. The automaker told the dealership late Wednesday that the promotion was inappropriate after three people died Tuesday evening during a mass shooting at a California Ford […]
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s new Puma takes a classic name and applies it to a new car that is subtly but effectively different from its established SUV rivals. Officially, the company describes the Puma as an “SUV-inspired crossover”, with its three standout virtues claimed to be “seductive styling”, ingenious rear stowage and the new 48V […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s former chief of staff returned to Queen’s Park on Monday for final meetings with the Premier’s Office and senior officials, touting the Progressive Conservative government’s successes as the party said he will play no role in the re-election campaign. Dean French, who resigned last Friday amid a patronage […]
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has finished a $1 billion renovation at its two plants on Chicago’s far South Side. The company’s oldest continuously producing plant was transformed into a high-tech facility entrusted with building the new Ford Explorer. “When you build 350,000 vehicles a year through a facility year after year and you’re running seven […]
Single use plastic bottles are among the worst offenders in terms of plastic waste but Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has figured out how to do its part in turning the polluters into something useful. Around 470 plastic bottles are used for the carpets in one Ford EcoSport SUV and since the model went on sale in 2012, Ford […]