Ford Motor Co

Sharon Silke Carty

Ford Wins Back Blue Oval Logo Pledged As Loan Collateral

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 05.22.2012

Ford is now sole owner of its iconic blue oval logo -- one of many assets the automaker mortgaged for cash that helped it weather the recession withou...

Ford Revving Up To Take On Prius

David Kiley | Posted 05.18.2012

David Kiley

By making the new C-Max brand all hybrid and plug-in EV, Farley is copying the Prius strategy with the hope of eventually passing his old employer.

Ford Will Not Take A Summer Vacation

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.09.2012

DETROIT -- Rising car and truck sales have prompted Ford Motor Co. to add a week of production at 13 North American factories so the company can make ...

Detroit Today: Green Cars, Greenbacks And Green Shoots

David Kiley | Posted 05.08.2012

David Kiley

As editor of a leading auto research channel, and a HuffPost columnist, I do a lot of radio and TV interviews and travel frequently. In recent weeks, ...

Ford's $2 Billion Lucky Break

Reuters | Posted 05.05.2012

* Court: evidence from Ford wrongly excluded in last year's trial * Dealers first sued Ford in 2002 over truck prices *...

Big Earnings Drop For Ford

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.27.2012

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. has tidied up North America, sweeping out old products and excess costs. But the rest of the world keeps making...

Automakers Speed Up Search To Replace Crucial Material

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 04.24.2012

DETROIT — Six major automakers and 19 suppliers are close to agreeing on a fast-track process for testing replacements for a resin that's in dan...

$760 Million Expansion For Ford.. In China

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 04.19.2012

SHANGHAI -- Ford Motor Co. plans to build a $760 million auto assembly plant in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, part of a doubling of its produc...

Resin Shortage Could Put The Brakes On Auto Production

AP | TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 04.17.2012

DETROIT -- The potential shortage of a key component used to make fuel lines and brake lines could force automakers in the U.S. and around the world t...

World's Largest Maker Of Construction Machinery Mounts Quick Recovery

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

* Company expands quickly to meet demand * Dealers, buyers cite shortages of machines * Risks from fragile recovery, Asi...

Ford Sales Up 65 Percent From Last Year

AP | Posted 04.03.2012

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. says its U.S. sales rose 5 percent in March on strong demand for the Focus small car. Ford says it was the company's best M...

Ford's Comeback As 'American Icon'

David Kiley | Posted 05.16.2012

David Kiley

If Ford matters to you, you are going to want to read "American Icon."

Ford Motor Co. Doesn't Need These Autoworkers Anymore

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

DETROIT (AP) — About 1,700 Ford Motor Co. factory workers have decided to take early retirement offers and will leave the company by June 1. ...

U.S. Probing Runaway Ford Taurus Sedans

The Huffington Post | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.12.2012

The government notified Ford Monday that it is launching an investigation into 2005 and 2006 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable sedans after receiving 30 c...

Ford's Alan Mulally: The Right Stuff After All?

David Kiley | Posted 05.09.2012

David Kiley

Mulally was turned down by NASA. And he even got passed over twice for the top job at Boeing. If a CEO's worth and success is judged on results, though, Mulally does seem to have Tom Wolfe's "Right Stuff."

Meet Michigan's Billionaires

Posted 03.07.2012

On Forbes list of 2012's worldwide billionaires, released Wednesday, Michiganders took only 11 of the record 1,226 spots. None of the Michiganders' ne...

Ford Focus Has Highest February Sales In Over A Decade

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. says its U.S. sales rose 14 percent in February thanks to big demand for its Focus compact car. Focus sales more than ...

Now Hiring: Big 3 Detroit Automakers Rebuild Workforce To Keep Up With Demand

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.28.2012

DETROIT — Auto sales are growing so fast that Detroit can barely keep up. Three years after the U.S. auto industry nearly collapsed, sales of c...

Would You Drive A Mongoose Civique?

Lists of Note | Posted 02.17.2012

On October 19th of 1955, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Marianne Moore, was approached by a Mr. Robert Young of the Ford Motor Company and asked to assi...

David Kiley

Jon Hunstman Joins Ford Board

HuffingtonPost.com | David Kiley | Posted 02.09.2012

Ford Motor Co. today made several big-name executive and boardroom announcements, including the appointment of a recent Republican presidential candid...

Chrysler Reports First Yearly Profit In More Than A Decade

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.02.2012

DETROIT — Higher sales of Jeeps and other new vehicles propelled Chrysler to its first annual net income since 1997, capping a pivotal turnaroun...

Surprising Share Of U.S. Workers Netted Raises Last Year

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.30.2012

Incomes in America barely rose last year, and that's in part a result of companies deciding against doling out extra bucks if possible. Only a thir...

Ford Recalls Nearly Half A Million Minivans, SUVs

AP | Posted 01.12.2012

DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that it's recalling nearly half a million minivans and SUVs because of a pair of mechanical issues. ...

Here's The New Ford Fusion

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 03.10.2012

DETROIT — Ford hopes its redesigned Fusion can help it catch the Camry. The original has been a huge hit since entering the market in 2005 and ...

2.1 Million Fords Sold Last Year

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales rose 11 percent in 2011 thanks to strong demand for its trucks and SUVs. Ford sold 2.1 million vehicles last y...