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Ford Motor »(Ford Motor Company), an American car company, which manufactures cars brands Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, trucks, various agricultural machinery. Ford owned company Jaguar. Is headquartered in Diborne (Mich.), near which was once a farm parents of Henry Ford.

The company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and immediately thought of its creator intended for mass production of cheap cars. Originally, this was the model «A», in 1908 it changed its model «T», dubbed cartoonists “tin Lizzie.” The successes of the new models were so great that the ever-expanding enterprise of Ford could not cope with orders.

At Ford Motor in 1913, first in the world in the production method of standardization was introduced interchangeable parts production and vehicle assembly line technology, which allowed for only one year raising productivity by 40-60%. Read the rest of this entry »

Ford Italy closed the month of March 2010 with 32,052 units and registered a market share of 12.4%, further consolidating its historical position of best-selling foreign brand in Italy. Above all, the Blue Oval house holds the record for market share in recent decades in our country.

In the first quarter, Ford has grown in sales volume by 37% with 74,998 units registered, gaining a market share of 11, 2%. Needless to say, the Fiesta has confirmed the best-selling foreign car in Italy (19,547 units in March and 45,788 in the quarter, shares of 7.6% and 6.8% respectively). Read the rest of this entry »

Here are the first pictures of Ford Start Concept that will debut at Beijing Motor Show . This is a prototype of a new engine with 3 cylinders Iceboats 1 liter engine, very interesting models for the future of the American home. The prototype anticipates a global city car with refined design, with LED lighting and connectivity to next generation on-board door to debut the fact My Ford Mobile technology concept that will handle the duties of board with a smart phone plugged into a dock . The system also provides an extensive use of voice commands and is also equipped with touch screen 6 inch. Read the rest of this entry »

Following the presentation of the new Focus organized under the Detroit show, Ford is expected to come to Geneva with the restyled version of its redesigned Mondeo, even if it looks already on its planned successor in the coming years. Only six weeks before discovering so openly that Mondeo discount up to date, that here in the snow in the process of completing its preparation.  Read the rest of this entry »

Concern Ford announced the final date of receiving applications for the purchase of British brands Jaguar and Land Rover. According to Forbes, preliminary bids from potential buyers will be accepted only until 19 July this year. Read the rest of this entry »

The Indian company Tata Motors Ltd. preparing to purchase one hundred percent of the shares of brands Jaguar and Land Rover, which are currently owned by American Ford Motor Co. “Ford has decided not to retain a share in the two brands, as well as confident about the future development of these two brands in the hands of Tata”, – the newspaper quoted Reuters.

Channel at Ford told the newspaper, “The Economic Times”, Read the rest of this entry »

Ford is developing a new way of automotive propulsion, and its implications in the car industry are immense. The hybrid car hydraulic Ford could be the biggest innovation since the internal combustion engine, and Ford is at the forefront with its F-150 Hybrid. It says the system is simply great and could put Ford in a leadership position in the com pet market gone pickup.

The idea behind the current hybrid cars is well known, the main energy source comes from the gasoline car, which recharges the batteries that drive the car at low speeds. Hydraulic hybrid cars work the same way, only instead of batteries, excess energy is stored in hydraulic cylinders. That, in itself, is not revolutionary, except that the current batteries are not an efficient way to store energy, and hydraulic storage exceeds them by 300% efficiency. Even the new generation batteries lithium ion do not approach the efficiency of hydraulic energy storage.

The standard F-150 weighs 4800 pounds, which is 65% larger than the Toyota Prius, yet incredibly the Hydraulic F-150 with a continuously variable transmission reaches the Prius with a consumption of 60 miles per fuel alon in the city, which is an improvement of 400% compared to the version that operates on gasoline only.

The F-150 is a perfect car to house the hydraulic hybrid technology thanks to its height and its constitution, adding this system to smaller vehicles could be tricky, but with this new system, small cars could become obsolete.

Once in the dark ages of the sixties, the corporate watchword was ‘Ford has a better idea!’ complete with the exclamation mark and often with a light bulb in place of the ‘O’ in FORD. Well, maybe they were TH!Nking ahead for they have again found a use for the exclamation mark and the light bulb is completely appropriate.

In this new community of modern rustic half million dollar cottages, it was obvious that this is where the clean and friendly TH!NK Neighbor was meant to be. The weekend was highlighted by a classic car and boat show, and the cart was able to roll smoothly among its displayed brethren, melding with the other onlookers without disruption, and providing my arthritic knees and ankles with welcome relief. Still, I could chat with the other attendees and owners without the perceived distancing of being in a steel vehicular cocoon, and it left nary a mark on the turf. Truly, this critter is friendly, fun and respectful of its environment. Read the rest of this entry »

In the fall of 1998, one of the flashy new designs causing a stir at the Paris International Auto Show was an eensy-weensy economy car from Ford.

Dubbed the Focus, this new vehicle was narrow like other subcompacts, which made it ideally suited for navigating narrow streets of such worldly cities as London, Cairo, Cape Town, Dubai, Rio, Sidney, Singapore and Bangkok, where Ford intended to market the car.

Yet it also had a relatively long wheelbase and the roof was hiked much higher than conventional subcompacts. Read the rest of this entry »

Even though Ford came into the compact SUV market late in the game, it has made up for lost time with the Escape.

First introduced in the 2001 model year, Escape offers attractive exterior styling, roomy interior and a powerful (albeit optional) engine combined with good value that puts it in the top echelon of the crowded compact SUV category. While only in its second year of production, the Escape ranks up there with the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 as one of the mini-SUVs consumers should consider when shopping for this type of vehicle. Read the rest of this entry »