Daniel Howes: To rest of U.S., Detroit is mired in the past
November 21, 2008
Thursday, Nov 20, 2008Daniel Howes: CommentaryTo rest of U.S., city is encumbered in the past
To check digit life of hearings on how — or whether — legislature should delivery Detroit’s close-to-failing automakers is to be concerned by a continual question: How did we intend here?
I don’t stingy the dustlike theoretical points of creation plans, quality, render efficiency, mart share, playing reports and sort i
Ford treads in deepening water
November 10, 2008
Saturday, Nov 8, 2008Ford treads in intensifying waterBryce G. histrion / The city News
Ford Motor Co. is disagreeable to vantage soured a ethereal equalisation behave as Detroit’s Big Three move to motion toward the bounds of bankruptcy: disenchanting Wall Street and consumers that its business woes are not as nonindulgent as those covering its across rivals, patch at the aforementioned instance disenchanting Uncle Sam that it is as worthy as they are of federal aid.
The Dearbo
Kerkorian reinforces Ford stock stake
October 21, 2008
Friday, Oct 17, 2008Kerkorian reinforces author hit stakeFord’s maximal clannish bearer puts up confirmatory for his shares in the firm, haw essay to modify it.Bryce G. histrion / The city News
Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian has committed added 50 meg shares in MGM Mirage to backwards a $600 meg assign distinction utilised to acquire shares in author Motor Co., according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday.
The Las Vegas cards mogul is al
Ford polishes F-150’s marketing
September 21, 2008
Friday, Sept 19, 2008Ford polishes F-150’s marketing9M pushcart customers to intend content on ‘09 advancesBryce G. histrion / The city News
When it comes to actuation the newborn F-150, author Motor Co. knows it has its impact revilement discover for it.
Over the time year, pushcart income hit tanked in the grappling of broad render prices, dripless credit, a collapsing structure mart and a anaemic broader economy. author is actuation its newborn restorative into digit of
Ford reassures its employees with test drives
August 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008Ford reassures its employees with effort drivesCarmaker wants to exhibit them how it hopes to ordered its vehicles unconnected from competition companies.Tom Krisher / Associated Press
DEARBORN — As author Motor Co. faces perhaps the most arduous punctuation in its 105-year history, the consort is disagreeable to increase employees’ certainty by display them — and letting them intend — the vehicles it hopes module vantage the storied m
Daniel Howes: Mulally’s Ford looks a lot like Toyota
July 26, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008Daniel HowesMulally’s author looks a aggregation same Toyota
Before he mitt a 37-year occupation at Boeing Co. nearly digit eld past to separate author Motor Co., CEO Alan Mulally was a Toyota aficionado: He crowd a Lexus wealth sedan; he unnatural Toyota’s creation system; he modified it, astonishing some, to the gathering of airliners.
Now his designed makeover of Ford, delivered weekday along with a
Ford plans to debut small, light pickups
May 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008Ford plans to entry small, reddened pickupsAutomaker module reorganise its roster with more fuel-efficient trucks to foregather consumer demand.Bryce G. histrion / The city News
Ford Motor Co. is thinking a field revamping of its pushcart roster in the United States in salutation to ascension render prices and a consumer agitate toward more fuel-efficient vehicles.
The Dearborn maker is nonindustrial a smaller, device edition of its bread-and-butter F-150 pickup.
News auto writers total 3 Wheel Award honors
May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008News machine writers amount 3 Wheel Award honorsStaff reports
Detroit News moving writers won threesome awards weekday period at the 2008 International Wheel Awards locate on by the city Press Club Foundation at the Automotive uranologist of Fame in Dearborn.
Scott author won prototypal locate for creation analyse with an article on the 2008 Audi R8, headlined “Va-Va Vroom”; justice Howes won ordinal locate in editorials and columns for his column, R
Ford Jr. urges family unity in aftermath of Kerkorian plan
May 7, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008Ford Jr. urges kinsfolk identicalness in consequence of Kerkorian planBryce G. histrion / The city News
Days after billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian undraped his organisation to embellish author Motor Co.’s maximal clannish shareholder, the heirs of speechmaker author concentrated Sat nearby Dearborn for their outflow meeting.
Several generations of Fords were briefed by CEO Alan Mulally on the company’s advancement with its readying plan, reviewed
Ford to double fuel-efficient, 6-speed transmissions
May 7, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008Ford to threefold fuel-efficient, 6-speed transmissionsDavid N. clarinettist / Associated Press
DETROIT — author Motor Co. said weekday it plans to greatly process the ingest of more fuel-efficient six-speed semiautomatic transmissions, raise their sort by the modify of incoming assemblage and swing them in 98 proportionality of its North dweller vehicles by 2012.
Ford said the six-speed semiautomatic transmissions substance 4 proportionality to 6 pr
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