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Ford Rolls Out ‘No Touch’ Service Across Europe

Photo: Ford Though so many Europeans are staying home to help stop the spread of COVID-19, several essential workers are still on the move every day. That means that vehicle…

Ford Motor Company Canada Sales Dip 5.8% in August

Ford of Canada saw its sales decline 5.8% in August with a total of 27,299 vehicles delivered versus 28,987 vehicles sold in August 2016. Though August saw declines both in…

Ford Michigan Central Station Project Giving Jobs to Youth

Maguel Ligon (middle) is a Detroit area youth working on the restoration of Michigan Central Station Photo: Ford Motor Company One of the benefits of Ford’s investment in the once-rotting…

Ford Maintains Commercial Vehicle Sales Leadership in Europe for 2017

Ford Motor Company of Europe eked out a 0.5% full-year sales increase in 2017, delivering 1,358,100 vehicles across its traditional Euro 20 markets. Ford secured its third consecutive year as…

Ford, Lincoln Motor Company Close Q3 Strong in China

Ford Motor Company reports that sales increased 24% in China last month, ending the third quarter of 2016 with a bang. With three months remaining in the year, the sales…

Ford Launches Commercial Vehicle Center Program

Ford on Wednesday announced the introduction of its Commercial Vehicle Center program, a move that the automaker hopes will embolden its fleet and customer base that has helped to make…

Ford Wins Ninth Straight IHS Markit Overall Loyalty to Make Award

Ford earned its ninth consecutive IHS Markit Overall Loyalty to Make award at the Automotive News World Congress meeting in Detroit earlier this month. The 23rd annual IHS Markit Loyalty…

Ford Gives $50,000 to Feed Seniors Battling Hunger in Detroit

For the ninth year in a row, Ford Motor Company will be participating in the Holiday Meals on Wheels Thanksgiving program in partnership with the Detroit Area Agency on Aging.…

Ford Gets Off to a Hot Start in Europe Thanks to Fiesta, Transit

Ford of Europe began the new year with an impressive sales performance, delivering January sales of 109,600 vehicles across its Euro 20 markets and growing sales 1.8% from January 2017.…

[Photos] New Ford Galaxy Vignale is a Fancy Van

Check out the fancy new Ford Galaxy Vignale Photo: Ford Motor Company The idea that a minivan (or people mover or MPV or soccer parent ride or whatever you want…

Ford Focus RS, Focus ST, KA+ Win Awards

Who wins awards? Ford wins awards. Lots of awards, actually. Like, if you were to attempt to quantify the number of awards that Ford wins in a given year for…

Ford Flat Rock Assembly Employees Give Back During Pandemic

Employees at the Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant are pitching in on the fight against COVID-19 Photo: Ford Though things are opening up more and more, the fight against the…

Ford F-Series Made More Money in 2017 Than Facebook and Didn't Have to Steal Your Data to Do It

[cash register noises intensify] It might be bad timing to try and contextualize the insane amount of money Ford made off of its F-Series trucks last year by comparing it…

Ford European Manufacturing Now Sends No Waste to Landfills

Ford’s 2016 Sustainability Report highlights an impressive continent-wide achievement on the part of Ford of Europe. In just five years’ time, Ford has made all of its manufacturing plants in…

Ford Sets New Q2 CV Sales Record in Europe

The Ford Transit Sport lineup Photo: Ford Motor Company Ford scored a 2 percent year-over-year Q2 increase in commercial vehicle sales across its 20 traditional European markets, setting a new…

Ford Will Build Two Electric Midsize Crossovers in Detroit by 2023

Ford will build two new electric midsize crossovers at Flat Rock Assembly: report Photo: Ford Motor Company Not one, not two, but three sources with insight into Ford’s future product…

Ford Edge, F-Series Post Best-Ever November Sales Results in Canada

Ford Motor Company of Canada saw a 2.8% sales drop-off in November, falling from 24,472 vehicles delivered in 2016 to 23,788 vehicles sold last month. The decline in overall sales…

Ford Donates Transit Van to New York Common Pantry

Ford Motor Company is donating a Ford Transit Mobile Food Pantry to the New York Common Pantry as part of Robin Hood’s “Night for NYC.” This donation will allow the…

Ford Donates Seven Flex Utility Vehicles to DAV

Ford has announced that it will be donating seven of its Flex utility vehicles to Disabled American Veterans (DAV) as part of its near-century-long commitment to empowering veterans of the…

Ford Dealers Contributed $110 Million, 50,000 Volunteer Hours to Charity in 2017

To kick off the 2018 National Automobile Dealers Association Convention and Expo in Las Vegas this week, Ford released the results of its annual survey on dealer giving. It was…

Ford Opens Corktown Information Center

Photo: Ford Motor Company With phase two underway in the restoration and transformation of Michigan Central Station, Ford grows closer to launching its new campus in the Corktown neighborhood of…

Ford Confirms Five New SUVs for US Lineup By 2020

Ford is in the midst of expanding and revitalizing its SUV lineup, a fact accentuated by Tuesday’s reveal of the 2018 Expedition, the recent announcement that the automaker will offer…

Ford Smart Mobility LLC Among Investors in ClimaCell

Ford Smart Mobility LLC is among the investor group that has helped ClimaCell raise $45 million in Series B funding. Clearvision Ventures and Envision Ventures were also among the new…

Ford China’s February 2014 Sales Rise 67 Percent

The Ford Mondeo Ford may not have enjoyed the kind of February they were hoping for in the United States last month, but they certainly aren’t complaining about their performance…

Ford China Sales Slide 18% in January; Lincoln Continues Positive Momentum With 5K+ Sales

Sales woes continued for Ford in China last month with the automaker delivering 75,990 vehicles and seeing sales decline 18% year-over-year from the start to 2017. Changan Ford Automobile (CAF)…

Ford Chief Brand Officer, Ford Smart Mobility CEO Leaving Company

Musa Tariq and Raj Rao are both leaving Ford after brief tenures If you live by the fickle sword of Silicon Valley, so too shall you be cut by it.…

Ford Canada Posts Best September on Record Thanks to F-Series, SUVs

Ford Motor Company of Canada reported its best September sales on record last month, delivering 30,899 vehicles for 2.4% year-over-year growth. Total car sales fell 6.5% at 3,242 vehicles delivered,…

Ford Bringing Edge-Based SUV to Australia for 2018

Ford has announced that it will launch a new, Edge-based SUV in Australia by 2018, adding yet another attractive utility vehicle to its ever-expanding lineup. This SUV will serve as…

Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC Established As AV Development Ramps Up

As part of its continued investment in the development and application of autonomous vehicle technology, Ford in July announced the creation of Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC. Sherif Marakby, vice president…

Ford Announces Smart Mobility Moves in San Francisco

Ford last week made three announcements pertaining to urban mobility in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ford announced plans to acquire San Francisco-based shuttle service Chariot as a means to…

Ford Announces MyFord Mobile App for Smartwatches

Ford understands that smartwatches are all the rage these days, which is why they’ve created a MyFord® Mobile app specifically for didn’t-think-I-actually-needed-it-but-now-can’t-live-without-it accessories like Pebble and Apple Watch. According to…

Ford Announces Miami-Dade City of Tomorrow Challenge

Earlier this year, Miami was announced as Ford’s choice for a partner city in its autonomous vehicle services pilot. Following up on the partnership between the automaker and Miami-Dade County…

Ford Announces Ford Smart Mobility Innovation Office in London

Ford announced this week that it will continue its emphasis on mobility solutions in Europe by opening a Ford Smart Mobility Innovation Office in London. At the Ford Smart Mobility…

Ford and Girls Who Code Look to Close Gender Gap in Tech, Education

It was announced this week that Ford Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto will be partnering with Girls Who Code in order to create more opportunities for women in the…

Ford Aims For Fifth SEMA Hottest Truck Award With Two F-150s

The 2014 SEMA Show is coming up, and Ford is looking to capitalize on the anticipation swirling around one of the year’s most hotly-anticipated models: the 2015 Ford F-150. Ford…

BLACKPINK Drifts into an Adrenaline Rush in an Intense Kia Stinger Video

Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé take drifting to a new level in this Stinger video Earlier this year, the members of BLACKPINK became global ambassadors for Kia ahead of the…

Ford Smart Mobility Acquires Journey Holding Corporation

Photo: Ford Motor Company Ford Smart Mobility has announced the acquisition of Journey Holding Corporation, which specializes in intelligent transportation systems software. The company pairs up with TransLoc, the FSM-owned…

Ford Releases 'A Matter of Trust' Report on Autonomous Vehicles

Ford is still angling to meet its 2021 deadline for commercial autonomous vehicle deployment, as evidenced by the recent establishment of the Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC. As part of that…

Ford Awarding $250K in Community Grants to Detroit Nonprofits

Motor City Street Dance Academy Photo: Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company has announced that it is awarding a quarter-million dollars to nonprofits that work to preserve the culture and…

First Shipment of Chevy Cavaliers Leaves Shanghai for Mexico

The first shipment of 1,701 Mexico-bound Chevrolet Cavaliers set sail from Shanghai today, sailing towards sales in the North American market. The Chinese-manufactured Cavalier is an example of Chevrolet’s new…

World's First Nissan LEAF Sold Still Going Strong

First Nissan Leaf Sold – Oliver Chalouhi’s 2011 LEAF This past week, Nissan wowed the automotive world by demoing a fully-autonomous LEAF at Japan’s CEATEC expo.  Just three short years…

First Look: The Audi A1 citycarver

Photo: Audi Audi has expanded its A1 line — you can now drive the A1 citycarver, which brings aggressive off-road styling to a hip, upscale vehicle. Here are some of…

First Jeep Gladiator Rolls Off the Assembly Line

The Gladiator is ready to roll out Photo: Jeep The Jeep Gladiator pickup truck is one of the year’s most highly anticipated models. Now, Jeep’s latest vehicle is one step…

Honda Partners With IHI to Accelerate F1 Turbo Development

Honda has announced a strengthened partnership with IHI, a Japanese industrial company, which it hopes will provide “a notable step up in performance” for the 2019 Formula One season. The…

Faulty Brake Causes Recall for 2020 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500

The 2020 Silverado is one of two GM pickups that’s being recalled next month Photo: Chevrolet When it comes to vehicle manufacturing, safety and functionality are always of the utmost…

Fantastic Sales for Chrysler and Jeep Help Overall FCA Sales Increase by 14% During March

Jeep had one of its best sales months ever in March For the past few months, Fiat Chrysler’s sales have been on a pretty consistent decline. Last month, however, a…

Explained: Where Do Kia Models Get Their Names?

Where do models like the Kia Rio get their names? Kia has a long lineup of diverse vehicles, from family SUVs to high-class performance cars. Kia’s models also carry some…

New Equinox Ad Displays the Comical Risks of Chevy Siri Integration

All-new ad for Chevy Equinox displays the comical risks of using Chevy Siri integration Voice recognition software is all the rage in the automotive industry, and rather than creating their…

IIHS Awards 2016 Kia Optima Top Safety Pick+ Safety Rating

The 2016 Kia Optima is now an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ It looks like the 2016 Kia Optima is more than just a pretty face. Kia’s best-selling nameplate recently received…

Electric Trucks Reportedly a Possibility for the GMC Brand

An electric version of the Sierra is much more likely than you might think Late last week, Ford confirmed that an all-electric version of the F-150 is currently in development.…