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Ford to retool US plants for European cars - WSJ (at Reuters)

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Jul 19, 2008
        
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CHICAGO, July 19 (Reuters) - U.S. car maker Ford Motor Co (F.N: ) is drawing up plans to retool American plants to make small, fuel-efficient passenger cars that it mainly makes and sells in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The paper said Ford has looked at bringing over European models, including the mid-size Mondeo, in response to high fuel costs that have hit sales of larger, fuel-hungry trucks and sport utility vehicles. Citing people familiar with the matter, the WSJ said portions of this move could be announced on Thursday when the Dearborn, Michigan-based company reports second-quarter results. In June, Ford announced it would slash output this year by eliminating shifts, slowing assembly lines and idling truck plants. The car maker said further details on its revised restructuring plan would be... [read full story]                    

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Ford Motor Co. top executives say new models are on way

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Jul 25, 2008
        

By: Tom Krisher, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DEARBORN, Mich. - "Survival isn't a question for us," said Derrick Kuzak, the company's global product development head. Instead, Kuzak and Joe Hinrichs, Ford's global manufacturing chief,...

                   

Ford executives say new models are on way

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Jul 25, 2008
        

DEARBORN, Mich. - A day after posting the worst quarterly loss in its history, Ford Motor Co.'s top product and manufacturing executives said the company plans to roll out new models and make its factories more efficient. They...

                   

Ford Falls. Hard. (at Motley Fool)

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Jul 25, 2008
        

By David Lee Smith July 25, 2008 Comments (0) I'm confused. Haven't we known for decades that, with the majority of the oil we use coming from overseas, we were perched atop a banana peel that could bring us down any day? Why,...

                   

Beware Press-CEO Infatuation: Ford (TheStreet.com)

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Jul 25, 2008
        

Friday July 25, 2:52 pm ET ByMarek Fuchs, Special to TheStreet.com quarterly earnings this week begs the question: If a CEO gets positive press and his company earns favorable comparisons after reporting $8.7 billion in losses,...

                   

Only The Small Survive

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Jul 25, 2008
        

Ford Motor Co. is in deep trouble, just like General Motors and Chrysler. Video: Renewables Create Trouble Prior to this week's developments, Ford had previously announced it would build the small Fiesta car in Mexico, a 2011...

                   

Ford thinks small in attempt to turn round $12b loss

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Jul 25, 2008
        

Ford pinned its future on an ambitious attempt to persuade Americans to drive smaller, European-style cars, after plunging to its biggest loss ever. The car maker had to write off billions of dollars of investment in high-tech...

                   

Cars, not trucks, new Ford focus

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Jul 25, 2008
        

DEARBORN, Mich. – Bleeding cash and with its very survival uncertain, Ford Motor Co., an icon of American automaking, will try to import some of its success from across the Atlantic. Ford reported its worst-ever quarterly loss...

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Only The Small Survive (at Forbes.com)

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Ford Motor Co. is in deep trouble, just like General Motors and Chrysler. Prior to this week's developments, Ford had previously announced it would build the small Fiesta car in Mexico, a 2011 model in two versions, a four-door...

Ford - Small Is Beautiful?

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Jul 25, 2008
        

Ford Motor Co. (F), one of the Detroit Three, which all these years has been focusing on big pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, is now making a broader bet on new fuel-efficient small vehicles. The company recently...

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