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Ford's Louisville Assembly Plant will make its last Explorer one year from now - when the plant shuts down for a renovation that will allow it to reopen in 2011, employing thousands making more fuel-efficient vehicles, plant manager Ken Minielly said Thursday.

A year ago, many people were predicting the end of Detroit. In light of the financial sector's collapse and the subsequent Big Three implosion , naysayers around the world insisted that America's moment to shine was over -- at least as far as cars were concerned.

Mercury public relations doesn't like to talk about the Grand Marquis or that it could possibly exist a full decade into the new millennium.

Join The Auto Channel's Mark and Marc to look at hybrids from two marques: Mercury and Honda.

Members of United Auto Workers Local 249 voted late Saturday to authorize a strike at the Ford Claycomo plant, but a union leader said today that a strike won't happen.Jeff Wright, president of the UAW local, said the vote was a formality and was confident that no work stoppage would occur.'We did get things worked out,' he said, adding that 97 ...

Avon Park High School students and families participated in Ford and Mercury's Drive One 4 UR School Program on Oct.

Ford Motor Co. said Saturday union concerns over working conditions at its Kansas City Assembly plant have been resolved.

Brief Background & History of Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Company was started in 1903 by Henry Ford, a farmer's son born in Michigan.

This world-first application, which is on the third-row storage bins of the 2010 Ford Flex, reduces petroleum usage by some 20,000 pounds per year and reduces CO2 emissions by 30,000 pounds per year * Ford is advancing a strategy to migrate this bio-based material to numerous other interior, exterior and under-hood applications for multiple product ...

Ford Motor Company has won a 2009 "Best of What's New" award for Active Park Assist, which uses ultrasonic-based sensors to help drivers parallel park with the touch of a button -- Active Park Assist is another example of Ford's continuing commitment to deliver industry-leading solutions that enhance the driver experience and provide value to the ...

Workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo., are holding a strike authorization vote today after a disagreement over workloads, but no work stoppage is expected.

Ford teams up to develop, use wheat-straw-reinforced plastic in 2010 Ford Flex Nov.

The chairman of the board of directors for the Ford Motor Co. will soon hear from the chairman of the McDowell County Commission.

Mazda is making a grass is greener move with the 2010 CX-7 crossover utility vehicle.

It's the end of an era in Scranton. Rosado Scranton Ford on the corner of Linden and Franklin is calling it quits.

But what has the UAW learned? In plant-by-plant voting over the last few weeks a large majority of the 41,000 United Auto Workers workers employed by the Ford Motor Company voted to reject modifications to their collective bargaining agreement negotiated by their own national union.

Ford Motor Company, the only US automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly US$1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a "solidly profitable" 2011.

The Ford Motor Company posted a third-quarter profit of almost $1 billion US. The U.S. automaker said Monday it expects to be "solidly profitable" in 2011.

Seven months after acquiring a Stamford car dealership in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Depression, the longtime employee who bought the company is buoyed by its progress and moving ahead with the next phase of his business plan.

While General Motors and Chrysler have been bleeding U.S. taxpayers dry with their billions of dollars in bailout money requests, there is one U.S. automaker that not only has refused money from the federal government - they also announced today that they actually made a profit in the third quarter of 2009.