In the 1950s, Ford worked on what it called internally the "E Car" E for experimental to be priced between its low-cost Ford and more upscale Mercury badges.
So Facebook is actually worth twice as much as Ford, and more than Ford and GM combined.
Steel and oil prices have skyrocketed, making those 5, 000-pound sport utilities that used to coin money for Ford more costly to make and more costly to operate.
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Any new owner will want to ensure that Ford retains an interest in the future of the business, in part because it may be possible to persuade the commission to count Jaguar and Land Rover as part of Ford's bigger and more economical range for the purpose of measuring emissions.
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Warren has been principal investigator on empirical studies funded by the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and more than a dozen other foundations.
More-expensive gasoline devastated Detroit--GM, Ford and Chrysler were far more dependent on SUV sales than their foreign competitors were.
General Motors and Ford both say customers bought more cars and trucks in January than they expected.
And the Energy Department doled out billions more to Ford and others to preserve auto-making jobs in the U.S. while steering the industry toward cleaner vehicles.
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This may be true, though the defeats of Presidents Ford and then Carter are more complicated than that.
Optimism is building in Detroit for a breakthrough labor deal that will make General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler Group more cost-competitive with Toyota Motor.
And what we're seeing is there's more Ford, Honda, and there was a lot of Toyota, up until they were - they had the recall issues.
Automakers are just showing what they can do with plug-in cars, and the Volt and Leaf, plus new models from Ford, Toyota and Honda will lead many more drivers to switch.
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Ford employees and contractors should have more state funding in coping with the shutting of the Southampton Transit factory, a business group said.
General Motors, Ford, and other automakers, want more visibility for their flexible fuel vehicles.
Ford and Firestone have been reeling for more than a year because of the crisis and they blame each other for the tyre debacle.
General Motors, Ford, Toyota and Chrysler each spent more in the first part of the year than they did in the same period last year.
With Calderwood replacing Pascali with the more defensive Simon Ford and Pressley going for striker Mark Stewart in place of defender Scobbie after 63 minutes, the strategies were clear.
The Beige Book is on the same page as automakers' November sales numbers, released on Wednesday, which showed General Motors and Ford Motor growing sales by more than 20%.
Basically, the old Liberty was very capable off-road, but it did not keep up with consumer demands, which now value refined road manners, good fuel economy and lots of interior space more than the ability to hop boulders and ford streams.
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Last month, Martin Leach, Ford Europe's president and chief operating officer, resigned after Ford Europe reported more losses.
Such a wide scope is impressive, and Mr Ford's enthusiasm for more obscure factual details, such as the decline of the passenger pigeon, shines through.
In what is arguably a co-starring role, Harrison Ford gives one of the more energetic and showiest performances of his career as Dodgers owner Branch Rickey.
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Ford and its joint ventures sold 35% more cars in China in September compared to the previous year as foreign automakers continue to gain at the expense of Japanese automakers.
Ford and General Motors announced plans to close more than two dozen plants, and more than 70, 000 of their workers decided to leave as the two companies tried to turn around their businesses.
Ford has also become a more open and collaborative place during his tenure, a change from its previous internal culture of "empire building and back-biting, " Executive Chairman Bill Ford said earlier this month.
If domestic car prices came down to reality a little bit, maybe the international automakers like General Motors (GM) and Ford (F) could sell more of them at a time when the global auto industry is still licking its wounds from 2008.
Month to month sales is more significant than yearly sales figures this year, and in this case Ford is the biggest winner, having sold 2% more in September than it did in August.
More recently, Ford loaned Paula and me a snazzy red 2013 Escape for our anniversary trip to New England.
Nearly all of its factories, including the three being converted to carmaking, will be equipped with machinery that will allow Ford to switch among multiple models and thus respond more quickly to changing consumer demands.
Ford tried to shift the focus to a more promising future, saying 70% of its Ford, Lincoln and Mercury lineup would be new or significantly upgraded by 2008.
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