SPORTY NEW LOOK FOR 2009 FORD FOCUS COUPE TO DEBUT ON WEDNESDAY ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ EPISODE
The hot-selling Ford Focus debuts a new coupe version for the 2009 model year Wednesday on American’s hottest television show – “American Idol.” This marks the first time Ford has ever revealed a new product on prime time television. (13 May 08, USA)
LAND ROVER G4 CHALLENGE NEVADA PASSAGE ADVENTURE COMPETITION – FINALE
Just twenty miles north of the bright lights and lavish casinos in Las Vegas, Lisa Lieb (Durango, Colo.) and her partner Tom Lyons (Reno, Nev.) won it big – taking top honors at the 2008 Land Rover G4 Challenge Nevada Passage which wrapped up four days and 1,000 miles of adventure competition at Nellis Dunes on Friday, May 9. (13 May 08, USA)
CHICAGO TO GET MORE THAN $1 MILLION FROM FORD AS PART OF AUTOMAKER'S COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Ford Motor Company and the Ford Motor Company Fund announced today that they plan to invest more than $1 million in Chicago community programs and charities in 2008. (12 May 08, USA)
CHICAGO TO GET MORE THAN $1 MILLION FROM FORD
Ford Motor Company and the Ford Motor Company Fund announced today that they plan to invest more than $1 million in Chicago community programs and charities in 2008. (12 May 08, USA)
CAN HISTORY BE REPEATED? SELECT GLOBAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS COMPETE TO CREATE 21ST CENTURY MODEL T
A century after the Model T put the world on wheels, Ford is challenging five universities from around the world to dream big and create a Model T concept for this century. (12 May 08, USA)
FORD’S TEEN SAFE DRIVING EFFORTS LAUDED AS ILLINOIS TEEN FATALITIES REDUCED
State of Illinois, Ford Driving Skills for Life program team up on one of nation's toughest teen safe driving initiatives that's already helped reduce teen auto fatalities 61 percent. (12 May 08, USA)
TEAM MUSTANG MEMBER, CANCER SURVIVOR TO TELL HER STORY ON NBC’S ‘TODAY’ SHOW ON MOTHER’S DAY
DEARBORN, Mich., May, 10, 2008 – When Ford Mustang business manager Jackie DiMarco was working on the development of the “Warriors in Pink” package for the 2008 Mustang, which was designed to raise money for breast cancer education and research, she had no idea that the project would hit so close to home. (10 May 08, USA)
FORD ADVISES STOCKHOLDERS TO TAKE NO ACTION AT THIS TIME IN RESPONSE TO TRACINDA CORPORATION TENDER OFFER
The Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) today recommended that its stockholders take no action at this time in response to the announcement by Tracinda Corporation that it has commenced a tender offer to acquire up to 20 million shares of Ford’s common stock at a price of $8.50 per share. (09 May 08)
2009 FORD FLEX HITS THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE TOM JOYNER FANTASTIC VOYAGE CRUISE; SETS SAIL FROM PORT OF MIAMI
Ahoy, Ahoy, Ahoy; Attendees of the Ninth Annual Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage Cruise will find more than lounge chairs and an Olympic size swimming pool aboard the cruise's ship. In fact, they'll find the new 2009 Ford Flex parked in the pool deck area of this luxurious cruise ship. This marks Flex's world debut aboard a cruise and will also be the first time that most attendees will get a chance to get intimate with Ford's newest vehicle. (09 May 08, USA)
FORD PARTNERS WITH YAHOO! TO DELIVER INDUSTRY-FIRST; NEW WEBSITE TRANSFORMS CONSUMERS’ ONLINE EXPERIENCE
In an unprecedented move, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited and Yahoo! Canada today unveiled a global and industry-first feature on www.ford.ca. (09 May 08, CA)