Cooper Standard Automotive has acquired USi from Ikuyo of Japan, effective immediately. USi, based in Rockford, Tennessee, provides an exclusive hard coating process for use in automotive and industrial applications, including bright trim assemblies on vehicles produced by a number of global automakers, including Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan Motor and Toyota. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
Volkswagen, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Ford and other European automakers may be forced to halt production in coming weeks as component suppliers in earthquake-ravaged Japan struggle to restart factories, weekend media reports said.
Affordable, attractive, 40-mpg cars have been rolling into showrooms, and more are on the way. The key word is "affordable," with prices ranging from just above $15,000 to slightly less than $20,000 for a 2011 Ford, Chevy, Hyundai or Smart.
Affordable, attractive, 40-mpg cars have been rolling into showrooms, and more are on the way. The key word is "affordable," with prices ranging from just above $15,000 to slightly less than $20,000 for a 2011 Ford, Chevy, Hyundai or Smart.
California Ford dealer Jim Graham sold four Fiesta subcompacts during one January weekend. That was his best weekend for the Fiesta, which Ford Motor Co. launched last May. Graham is accustomed to most of his car sales being Mustangs.
As expected, the effects of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that have devastated Japan are now being felt in North America. With production suspensions dragging on, Mazda and Honda have been forced to temporarily stop taking orders for vehicles manufactured in Japan, while parts shortages are preventing Chrysler and Ford from offering specific colours of pickups, cars and SUVs.
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Ford plans to idle its auto plant in Genk, Belgium, for five days starting April 4, to conserve parts following the earthquake and nuclear crisis in Japan that has disrupted supplies for numerous automakers.
Ford Motor Co. plans to idle its auto plant in Genk, Belgium, for five days starting April 4, to conserve parts following the earthquake and nuclear crisis in Japan that has disrupted supplies for numerous automakers.
Noticing the success of its Fiesta customization options, Ford will be giving consumers an even broader choice in 2012 with three new packages designed to spruce up the inside or outside of the little runabout.
Merck KGaA, the sole producer of a paint pigment for automakers such as Ford and Chrysler, cannot operate its Japanese factory because it is too close to a nuclear reactor crippled by the earthquake and tsunami.
Ford is determined that its 2012 redesigned Focus will be flawless out of the gate. The automaker has been road testing the first Focus units built near Detroit for 30 miles before shipping them to dealerships nationwide.
EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This is an oddly equipped vehicle with 2WD and V6 power. Or maybe it's just oddly equipped for a press fleet car since most of those seem loaded to the gills and this one is a bit more basic.
Volkswagen and Ford may join GM's Opel unit and PSA in slowing production in Europe as component suppliers in earthquake-ravaged Japan struggle to restart factories.
Hybrid- and electric-car components maker Azure Dynamics will work with UK engineering company Lotus Lightweight Structures to assemble the electric powertrain in Ford Transit Connect EV's bound for Europe.
The Brazilian unit of Ford Motor Co. filed a criminal lawsuit against the local management of rival Nissan Motor Co. for airing a TV commercial that says the U.S. automaker charges customers too much for hatchback models.
Azure Dynamics which makes hybrid electric and electric components for commercial vehicles including the Ford Transit Connect EV, posted a total fourth-quarter revenue rise to $13.4 million, a threefold rise on 2009 figures.
Norwegian Post has become the first European customer of the Ford Transit Connect Electric, ordering 20 units.
Ford has sold its Norfolk assembly plant property in Virginia to Atlanta-based Jacoby Development.
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