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Ford plans to introduce eight new vehicles throughout Southeast Asia over the next five years as part of its effort to win market share in the fast-growing region.

Ford has taken the first European order for 20 of its Transit Connect electric vans from the Norwegian postal service.

Ford will become the first carmaker to fit DAB-radio as standard on all model, in preparation for the analogue switch off in 2015

Every week, our blog brings you the hottest videos on the web. We've got the top 5 for you this week, including a Japanese driver filming his car being hit by a Tsunami wave,two guys attempting a back flip on a snowmobile, Walter Rohl driving a Porsche 904 GTS on track, a McLaren F1 Speed Run at 391 km/h and Jabba WockeeZ comparing the Ford Mustang's old V8 to the new V6.

It was a Roush Fenway Ford-Friendly-Friday as teammates, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle claimed the front row for Sunday�E(tm)s Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Ford has sold the site of a former assembly plant in Norfolk, Va., to Atlanta real estate developer Jacoby Development Inc. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed by Ford, but The Virginian-Pilot reported today that Jacoby paid $14.

Continental AG's North American unit is recalling about 391,000 tires, most of which were put on new Ford Motor Co F-250 and F-350 heavy duty pickup trucks, U.S. regulators said today.

Gasoline that has risen to 2008 prices may cause a shift in consumers' car-buying patterns, said Mark Fields, Ford Motor Co.'s president of the Americas.

Gasoline that has risen to 2008 prices may cause a shift in consumers' car-buying patterns, Mark Fields, Ford's president of the Americas, said today as the automaker prepared to launch a new small car.

Lincoln now leads the industry with the most reliable vehicles, according to a closely watched annual survey, marking the first time Ford Motor Co.'s premium brand has captured the crown.

Lincoln now leads the industry with the most reliable vehicles, according to a closely watched annual survey, marking the first time Ford Motor Co.'s premium brand has captured the crown.

Lincoln leads the industry with the most reliable vehicles, according to a closely watched annual survey, marking the first time Ford's premium brand has captured the crown. Lincoln unseated Porsche in J.D. Power and Associates' 2011 U.S.

Since 2009, Ford offered consumers to bring their old vehicle to the nearest dealer in exchange for up to $2,000 from Ford's 'Recycle Your Ride' program and up to $300 in additional incentives from the federal government's 'Retire Your Ride' program upon purchasing a cleaner, more fuel-efficient 2010 or 2011 Ford or Lincoln model.

As reported by Automotive News recently, Ford has no intentions on forcing this technology on US customers. Sad. Not that anyone should have anything stuffed down their throat but diesel is one of the most viable alternatives of the moment. Derrick Kuzak, Ford's group vice president for global product development, made it very clear that Ford will continue to rely on their EcoBoost and hybrid technologies. Both very good. They will relegate the idea of importing diesel powertrains, although, as he said, it would be easy to do so. Then why say-so?

The primary part of one of Michigan's largest solar power generation systems at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant is now up and running, delivering renewable energy to help power the production of fuel-efficient small cars.

Vertrek concept takes its first steps to becoming the new Ford Kuga as these spy shots show.

Dave Wilson spent 26 years building Preston Automotive Group into an 11-brand, 10-store group. But in 2007, his son, then a 20-year-old college sophomore, came to him with an audacious suggestion: Dump Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac and GMC.

Weeks after the infamous name dispute that opposed Ford and Ferrari over the ownership of the F-150 name, we could see another law suit rock the F1 world, this time over the name of the new Hispania Racing team car.

Randy Bachman, founding member of The Guess Who, has generously donated his 1965 Thunderbird to the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

Ford awarded CEO Alan Mulally $56.5 million in stock, and Executive Chairman Bill Ford received $42.4 million in shares as a reward for the automaker's turnaround.