In today's News Brake: The Ford Mustang's new V6 is fast and frugal, join AW for a virtual green-car show, and there's more trouble for Toyota . . . But Wait, There's More!
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In today’s News Brake: The Ford Mustang’s new V6 is fast and frugal; join us for a virtual green car show; and there’s more trouble for Toyota … But Wait, There’s More! Full story…
Lear Corp. said it will increase production and add 285 jobs this year at its northwest Indiana seat manufacturing plant. The company will spend more than $2.2 million at the plant, which will make seats for the new Ford Explorer SUV.
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Ford Motor Co., losing a heated sales battle with Chevrolet's new Camaro, said today that its 2011 Mustang with an upgraded V-6 engine will be the first sports car with more than 300 hp with a highway fuel economy rating above 30 mpg.
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First Ford got us excited by making some major engine upgrades to the Mustang for 2011--a 305-hp, 3.7-liter V6 and a 412-hp, 5.0-liter V8. Now it's wooing us with fuel economy, too.
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Ford is still expected to sign an agreement to sell Volvo to China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group by the end of this month, according to the Briton in charge of the Swedish carmaker, Stephen Odell. Ford expects to finalise a deal by 31 March and complete the sale by 30 June.
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Ford Motor Company is surfing on a wave of success. In February alone, sales were up by 51 percent in Canada. "And just in Quebec, we're talking nearly 80 percent," insists Ford Canada president, David Mondragon, who attended the inauguration of the 2010 Quebec City Auto Show.
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The 2011 Ford Mustang today breaks new ground, cracking the record books as not only the most fuel-efficient Mustang ever, but also the first production car in history to produce more than 300 horsepower and more than 30 mpg highway. The Mustang's official EPA ratings - completed this week - certify that models equipped with the 305-hp 3.7-liter V-6 and available six-speed automatic transmission achieve 31 mpg on the highway and 19 mpg in the city.
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The on-off launch of Renault's affordable Dacia brand in the UK is back on and slated for late 2012 with just one model, the highly-acclaimed new Duster that was unveiled at the Geneva show.
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Ford Motor Co. led the U.S. industry to a 13 percent sales gain in February while topping General Motors in monthly sales for the first time in 12 years.
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How times change. North American customers no longer clamour for monster SUVs or gas-guzzling full-size cars. The fastest growing market segment is small cars. Ford product chiefs said that Fiesta and Focus-size cars now account for almost 25% of the US market and sales are growing year on year.
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Ford was the big winner in the US light vehicle sales race in February, posting an adjusted-for-selling-days rise of 43.5% to 140,319 units, according to WardsAuto.com data. GM sales rose 12.2% to 141,551 and Chrysler inched up 0.6% to 84,201 units.
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Quebec City - The 29th edition of the Quebec Auto Show opened its doors to the public yesterday, presenting over 250 new vehicles to the people of the "vieille capitale". Held until March 7 at the Centre de foires de Québec, the event has attracted all the major manufacturers, including Ford, returning after a year-long absence with a huge stand created specifically for this show and exclusively emphasizing the brand's cars.
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Ford Motor Co. plans to build 595,000 light vehicles in North America in the second quarter, up 32 percent from the same period last year and slightly higher than the current quarter. Ford's February U.S.
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Ford Motor Co. said it will produce a global performance car based on the re-engineered, restyled Focus.
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Ford Motor Co. led the U.S. industry to a 13 percent sales gain in January while topping General Motors Co. in monthly sales for the first time in 12 years.
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Ford Motor Co. reported a 43 percent U.S. sales gain in February as it leaped over rival General Motors Co. in monthly sales. Ford sold 142,006 light vehicles last month -- 471 more than GM, which advanced 12 percent.
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Continuing a recent tradition of launching different body styles of a redesigned model line at a series of international motor shows, Ford lifted the covers off its redesigned third generation Focus wagon at Geneva on Tuesday.
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