U.S. factory workers at Ford Motor Co. overwhelmingly rejected proposed concessions it has said it needs to stay competitive, while union workers in Canada on Sunday accepted cuts aimed at retaining jobs.
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Li Shufu, the founder of China's Zhejiang Geely Holdings, has much in common with Henry Ford, from a childhood on the farm to a scrappy determination to build an automaking behemoth from nothing.
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Ford of Europe's boss fears the company's business in Russia will be hurt if rival General Motors Co. decides to sell a majority stake in its Opel brand to Magna International Inc. and its partner, state-controlled Russian lender Sberbank.
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Ford of Europe's boss fears the company's business in Russia will be hurt if rival General Motors Co. decides to sell a majority stake in its Opel brand to Magna International Inc. and its partner, state-controlled Russian lender Sberbank.
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Ford Motor Co. is expected to post a narrower quarterly loss with support from the U.S. government "cash for clunkers" program, but the focus will be on the outlook for the U.S. economy and auto industry sales.
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Ford Motor Co. is expected to post a narrower quarterly loss with support from the U.S. government "cash for clunkers" program, but the focus will be on the outlook for the U.S. economy and auto industry sales.
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Volkswagen was looking to become an active player in the small and affordable compact car class. As the import fees on the European Polo are too high, the automaker decided to take a model that had reached the end of the road, so to speak and tweak its style and drop its price. Behold, the Golf City (same story for the Jetta City). A simple, yet efficient and ingenious formula.
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Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. factory workers moved a step closer late Friday to delivering a landslide rejection of proposed concessions while the UAW leadership said the union would not return to talks with the automaker until 2011.
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The UAW has no plans to seek a new vote if workers reject a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co., or to resume talks with the automaker, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said Friday.
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Ford Motor Co. intends to follow through with the closure of its St. Thomas, Ontario, assembly plant and commit to new investments under concessionary contract amendments agreed to today by the Canadian Auto Workers union.
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Ford Motor Co. intends to follow through with the closure of its St. Thomas, Ontario, assembly plant and commit to new investments under concessionary contract amendments agreed to today by the Canadian Auto Workers union.
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Ford Motor Co. intends to follow through with the closure of its St. Thomas, Ontario, assembly plant and commit to new investments under concessionary contract amendments agreed to today by the Canadian Auto Workers union.
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The 2010 Corvette Grand Sport takes some of the best of the Z06--and makes it a bit more affordable. But it's still a blast, and it's a nice take on America's sports car. Ride along in this AutoWeek Performance Profile.
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With Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. hourly employees heading into a final weekend of voting on contract concessions, company CEO Alan Mulally said Friday that Ford needs to and#8220;get back to the patternand#8221; established by its crosstown rivals.
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Crossover production at General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. has been hard hit by an Indian parts shortage this month because those vehicles share the same six-speed automatic transmission.
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The October light-vehicle sales rate will pass 10 million units for the first time this year during a month that didnand#8217;t benefit from the summer cash-for-clunkers program, Ford Motor Co.and#8217;s U.S. sales chief said today.
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Britain's Tanfield Group associate company Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) US and Ford have agreed to terminate their Transit Connect EV project as forecast volumes did not justify the investment requirement.
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Azure Dynamics Corp. has replaced SEV US Corp. as developer of the drivetrain for Ford Motor Co.'s battery-electric Transit Connect commercial van slated to launch next year, the automaker said today.
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Azure Dynamics Corp. has replaced SEV US Corp. as developer of the drivetrain for Ford Motor Co.'s battery-electric Transit Connect commercial van slated to launch next year, the automaker said today.
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So it looks like Geely is now the front-runner to acquire Volvo from Ford. Analysts have been questioning if the Chinese firm can uphold the brand values and superb safety rep but Geely itself remained confident as the week drew to a close.
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