FoMoCo has just announced that it is adding a third shift to its Dearborn Truck Plant and Kansas City Assembly Plant’s sport utility line to meet strong demand for Ford F-150 and Escape vehicles. The move will add full-time employment for 2,800 employees who have been working on a two-weeks-on and one-week-off rotating basis.
The changes announced will result [...]
DEARBORN — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will build more of its popular Focus and Escape vehicles this quarter to meet growing demand from the federal government’s Cash for Clunkers program.
As a result, the automaker now expects to produce 495,000 vehicles in the third quarter, up 2 percent from its prior forecast of 485,000.
The [...]
he 2010 Chevrolet Camaro outsold the 2010 Ford Mustang two months in a row – and that may be do to the fact that the Camaro offers more power for the price you pay. The base V6 2010 Mustang produces 210-hp while the base 2010 Camaro makes 306-hp. On the other hand, the V8 Mustang [...]
Much like the effects felt by Chrysler, FoMoCo is feeling a shortage in inventory of the Escape crossover, which is in short supply after the cash-for-clunkers surge. A tentative plan is in place to boost production of the Escape, by reassigning some workers from the Dearborn, Mich. plant that produces the F-150 pickup, to the [...]
The Obama administration on Monday announced the Ford Focus was the best-selling vehicle sold under the Car Allowance Rebate System, but the Toyota Corolla managed to claim that top spot by Wednesday, according to data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Not so fast, according to an independent analysis Edmunds.com. The real winner is [...]
We couldn’t think of a better vehicle for the U.S. Border Patrol – the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. While the Department of Energy is giving out billion to find the development of electric-vehicles and plug-in hybrids, the Border Patrol is thinking of something a little more gas-guzzling and a little more powerful than the [...]
