2 hours ago - Trading Markets Goteborg, Sweden-based Volvo Cars, which Ford bought in 1999, has been struggling with declining demand and a strong euro which made its products more expensive. Volvo sales through October are down more than 28 percent compared with the same period in 2007, a... 1 hour ago - Motor Authority DETROIT (AP) Ford Motor Co. will tell Congress that it plans to return to a pretax profit or break even in 2011 when its CEO appears before two legislative committees this week. Also, CEO Alan Mulally said he'll work for $1 per year if the automaker has to tak... 2 hours ago - Channel 4 News Ford and General Motors have both approached the Swedish government to appeal for aid. GM has consistently denied that it wants to sell loss-making Saab, which it bought in 1989, but reports suggest that the Swedish government has been looking into taking an e... 15 hours ago - Edmunds.com/Inside Line In Bangkok lijkt momenteel alles even in het teken te staan van regeringsgezinde actievoerders, maar niets is minder waar. Momenteel vindt daar de Thailand International Motor Expo plaats (28 nov. 02/12/2008 02:21 - Reuters UK “ling from the decline in US auto sales to 25-year lows, Detroit's three ailing automakers -- Ford, General Motors Corp (GM.” 13 hours ago - RTT News (RTTNews) - Automaker Ford Motor Co. (F: News ) said Monday it will re-evaluate strategic options for Volvo Car Corp., including the possible sale of the Sweden-based premium automaker. 23 hours ago - CNNMoney.com (Updates with more information on Ford and Volvo, comments from executives, comments from analysts, share price; adds context) DETROIT -(Dow Jones)- Ford Motor Co. (F) is once again considering the sale of its Volvo Cars unit, as the U. 02/12/2008 02:29 - MLive.com DETROIT - In the auto industry's hour of darkness, General Motors and Ford will unveil promising new models vital to their survival at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. 2 hours ago - The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) A stock market reassured by Ford Motor Co.'s assessment of its financial health bounced back Tuesday, regaining some of the ground lost in the previous session's huge drop. 2 hours ago - Times Online “d is one of the “big three” car makers, including Chrysler and General Motors, that are submitting restructuring proposals to Congress which could see” 2 hours ago - MSNBC “if it ended up acquiring both companies, could operate them successfully without a major alliance partner such as France's Renault or Japan's Honda.” 3 hours ago - Belfast Telegraph The anti-car lobby can never win its argument until it begins to understand that here in the West the car is not a tool. It is not a white good. It is not an alternative to the bus or the train. 3 hours ago - StreetInsider.com Ford (NYSE: F) plan calls for investment . StreetInsider.com provides up-to-the-minute active trading news and information. Only the most relevant news makes it through to our members, and only what you need to hear. 3 hours ago - New York Daily News WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Ford Motor Co. (F) CEO Alan Mulally plans to make his highly anticipated return to Washington this week by car, not corporate jet, in the first step toward rehabilitating the image of him and the chief executives of his Detroit rivals ... 3 hours ago - Channel 4 News Ford is adding three new models to its Kuga SUV line-up, including a low-emissions two-wheel-drive 2.0-litre diesel. The 136bhp 2.0 TDCi 2WD emits just 159g/km, putting it into the new sub-160g/km tax banding for vehicle excise duty and into the more favourabl... 5 hours ago - Prdomain Business Register Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] announced today it will re-evaluate strategic options for Volvo Car Corporation, including the possible sale of the Sweden-based premium automaker. Ford said the decision to re-evaluate strategic options for Volvo comes in response... 5 hours ago - Contrarian Profits It is looking like it will be a big week for Detroit. The nationâs automakers are due back in Washington to hopefully conclude their welfare pandering. Congress tells us, if General Motors (NYSE: GM ), Ford (NYSE: F ) or Chrysler want any federal money, they ... 6 hours ago - Arkansas Democrat Gazette Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally will drive to Washington for hearings on an industry loan package after members of Congress criticized automaker CEOs for flying corporate jets last month. 11 hours ago - Ayrshire Post FORD is going to opposite extremes with new versions of its Kuga crossover vehicle. One of two new models is a version with front wheel drive rather than four wheel drive, powered by a two-litre turbodiesel engine to reduce emissions to 159g/km. 15 hours ago - Gant Daily Detroit, MI (AHN) - Ford Motor Co. said Monday that it is considering a sale of its Volvo luxury brand as it scrambles to raise cash during a time of slumping sales. The company said the review of a possible sale will take several months and that it will conti... 17 hours ago - Think Progress The CEOs of the Big Three automakers were heavily criticized for flying private jets to D.C. when they appeared on Capitol Hill a couple of weeks ago. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) commented, “It’s almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen ... 20 hours ago - CBS News When the Big Three automakers come back to Washington for hearings later this week on the proposed auto bailout, Ford CEO Alan Mulally will be making the more than eight-hour trip from Detroit to the Capitol by car, the company said today. 20 hours ago - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi.eid=5843297 - Celebrated rocker Lita Ford teams up with Dee Snider, lead vocalist for bestselling heavy metal band "Twisted Sister," in a duet for the band's just released video "I'll Be Home for Christmas" available at www... 20 hours ago - BusinessWeek Ford Motor Co. says CEO Alan Mulally will travel by car when he makes his return trip to Washington, D.C., to seek $25 billion in government loans. Company spokesman Mark Truby says in an e-mail that Mulally will make the 520-mile trip on the ground. 22 hours ago - TechNewsWorld One of the first jobs I ever held was as an auto mechanic and have had a passion for cars that predates my passion for technology. Watching the U.S. auto industry make mistake after mistake until it was nearly out of business has been particularly painful for ... 01/12/2008 23:30 - Pittsburg Morning Sun Critics say: Critics and drivers are falling in love with the 2009 Edge. Caranddriver.com says, Although the vehicle is overweight, the styling is terrific, the packaging is excellent and it delivers decent gas mileage. 01/12/2008 06:37 - Autoblog The Volvo Group, successfully spun off ball bearing company SKF in 1927, no longer has much to do with the Volvo brand of cars. While it does build large commercial vehicles, the automotive unit was sold to Ford all the way back in 1999, and the only real ties... 8 hours ago - AOL Canada TOKYO - Gloom returned to Asian markets Tuesday as investors dumped stocks following huge overnight losses on Wall Street and dismal economic data out of the U.S., a crucial export market. |