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Traffic fatalities are the leading cause of death for American teens. In recent weeks, a number of crashes involving teen drivers have led to more than a dozen teenagers tragically losing their lives. And a recent report by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) shows that teen driver fatalities are on the rise among 16-17-year-old drivers. View the full article

Agent of change: Ford empowers women in rural India; Ford tops again with U.S. News & World Report; Ford Fusion marks best February sales ever; Ford Focus ST, now Europe's top-selling hatch View the full article

Henry Ford believed vehicles like his Model T would improve lives through greater mobility. More than 100 years later on the other side of the world, a young Indian mother named Mageswari connects that vision with the birth of her healthy baby boy. View the full article

All-new NASCAR Fusion scores its first win; Ford reveals EcoSport and Tourneo at Geneva; Ford sales up; best Escape February, ever; Ford commercial vehicles offer broadest range of CNG/LPG-ready choices; New Transit chassis cab and cutaway models on the way View the full article

With car inventories just beginning to meet consumer demand, the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion posted its best February sales month since the midsize sedan was introduced in 2006. View the full article

GENEVA, March 5, 2013 – Ford of Europe’s product led-transformation accelerates at the Geneva Motor Show this week as the company debuts the all new EcoSport compact SUV and Tourneo Courier – part of Ford’s pledge to deliver 15 new global vehicles to Europe by 2015. View the full article

Ford Motor Company announced today the introduction of the all-new Transit chassis cab and cutaway models, engineered to tackle an almost unlimited variety of specialized jobs and vocations. View the full article

Ford Motor Company’s U.S. February sales grew <br>9 percent with 195,822 vehicles sold. This marks Ford’s best February sales in six years – with cars up 6 percent, utilities up 21 percent and trucks up 4 percent. View the full article

Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] will host a “Ford University” conference call on Friday, March 15, 2013. The conference call will begin at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) and end by noon (EDT). The call will focus primarily on topics of interest to the investment community, in addition to updating information provided at Ford University last year regarding Ford and Ford Motor Credit Company. Stuart Rowley, Ford vice president and controller; Neil Schloss, Ford vice president and treasurer; and Michael Seneski, chief financial officer, Ford Credit, will host the call. View the full article

Ford is capitalizing on the popularity of all-wheel-drive technology, with its AWD sales growing 72 percent since 2009, outpacing the industry growth rate of 53 percent. In 2012, more than 20 percent of the industry’s new car and utility vehicles were sold with AWD systems. View the full article

For the 10th year new drivers around the world will get an opportunity to improve their skills through the Ford Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) program. Traffic fatalities are the leading killer of American teens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with about 2,700 drivers ages 16-19 killed annually on American roads. View the full article

U.S. News & World Report puts Ford tops in value; In California, Fusion Energi gets to go faster; 'La Linea' helping Ford gain hybrid traction; Van Dyke Transmission – Ford's first North American zero waste-to-landfill; Ford invests millions in Cleveland plant; Ford extends commitment to app developers; Ford first to launch Spotify in the car View the full article

Ford’s new C-MAX hybrids are gaining momentum with new customers and are luring more Toyota hybrid owners out of their cars and into Ford’s new hybrids. View the full article

Cutting waste-to-landfill at Ford’s Van Dyke Transmission Plant has always been important to workers there, but they weren’t satisfied until last fall, when a small, diligent local committee played a major role in solving a nagging 10-ton problem. View the full article

AMSTERDAM, 26 februari 2013 – Ford riep ontwikkelaars van mobiele toepassingen op om zich te registreren voor het Ford Developer Program, een uniek programma binnen de autobranche waarmee softwareontwikkelaars de interface van het Ford SYNC AppLink-systeem kunnen gebruiken voor het maken van apps die de rijbeleving verbeteren. View the full article

Today Ford Motor Company expanded its commitment to help encourage the growing community of automotive app developers by announcing it will contribute the software for AppLink™, the Ford-developed in-car smartphone app interface, to the GENIVI Alliance. View the full article

<a target="_blank" href="http://spotify.com/"><font color="#0000ff">Spotify</font></a>, the leading on-demand music streaming service providing access to a catalog of more than 20 million songs globally is now compatible with Ford <a target="_blank" href="http://media.ford.com/images/10031/SYNC_AppLink_Fact_Sheet.pdf"><font color="#0000ff">SYNC^® AppLink^™</font></a> for simple hands-free, voice-activated entertainment while driving. View the full article

KÖLN/Barcelona (E), 25. Februar 2013 -- Der neue Ford EcoSport – ein kompaktes Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), das voraussichtlich Ende 2013 in Deutschland auf den Markt kommt –, wird als eines der ersten europäischen Modelle von Ford auf Wunsch mit der Ford SYNC AppLink-Technologie ausgerüstet. View the full article

KÖLN/Barcelona (E), 25. Februar 2013 – Auf dem Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, einem der weltweit einflussreichsten Messetermine für mobile Kommunikation, hat Ford heute erstmals die europäische Serienversion des neuen Ford EcoSport präsentiert. View the full article

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) will release its February 2013 U.S. sales results at approximately 9:30 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2013. At 10 a.m. EST, Erich Merkle, Ford U.S. sales analyst, will host a conference call for the investment community and news media to discuss the results and related market trends. He will be joined by Ken Czubay, Ford vice president, U.S. Marketing, Sales and Service, and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Ford's chief economist. View the full article

To meet rising consumer demand for the award-winning 2.0-liter EcoBoost® engine, Ford Motor Company will invest nearly $200 million and add 450 new jobs at its Cleveland Engine Plant. View the full article

Californians now have another Ford vehicle option to get them where they’re going even faster with the all-new Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid, as the vehicle has been approved for use in the state’s high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. View the full article

For the second straight year, Ford dominates the U.S. News & World Report 2013 Best Cars for the Money rankings, with six Ford vehicles offering consumers the most bang for their buck. The 2013 Focus, Fusion, Fusion Hybrid, Taurus, Escape and Edge captured awards based on their outstanding value and critical acclaim. This marks the fourth year in a row Taurus reigns in the large car category, while for two straight years Edge is best midsize SUV, Fusion is the midsize champ and Fusion Hybrid is the best hybrid vehicle. U.S. News & World Report determines the winner in each of 21 categories based on vehicle safety and reliability attributes as well as expert opinion. Click <a target="_blank" href="http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/Best-Cars-for-the-Money/">here</a> for more. View the full article

Fiesta Movement: A Social Remix gives control of new ad campaign to the people; Ford boosts production capacity to meet rising demand for motorhomes; Ford India strengthens its presence with brand-new dealerships View the full article

After more than two years of development, including extensive work by the Ford design center and Ford aerodynamic experts, the 2013 NASCAR Fusion takes to the racetrack for the 55th running of the Daytona 500. View the full article