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Helsinki, 9.1.2013 – Uusi Ford Fiesta Van on ketterä ja tyylikäs pikkupakettiauto, joka tuo luokkansa johtavan polttoainetaloudellisuuden ja segmentissään useita uusia teknologioita Euroopan teille alkuvuodesta 2013. View the full article

In an announcement at the 2013 International CES, <a target="_blank" href="http://connectedworldmag.com/"><font color="#0000ff">Connected World Magazine</font></a> has awarded the all-new Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid the midsize Connected World Connected Car of the Year 2013. View the full article

On Tuesday, January 15, Alan Mulally, Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) president and chief executive officer, Mark Fields, chief operating officer, Bob Shanks, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Jim Farley, executive vice president, Global Marketing, Sales and Service and Lincoln, and Raj Nair, group vice president, Global Product Development, will participate in the 2013 Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference in Detroit. The presentation will begin at approximately 6:45 p.m. (Eastern Time). Following the presentation, a question and answer session will take place. View the full article

Ford Motor Company today announces a strategic collaboration that will demonstrate how a typical American family can significantly reduce their electricity bills and CO2 footprint by integrating home appliance technology with a plug-in vehicle to achieve an energy-efficient lifestyle. View the full article

Strong sales across the Ford lineup helped drive the company’s full-year retail sales in 2012 up an extraordinary 88 percent from a year ago to 54,865 units – representing Ford Thailand’s all-time best annual performance and making Ford one of the fastest growing automotive brands in the country. View the full article

Greater Media is bringing 16 of its top terrestrial radio stations to the mobile Web and Ford vehicles with the help of SYNC® AppLink™. Drivers can listen to their favorite radio stations from places like Boston, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Detroit and New Jersey wherever they are driving – all without touching their smartphone. View the full article

News junkies can get their fix in the car with voice activation now available via Ford SYNC® AppLink™ integration. View the full article

Providing developers the information and tools needed for the creation of relevant, voice-activated experiences inside the car, Ford Motor Company today announces the launch of the Ford Developer Program (<a target="_blank" href="http://developer.ford.com/"><font color="#0000ff">http://developer.ford.com</font></a>) at the 2013 International CES. View the full article

Ford has been front and center at CES for five consecutive years, introducing technologies that have been leading the automotive industry in capability and keeping pace with prevailing trends in consumer electronics. This year, Ford will make a major announcement that will solidify the car as the next major platform for development. View the full article

SHANGHAI, China, 7 January, 2013 – Ford China set an annual sales record in 2012, selling 626,616 wholesale vehicles, up 21 percent from 519,390 wholesales in 2011. For the fourth month in a row Ford also set a monthly sales record, with 70,510 wholesale vehicles sold in December, up 43 percent from 49,238 a year earlier. View the full article

Glympse Inc., the mobile technology company that pioneered temporary real-time location sharing, today announces the first location-sharing app for Ford Motor Company’s SYNC® in-car connectivity system. Using the AppLink™ interface, drivers will be able to share their location with friends and family directly from their car using simple voice commands, eliminating the need to touch their mobile phone while driving. View the full article

With New Year around the corner, India usually sees a spurt in road accidents at this time, with hundreds dead or left injured due to road rage, drunken or irresponsible driving. View the full article

Thanks to Kaliki Audio Newsstand and Ford SYNC® AppLink™, commuting time can now be put to better use by consuming some of the compelling newspaper and magazine content that we want to get to, but just never seem to find the time to read. View the full article

Rhapsody and Ford today announce at International CES that the leading premium on-demand music service is now available in Ford and Lincoln vehicles with SYNC® AppLink™. Rhapsody listeners with SYNC-enabled cars and trucks can use voice commands and radio buttons on the steering wheel to control the Rhapsody app on their smartphones, making it safe and easy to rock out on the road. View the full article

Aha by HARMAN™ and Ford today announce Ford will offer Aha to drivers via its SYNC® AppLink™ system. Aha’s free service offers more than 30,000 audio stations that Ford SYNC users can tune in to while driving by using simple voice commands. View the full article

Couples looking to escape another mundane date night driving circles around town might soon find help with a new app that will make it easy to have an exciting social life. View the full article

The 2013 Ford Fusion continues to earn industry kudos. AOL Autos has awarded its second annual Car of the Year honors to the all-new car. AOL reports Fusion is boldly redesigned to not only raise the bar, but to meet the stalwarts of the category pound for pound and dollar for dollar for value, performance and quality. “The 2013 Ford Fusion is not only a leap forward from the previous model – already a very solid midsized sedan – but has quickly established itself as the class of this most competitive category,” says AOL Autos editor in chief David Kiley. “From stem to stern, inside and out, Ford designers, engineers and workers on the line have turned out a midsized family sedan whose biggest problem should be building enough of them.” Click <a target="_blank" href="http://autos.aol.com/gallery/car-of-year-2012-aol-autos/">here</a> for the full review. View the full article

Ford Motor Company has sold 239 acres of the former Wixom Assembly Plant to Trident Barrow Management, LLC, a unit of Barrow Development. View the full article

Ford Motor Company today announced that on Feb. 4, 2013 (the “Redemption Date”) it intends to redeem all of its outstanding 7.50% Notes due June 10, 2043 (NYSE: F PRA) (CUSIP Number 345370852) (the “Notes”). View the full article

Ford Motor Company's U.S. sales grew across the board in 2012, with cars up 5 percent, utilities up 7 percent, and trucks up 2 percent for the year. Ford sales analyst, Erich Merkle says Ford ended 2012 with over 2 million vehicles sold... which was the only brand to top the 2 million mark in U.S. sales. View the full article

Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited finished the year as the best-selling manufacturer in the industry for the third consecutive year. The F-Series made history in 2012 selling more than 100,000 units; first time an automaker has sold that many trucks in a single year. It also held its title as Canada’s top selling truck for the 47th year in a row. The popular F-150, Canada’s top selling vehicle for the third consecutive year, was powered by the fuel sipping V6 EcoBoost engine selling more than 32,000 units (41%). View the full article

Ford Motor Company’s U.S. sales grew across the board in 2012, with cars up 5 percent, utilities up 7 percent, and trucks up 2 percent for the year. Overall, the Ford brand ended 2012 with 2,168,015 vehicles sold – the only brand to top 2 million U.S. sales. View the full article

Buying a new TV for the big game, easier with a Ford Fusion; Two Ford vehicles earn Autobytel Car of the Year awards; Ford Fusion Energi rated America's most fuel-efficient sedan; Bumper crop: Ford keeps 120 million pounds of damaged parts from landfills; In transit to 3D printing boom, Ford a major player in digital revolution; Ford predicted to be only brand to top 2 million sales in U.S. for 2012 View the full article

Getting ready for the playoffs, a man decides to buy a new 47-inch flat-screen TV; the only problem is he can’t fit it into his Honda Accord. Luckily, his good friend is the owner of a new 2013 Ford Fusion with a larger trunk and more pass-through space from seats that fold down easily. The Fusion trunk offers 16 cubic feet while Accord provides 15.8 cubic feet and Toyota Camry measures 15.4 cubic feet. Of the three, Fusion is the only car that offers a full pass-through from the trunk into the rear seats. So thanks to the Fusion, this man’s only problem now is deciding who to invite over to watch the big game. Check out the video <a target="_blank" href=" ">here</a>. View the full article

Automotive Internet pioneer Autobytel has named the all-new Ford Fusion its 2013 Car of the Year. The most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in America, the completely redesigned Fusion brings power of choice to the midsize sedan segment with the widest range of powertrains available, elevated levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail throughout. Autobytel editors have 76 years of combined experience test driving vehicles and are dedicated to providing consumers with the information they need to purchase new and used cars and connect with dealers online. Click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.autobytel.com/">here</a> for more. View the full article