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Record exports for the third consecutive month combined with steady domestic demand helped Ford India end 2012 with sales of 10,899 domestic wholesale and export units in December. View the full article

The Ford brand is on track to top 2 million U.S. vehicle sales in 2012 for the second straight year – the only auto brand to do so in America this year. View the full article

The 2013 Ford Fusion – recently voted Green Car of the Year – just got greener as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency certified the new Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid at up to 108 MPGe, making it America’s most fuel-efficient sedan. View the full article

Ford’s recycling and remanufacturing program has kept 120 million pounds of damaged vehicle parts from landfills since 2003, effectively ending the days when the crack of a headlamp or crunch of a bumper would render useless such components. View the full article

Ford Motor Company is spending more than $773 million on new equipment and capacity expansions across six manufacturing facilities in southeast Michigan as it delivers on a commitment to invest $6.2 billion in U.S. plants by 2015. View the full article

In Ford’s Silicon Valley Lab, Dave Evans creates a custom vehicle gauge and emails the 3D design to Zac Nelson in Dearborn. Nelson uses the MakerBot® Thing-O-Matic™ at his workstation and prints up a physical prototype. The future of research and development is happening right here and now at the desks of these Ford engineers. View the full article

State-of-the-art sensing, computing and communications systems are not only quickly changing consumer expectations in people’s everyday lives, but are driving innovation in the automotive industry at an incredible pace in preparation for the future. 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

Ford is helping Santa Claus save future Christmases with an all-new 2014 Transit Connect Wagon sleigh. Due to larger-than-ever numbers of children on his “nice” list, Claus needed a new sleigh with maximum fuel economy and cargo space to efficiently deliver all his presents around the world View the full article

(Please note 10:00 a.m. EST call time) Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) will release its December 2012 U.S. sales results at approximately 9:30 a.m. EST Thursday, January 3, 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

You don’t need a license for the latest Ford F-150 SVT Raptor high-performance truck product. You can now buy the Ford high-performance truck in the toy shop. View the full article

The all-new Ford Fusion earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) highest rating, a Top Safety Pick+, receiving an Acceptable rating in the new small overlap front crash test. The new 2013 Ford Fusion was already rated as a Top Safety Pick winner. This new rating, Top Safety Pick+, applies to all vehicles produced after mid-December 2012. View the full article

COLOGNE, Germany, Dec. 19, 2012 – FC Santa Claus – and their red-suited mascot – kick off a new weekly series of short films that celebrates the unique culture of European football. View the full article

Ford C-MAX is the fastest-selling hybrid ever at launch; Hot-selling C-MAX named official car of 2013 CES; All-new Transit changes the game in full-size commercial vans; Next-generation Transit Connect breaks new ground; 2013 Ford Fusion design to reduce repair costs 13 percent; Two Ford engines win Ward's 10 Best Engines trophies View the full article

Ford Motor Company and its community relations arm, Ford Motor Company Fund (Ford Fund), today announced the launch of a major program in Detroit to strengthen neighborhoods and provide support for education, summer jobs programs and other community needs. View the full article

COLOGNE, Germany, Dec. 18, 2012 – The new Ford Fiesta Van, an agile and stylish car-derived van for both large and small businesses, will deliver class-leading fuel efficiency and segment-first technologies when it hits the road in early 2013. View the full article

Ford’s all-new C-MAX has become the fastest-selling hybrid ever at launch, with 8,030 sales in its first two full months on the market in October and November. This significantly outpaces Toyota Camry Hybrid’s 7,300 sales in its first two full months in May and June 2006. View the full article

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is reminding holders of its warrants to purchase Ford common stock (NYSE: F WS) (CUSIP Number 345370 134) (“Warrants”) that the Warrants will expire on Jan. 1, 2013 (the “Expiration Date”). The Warrants were issued on Dec. 11, 2009 and about 357,735,365 Warrants remain outstanding. View the full article

KÖLN, 14. Dezember 2012 – Der neue Ford B-MAX wurde von führenden Automobil-Journalisten aus 15 Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas mit dem Titel „AUTOBEST 2013“ ausgezeichnet. View the full article

For more than 40 years, the Ford E-Series van has been the backbone of the commercial van industry, whether it's used to deliver packages or shuttle you to the airport. Next year Ford is launching a revolutionary new commercial van, the Ford Transit. According to Tim Stoehr (Stair), Commercial Truck Product marketing manager, the success of the E-Series van has many loyalists asking "why change now?"... View the full article

The familiar van that delivers packages or shuttles you to the airport is about to change in a revolutionary way. Ford’s all-new full-size 2014 Transit van will provide professional tradesmen and commercial fleet customers with unmatched fuel economy, innovative new configurations and leading versatility in the expanding commercial vehicle market. View the full article

With global commercial vehicle sales expected to jump significantly during the next several years, Ford’s all-new 2014 Transit Connect cargo van is set to provide cost-conscious commercial fleets and small business owners with unmatched fuel economy and versatility in an expanding commercial vehicle market. View the full article

Customers are reacting positively to the new Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid and C-MAX Hybrid, which combined to outsell Toyota Prius plug-in and Prius v during November, the first full month both C-MAX hybrids were available. View the full article

The all-new Ford Fusion beat out more than 20 other completely transformed vehicles to win Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.com 2013 Best Redesigned Vehicle accolade. “The new Fusion is clearly the hottest-looking car in a class with no fewer than 13 entrants,” says KBB.com, and “the interior is just as striking.” Fusion’s technology enhancements and the power of choice it provides through five powertrain offerings also factored in its win. “Whatever mix of value, power and fuel efficiency you’re looking for in a midsize sedan, the new Fusion has it,” KBB.com says. Read more here. View the full article

When can a beautiful rear end help drivers save money? When that rear end is part of the 2013 Ford Fusion that happens to be involved in a rear-end collision, Ford says. View the full article