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Brad Keselowski made a daring pass with 15 to go to best Jeff Gordon for the win at Chicagoland Speedway to start the 2014 Chase. View the full article

Loaded with innovative technologies and delivering high levels of performance and style, the all-new Mustang is the next chapter in the life of one of the world’s most iconic cars. View the full article

As fall arrives and new shows debut on the small screen, one television show in particular will allow viewers to learn more about the heritage and ancestries of 30 of today’s leading entertainers, athletes, chefs and media personalities, including hip-hop superstar Nas and author Stephen King. View the full article

Technicians for the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, Charter Communications of Stamford, Connecticut, will soon drive brand-new 2015 Ford Transit vans. View the full article

Next week, 20 employees from Ford South Africa’s Struandale Engine Plant will spend a day converting a metal shipping container into a soup kitchen capable of serving 500 disadvantaged people a week. View the full article

The Oakville Assembly plant now sends no operational waste-to-landfill, an achievement that gives Ford Motor Company the distinction of becoming landfill-free at all its manufacturing facilities in Canada. Oakville Assembly is the first Ford assembly plant in North America to achieve this environmental designation. View the full article

Stuart Rowley was appointed a corporate officer and named Ford Motor Company’s vice president and Controller, effective April 1, 2012. View the full article

Raymond (Ray) Day is group vice president, Communications effective March 1, 2013. Day previously served as vice president, Communications since November 2007. He reports to Mark Fields, Ford chief executive officer. View the full article

Ford Motor Company U.S. sales totaled 222,174 vehicles in August, up 0.4 percent from a year ago and the best August sales in eight years. Retail sales of 178,800 vehicles increased 2 percent, while fleet sales of 43,374 vehicles declined 6 percent. Here to explain is Ford Sales Analyst, Erich Merkle. View the full article

Robert Fascetti is vice president, Powertrain Engineering, effective Nov. 1, 2013. View the full article

Ford Motor Company U.S. sales totaled 222,174 vehicles in August, up 0.4 percent from a year ago and the best August sales in eight years. Retail sales of 178,800 vehicles increased 2 percent, while fleet sales of 43,374 vehicles declined 6 percent. View the full article

Henry Ford Health System’s Edith and Benson Ford Heart & Vascular Institute will be the beneficiary when the coveted final production 50 Years Limited Edition 2015 Ford Mustang, badge No. 1,964, is offered at the Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas auction Sept. 25-27. Ford will build only 1,964 units of the 50 Years Limited Edition Mustang fastback in honor of the year the pony car debuted. View the full article

Raj Nair was named Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, Global Product Development, effective April 1, 2012. Nair has overall responsibility for all aspects of Ford Motor Company’s product development system. View the full article

John Felice is vice president, U.S. Marketing, Sales and Service, effective Nov. 1, 2013. View the full article

James D. Farley, Jr. is executive vice president of Global Marketing, Sales and Service and Lincoln, Ford Motor Company, effective Dec. 1, 2012. View the full article

David G. Leitch is general counsel and a group vice president of Ford Motor Company, where he leads the company’s litigation, tax, corporate, and intellectual property efforts. He also advises the company’s board of directors and senior management on a wide range of legal issues, and oversees its General Auditor’s Office. View the full article

John Lawler was elected a company officer and named Ford Motor Company’s chairman and chief executive officer of Ford Motor China, effective December 1, 2012. In this role, Lawler has overall responsibility for the operations and business leadership of Ford Motor China. He reports to David Schoch, group vice president and president, Asia Pacific. View the full article

Gary Johnson is vice president of Manufacturing Operations for Ford Asia Pacific and Africa. He is responsible for 19 manufacturing facilities in 11 markets across 11 time zones during a time of unprecedented growth for Ford in Asia Pacific. View the full article

Bill Dirksen is vice president, Labor Affairs, effective Jan. 1, 2014. In this role, Dirksen is responsible for global labor policy and negotiations covering Ford’s approximately 117,000 union employees. Additionally, he is responsible for hourly employee health care management and the company’s collective bargaining with unions worldwide. View the full article

Ford India today announced August sales of 14,092 vehicles in combined domestic wholesales and exports, a 27% increase from 11,065 vehicles sold in the corresponding month last year. View the full article

Bernard Silverstone is chairman and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Credit Company and a group vice president of Ford Motor Company, effective January 2013. View the full article

Ford reaffirms the undisputed heavy-duty towing leadership of the 2015 Ford F-450 Super Duty Class 3 pickup at 31,200 pounds after testing using the Society of Automotive Engineers J2807 standard. View the full article

Carl Edwards finished fifth while Aric Almirola (9th) and Greg Biffle (10th) gave Ford Racing three top-10 finishers in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. View the full article

Brad Keselowski qualified second for Sunday's Oral-B USA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway while Aric Almirola finishes seventh and Carl Edwards 11th. View the full article

Four lucky truck customers are taking their turn behind the wheel of the all-new F-150, Ford’s toughest, smartest, most capable F-150 yet, to put it through some of the toughest testing to date – their own. View the full article