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Ford to get blue oval back after second upgrade
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. is getting its blue oval logo back.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Business
Legendary car designer Carroll Shelby dies at 89
DALLAS — Decades after a heart condition forced him to retire from racing, Carroll Shelby still loved to drive muscle cars. Well into his 80s, the legendary car designer spent hours testing his last Mustang Shelby GT500, which sets a new record for horsepower and hits a top speed of more than...
Date: 05/12/2012 | Nation & World
Ford 1Q earnings fall on Europe slump, tax rate
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. has tidied up North America, sweeping out old products and excess costs. But the rest of the world keeps making a mess.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Business
Auto sales surge in March, led by small cars
DETROIT -- Appealing small cars, low interest rates, truck deals and unseasonably warm weather helped the auto industry achieve its best monthly performance in almost four years in March.
Date: 04/03/2012 | Business
Traffic safety officials want automakers to stifle dash distractions in moving vehicles
WASHINGTON -- Auto dashboards are becoming an arcade of text messages, GPS images, phone calls and web surfing, the government says, and it's asking carmakers to curb those distractions when vehicles are moving.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Business
GM, Ford execs say January U.S. sales strong so far
DETROIT -- American consumers are buying cars at a brisk pace in January, continuing sales growth that began late last year, according to two industry executives.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Business
Ford to upgrade MyFord Touch after taking heat
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co., stung by falling quality ratings because of its glitch-prone MyFord Touch system, is planning a major upgrade that it hopes will fix the problems -- and repair its own reputation.
Date: 11/07/2011 | Nation & World
Ford has contract deal with union workers
DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers union said Wednesday that the 41,000 hourly Ford Motor Co. workers it represents have ratified a new four-year labor agreement.
Date: 10/20/2011 | Business
UAW trades pay raises for job assurances
DETROIT -- The union that once set the gold standard for American wages is giving up pay raises in exchange for a piece of the auto industry's profits and the promise of thousands of new jobs.
Date: 10/05/2011 | Business
Carmakers report surprisingly strong sales in August
Fears that car buyers would stay away from dealerships in August never materialized.
Date: 09/02/2011 | Business
President announces deal to boost fuel economy
WASHINGTON — Ushering in the largest decrease in auto fuel consumption since the 1970s, President Barack Obama and automobile manufacturers Friday announced a deal that will save drivers money at the pump and dramatically cut heat-trapping gases coming from tailpipes.
Date: 07/29/2011 | Nation & World
A big boost in fuel efficiency
WASHINGTON -- In 2025, when the auto industry would be required to meet a 54.5-mile-per-gallon fuel economy target that the Obama administration is about to announce, the vehicles Americans buy may not look very different than those on the road today.
Date: 07/28/2011 | Nation & World
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