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Ford Motor's Sales Growth Slowed In October
Monday, November 3, 2014 - 12:35pm | 271Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) on Monday announced U.S. sales metrics for the month of October. Ford sold 188,654 vehicles in October, a decrease of 2 percent from a year ago. The company said in a press release the sales declines were “expected” due to a plant changeover for the...
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Ford's Alan Mulally Talks Aluminum, His Future & His Favorite Ride
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 8:27am | 609Ford (NYSE: F) President and CEO Alan Mulally talked about aluminum and public transportation, addressed rumors about his future and answered an all-important question posed by Benzinga regarding his favorite car, during a company-sponsored event Tuesday at the North American International Auto...
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U.S. Auto Companies Release Sales Data; Growth Reported by Ford and Chrysler; GM Suffers Decline
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 4:27pm | 486December 2013 sales reports for Ford (NYSE: F), Chrysler, and General Motors (NYSE: GM) were released on Friday, with more (international) auto companies expected to release sales reports later this afternoon. For the month, Ford reported 1.8 percent increase in total vehicle sales, Chrysler a 6...
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SLIDESHOW: The Most Memorable App And Software Failures
Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 1:09pm | 204Fourteen years ago, tech experts predicted that the Y2K bug would create a number of problems for computers, computer networks and other electronic devices. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, as much as $300 billion was spent to upgrade computers and programs to be Y2K-compliant. When...
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Toyota Production Reaches 200 Million Units Despite Recalls
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 8:58am | 548At a time when customers would likely be questioning their loyalty and trust in an automaker that continuously recalls its vehicles, Toyota (NYSE: TM) has still managed to sell an incredible amount of vehicles with June 2012 marking the company's 200 million produced vehicles. The foreign car...
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Honda Announces Massive Recall Involving Over 320,000 Cars and SUVs
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 1:47pm | 537Honda (NYSE: HMC) is recalling 166,000 small SUVs and 6,200 luxury cars in the United States, along with thousands more throughout the rest of the world. The Japanese automaker said there may be a problem with the doors of the 2012 CR-V and the 2013 Acura ILX. According to Reuters, no accidents or...
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Ford Faces More Scrutiny from NHTSA
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 8:32am | 487Ford (NYSE: F) is having a difficult time keeping The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) satisfied these days, as the automaker's Escape model is now under investigation for unintended acceleration. The news comes just a few days after Ford was forced to recall thousands of 2013...
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Is Ford a Leader or a Follower?
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 10:04am | 954Ford is known for manufacturing some of the best and most original vehicles available. So why is the new Escape a clone of the Honda CR-V? The obvious (if not painful) answer is that Ford (NYSE: F) liked what it saw, valued the success of one of its competitors, and simply wished to imitate Honda...