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2011 Lincoln MKX and new Ford Focus coming to Detroit
 The 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), also known as the Detroit Auto Show, is a very important even for all automakers in general but for the North American automakers in particular. Practically, it is their home town auto event so they must do their best to impress the audience. Ford has announced that they will be revealing the 2011 Lincoln MKX midsize crossover and the all new 2011 Ford Focus at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, in just a couple of days. Obviously, the more important of the two is the all new Ford Focus. The North American automaker has high ...
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Top Safety Pick rating from the IIHS for 2010 Lincoln MKT
 * The all-new 2010 Lincoln MKT three-row luxury crossover received a "Top Safety Pick" rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)* MKT offers a high level of crash protection – including state-of-the-art side air bags that are designed to deploy up to 30 percent earlier than traditional air bag systems – while offering a segment-first, forward collision warning system as part of Lincoln`s push into new crash-avoidance technologies* MKT offers an array of standard driver-awareness features – including a first-in-class Blind Spot Information System (BLIS®) with Cross Traffic Alert (CTA)* Ford Motor Company has more IIHS Top Safety Pick ratings than any other ...
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Ford is adding shift at factories meeting demand for Escape and F-150
 FoMoCo made the announcement just now that it will add a 3rd shift to its Truck Plant in Dearborn and Kansas City Assembly Factory’s sport utility lineup; all this for meeting powerful demand for Escape and F-150, Ford cars. This action will be adding employment full-time for 2,800 people thaat worked on a 2-weeks-on, 1-week-off schedule. Ken Czubay, the Ford vice president, Marketing, Sales and Service said 'Even with ‘Cash for Clunkers’ behind us, we expect that demand for our fuel-efficient, high quality new vehicles will remain strong. We had a solid July sales month, and we are headed toward an even stronger August. We’re ...
Tags: escape, f-150, record, work, hybrid, sub, truck, plant
Ford`s sales in July up 9% due to Cash for Clunkers program. Ford hybrid sales - up a fabulous 323 %
 Ford announced today that the fuel-efficient cars demand alongside the Cars Allowance Rebate System of the government (Cash for Clunkers) really helped this Dearborn manufacturer post this year the 1st sales raise of any important carmaker.Mercury Lincoln and Ford retail sales are up in July with 9 % having 158,838 total of sales. 'We had another strong month in progress before the ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program started' stated Ken Czubay, the Ford vice president, American Marketing, Sales and Service. 'Our products, our dealers and our advance preparation enabled us to leverage the program and drive traffic and sales to another level. In addition, ...
Tags: ford, sales, july, cash, clunkers, hybrid
Ford is replacing GM as no.1 sales leader in the Canadian territory
 For a long time, GM was the champion, undisputed in auto sales in Canada right among the American automakers. It seemed GM’s invincibility in the north would never be... challenged, that's right until Ford really turned the tables on... in June.Ford June sales in Canada monthly were with 27,408 autos sold, supplanting GM on the top of for the 1st time in fifty years. Ford’s sales - a bit over 5,000 unit more than General Motors - 22,334 cars. Ford’s surge surprising on top was in big part caused by this huge demand for Ford vehicles locally-manufactured including Crown Victoria, Lincoln Town Car and Grand ...
Tags: ford, gm, canada, lincoln, town, crown, victoria, mercury, grand, marquis
Buick LaCrosse offers four-cylinder 2.4-liter
 Buick just announced that its future LaCrosse 4-door sedan 2010 will be offering a direct-injection, fuel-efficient, 2.4-liter 182-horsepower Ecotec 4-cylinder engine unit. In the city, it's capable of 20 mpg and on the highway - 30 mpg, GM says that the LaCrosse 4-banger will be right among the most efficient in this area.The engine with direct-injection makes 172 lb-ft. torque, at 4,900 rpm. Buick affirms it will be basic on the entry-level CX LaCrosse only. So, the LaCrosse unit will still have the V6 direct-injected 3.0-liter, 255 horsepower, 3.6-liter V6 direct-injected, 280 horsepower. It's not clear how the 4-cylinder will be affecting the base price ...
Tags: buick, lacrosse, 4-cylinder, 2.4-liter
Lincoln MKS 2010 is getting EcoBoost power
 Times are now changing... raw power, economy, internal combustion extinction... Mark Fields - Executive Vice President at Ford confirmed that clients will see gas burning and piston pumping engines 20 years at least from now. There is still lots of technological advancement and development to be done, 1 of Ford's reasons is the new EcoBoost V6 model. 'We are committed to delivering fuel economy leadership in every new vehicle' affirmed Derrick Kuzak, the group vice president - Global Product Development for Ford. 'We do this with affordable technology that can be applied to the widest number of vehicles. EcoBoost is an important component of that ...
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Ford stabilizing brand market share, raising Lincoln share
 Jim Farley, the marketing chief at Ford says he expects the core brand of the automaker market share stabilizing this year - plus, thanks to some recent introductions about the product, Lincoln could now see uptick from the present 0.8 % market share. The department's market share of Ford has seen the steady decrease, this over the previous 2 decades to the present 12.7 %.15 years ago the sales of Lincoln, Mercury and Ford made up 25.7 % of overall car sales in America. Last year, the number was 14.4 %, down with 0.4 % from '07. “We think we have a really good chance ...
Tags: ford, market, share, lincoln, sales, down, detroit
Lincoln showing off the 2009 C Concept
 Lincoln sees apparently its future on the crossover area. After showing that production variant of the MKT 2010 at the Auto Show in Detroit, it showed us the small C concept.Lincoln placed under the hood the all-new EcoBoost 1.6-liter engine delivering 180 hp plus 180 ft.-lbs. torque. The economy of fuel is rated on 43 mpg - highway.The car name may not be so... smart, but it could be quite telltale. This concept's named after the C-sized auto area that refers to the compact vehicles. This designation here is used like an inside term in the industry in America, and is known more in ...
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The beautiful design of Lincoln MKT 2010
 The Lincoln MKT 2010 made the world debut in Detroit on the North American International Auto Show. This will very well be the 6th unit in the lineup of Lincoln, slotting between MKX and Navigator.Ford Flex cousin auto will have a choice of 2 engines: a V6 3.7-liter delivering 268 hp - 6,500 RPM plus 267 ft.-lb. torque - 4,250 RPM; plus a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 making 355 hp - 5,700 RPM, 350 ft.-lb. torque - 3,500 RPM. The EcoBoost engine (upgraded) should provide some similar economy of fuel as the basic 3.7-liter (non-turbo) engine. Both engines are fitted to a 6-speed SelectShift ...
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