Auburn University has teamed with the Ford Motor Company in an exciting project with results revealing that GPS satellites can assist in the prevention of accidents with their ability to “talk” to cars. There are sound possibilities for the satellite system to provide an early alert if the vehicle appears to be losing control.  The [...]

October has become nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Just about everyone has been touched someway by cancer in their life.  If not their own illness, then someone close to them. Approximately 200,000 women will discover they have breast cancer this year.  But did you know that an estimated 2,000 men will be also [...]

Fashion magazines are heralding bright colors this fall. Bold shades are being offered in an increasing array of consumer products – from laptop computers to vacuums to stand mixers for the kitchen. Ford is experiencing the trend, too, with high demand for vehicle colors such as the 2010 Mustang in “Grabber Blue” and the F-150 [...]

Thousands of Ford Motor Company volunteers are reaching out and pitching in to create a better world by participating in community service projects on six continents during the fourth annual Ford Global Week of Caring – Sept. 5-12. More than 8,000 Ford employee and retiree volunteers are on the job in nearly 200 locations from [...]

Fiesta Movement agents might have thought their missions were already adventure-filled – until they learned what is in store for their September missions. These 100 missions will have agents trying new things, like training with U.S. Navy SEALS, hiking in the mountains, spending the day shadowing a stunt driver and learning to cook with, well, bugs. [...]

The University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index shows in their quarterly study that Detroit automakers are doing a much better job pleasing customers. Their biggest gains in years have put them on a par with the Asian automakers. They also led a rise in overall customer satisfaction with automobiles, up 2% to an all-time [...]

It’s essential that more students make a successful transition between school and the workplace if our nation is to remain a global leader in the creation of high-wage, high-skill jobs and industries. Ford Motor Company joined with The Henry Ford Academy to establish the Henry Ford Learning Institute (HFLI) as a nonprofit educational organization. Focusing [...]

Global paint shops are in the process of rolling out a Ford-exclusive paint technology that will not only save the shops time and money, but will lessen their environmental footprint and result in a high-quality product. Ford continues its leadership position in implementing the new technology in the U.S., readying its launch of the process [...]

Ford Motor Company today said it plans to further accelerate new product introductions across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific enabled by its efficient global product development system, significant structural cost reductions and disciplined cash management. By 2012, Ford plans to replace or refresh from 70 to 90 percent of its lineups by volume in [...]

As the sunlight glints off the rear decklid of Ford’s poised new driver’s sedan standing ready to hit the road, the slight but precise lip of the decklid reflects the rays. It is just one of many interesting visual details created by talented designers from Ford’s Dearborn, Mich., design studio for the new Taurus. Yet [...]